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Virginia Commonwealth University Implant improves vision for patients suffering from the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. The telescope implant is designed to correct end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most advanced form of AMD and the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. Patients with end-stage AMD have a central blind spot. This vision loss makes it difficult or impossible to see faces, to read and to perform everyday activities such as...
Multiple genes contribute to risk for schizophrenia and appear to function in pathways related to transmission of signals in the brain and immunity, according to an international study led by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy researchers. By better understanding the molecular and biological mechanisms involved with schizophrenia, scientists hope to use this new genetic information to one day develop and design drugs that are more efficacious and have fewer side effects....
RICHMOND, Va., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has received the largest corporate partnership gift in its history. Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. (HDL, Inc.) has agreed to a $4 million partnership to support the VCU Department of Athletics and its future capital projects. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130306/PH72627 ) "The progress of a national research university is accelerated by strong...
Baskervill's John Michael Currie, FAIA, FRSPH writes, speaks, and teaches on the integral connection between design and patient safety. Richmond, Virginia (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 Since our founding more than 115 years ago, providing clients with high-level, client-focused design has been at the heart of our mission. Seeking to continue that mission and emphasize a knowledge-based approach to design, the firm namedJohn Michael Currie, FAIA, FRSPH, vice president of the healthcare...
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Moses Foster, President and CEO of West Cary Group, delivered the commencement address at Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) School of Mass Communications graduation ceremony. The function was held December 8 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121213/PH29188) "I was honored to speak at VCU's commencement," said Foster. "As the son of teachers, I was raised to appreciate the...
BILLERICA, Mass., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in manufacturing instrumentation and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, announces travel award recipients, who will be presenting data generated with the Seahorse XF Analyzer at the Neuroscience 2012 Conference, in New Orleans, Oct 13-17. Shannon Rose Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in Autism Research, at the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, in Little Rock, AR. Poster title:...
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- North Highland, a global consulting company, announced today that Brian Epley has joined the company as the public sector lead for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Epley will leverage over 17 years of experience leading complex business transformation, technical program operations, and service delivery in State and Federal government and the private sector. "Brian brings broad expertise and leadership in the public sector arena and will be...
RICHMOND, Virginia, September 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VCU Health System, located in Richmond, Virginia, uses Netpresenter software to inform, instruct and alert its 8,000+ employees at its several sites across the city. Safety messages and alerts are displayed at the push of a button on screensavers on all 7,000 employee PCs. Jenifer Murphy, Safety First Coordinator at the Performance Improvement Department: "With approximately 20,000 surgeries and almost 90,000...
New England Journal of Medicine study authored by multidisciplinary team Patients suffering from the chronic lung condition COPD, which is the third-leading cause of death and disability in the United States, may benefit greatly from a three-times-a-week dose of an antibiotic, according to a study by Virginia Commonwealth University physicians published in today’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Approximately 24 million Americans suffer from COPD, or chronic obstructive...
FAIRFAX, Va., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Salient Federal Solutions, Inc. (Salient), a leading provider of information technology, engineering, and intelligence analytic services to agencies in the intelligence, defense, homeland security, and federal civilian markets, announced that the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) senior student project team mentored and supervised by Salient, was among the 2012 Excellence in Design Awards winners. The Virginia Commonwealth...
