Faculty Research News

Dace Svikis' research has focused on reducing health disparities in maternal and infant birth outcomes.

VCU women’s health researcher Dace Svikis honored by the Rosalind Franklin Society

July 9, 2024

The Special Award in Science recognizes her recently published work on peripartum care for Black women.

Now in its third year, the VCU Breakthroughs Fund has supported more than 30 projects through investments totaling nearly $6 million. (Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU Breakthroughs Fund provides grants to 10 more faculty-led projects that pursue transformative innovation

July 2, 2024

Health, equity, sustainability and the human experience are the driving forces for transdisciplinary teams that target society’s grand challenges.

Napping can have wide-ranging benefits, as long as you do it right. (Getty Images)

Is napping good for you? If you do it the right way, VCU researcher says.

June 26, 2024

Psychology professor Natalie Dautovich offers insight on the midday pick-me-up you might have left in childhood.

Throughout its more than 100-year history, the ballroom scene has undergone significant changes, though the fundamental aspects of community, acceptance and empowerment remain the same. (Shikeishu, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Beyond the fab and the fun, the ballroom scene has deep meaning with deep roots

June 17, 2024

VCU scholar Julian Kevon Kamilah Glover shares insight, including from her personal journey, into an American cultural force that has crossed the globe.

As sea level rates increase, natural islands respond by migrating landward. Here, overwash breaches a dune located on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. (Photo contributed by Julie Zinnert)

Barrier islands and dunes protect our coastline – but how are environmental changes affecting them and adjacent land?

June 13, 2024

In a new report, VCU biology professor Julie Zinnert shares findings from studying Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

(Left) Seung Duk Lee, M.D., Ph.D., a VCU Health Hume-Lee robotics surgeon, with Kush Savsani, a research assistant and incoming student at the VCU School of Medicine, are among the recipients of the latest round of Commercialization Fund awards. (Photo by Jeff Kelley)

From cancer to road safety, VCU innovators explore solutions with new round of funding

June 4, 2024

Spring 2024 grants from the Commercialization Fund aim to propel campus inventions into the marketplace.

Ivelina Metcheva, Ph.D., assistant vice president for innovation at VCU TechTransfer and Ventures; Lauren Siff, M.D., representing the winning team SurgicalED VR; and Brent Fagg, assistant director for innovation at VCU TechTransfer and Ventures, at the VCU Startup Accelerator’s first Pitch Day competition. (VCU TechTransfer and Ventures)

Virtual-reality surgical trainer earns top spot in first Pitch Day event for VCU faculty entrepreneurs

May 29, 2024

Urogynecology team led by Lauren Siff is among the inaugural cohort of the Startup Accelerator, which propels campus innovation toward commercial markets.

Everett Worthington, Ph.D., is a leader in the field of forgiveness and Commonwealth Professor Emeritus at VCU. (File photo)

Global study on forgiveness was rooted in the work of VCU professor emeritus Everett Worthington

May 22, 2024

Unprecedented four-continent research project, plus a direct campaign in Colombia, highlight the benefits of learning to forgive.

Now in its third year, the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund has invested more than $300,000 to support and expand arts and humanities research on campus. (File photo)

10 innovative research projects earn latest funding from VCU’s Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Fund

May 15, 2024

Faculty are exploring an expansive collection of topics that delve into social and cultural identity as well as practical applications.

Jeanine Guidry, Ph.D., is an affiliate faculty member in the School of Population Health and the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture at VCU. (File photo)

Professor honored for paper on willingness to get the COVID vaccine

April 22, 2024

Jeanine Guidry, an affiliate faculty member, says improving our understanding of why people may or may not vaccinate remains ‘of great importance.’