Research Weeks

Research Weeks 2024: UNlimited Impact

Highlighted by a keynote address from Rochelle Walensky, M.D., former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the State of the Research address delivered by P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D., vice president for research and innovation, the Research Weeks 2024 programming celebrated VCU’s groundbreaking discoveries and continued quest to improve the human condition. 

VCU Research Weeks is designed to showcase and amplify the impact of VCU’s research, scholarship and creative work. The program showcased over 40 events campuswide celebrating the contributions of VCU faculty, students, trainees and staff and the diverse research portfolio at VCU.

 

VCU celebrates ‘one of the best’ years for its growing and renowned research enterprise

To kick off Research Weeks, vice president for research and innovation P. Sriram Rao, Ph.D., gave his annual State of the Research address, where he drew a detailed picture of VCU’s growing stature, record accomplishments and where he sees VCU in the future.

 

 

Hundreds of posters reveal one compelling story of VCU student research

Undergraduate and graduate symposiums highlighted projects that touch on an array of disciplines, notable history and scientific potential. 

Former CDC leader Rochelle Walensky highlights the connection of research, public health and trust

   

In the keynote address for VCU Research Weeks, former CDC leader Rochelle Walensky, M.D., highlighted the importance of connection of research, public health and trust. “Research was instrumental in what I did,” Walensky said in her address at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU. “It was how I got to the policy table. It was things that made me angry, that allowed me to move the needle forward, that allowed for policies to change because I could do science that would move those policies.”