VCU joins Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has joined the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network. According to VCU, the network is described as an association of academic and community-based medical centers that provide multi-site clinical research in the region -- Virginia, Maryland and D.C. “This will allow VCU Health System to have access to additional novel research therapies for a variety of diseases," said F. Gerard Moeller, M.D., VCU’s associate vice president for clinical research and director of the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research. "Patients within VCU Health System will have access to novel treatments through the research network that they would potentially otherwise need to travel outside of Virginia to access, so this is a win for VCU, VCU Health System and our patients.” The university's membership is said to allow more clients the access to more clinical trials in their community, as well as opportunities for physician-scientists to work together to share information and stretch their capacity to conduct research. “VCU is an internationally recognized academic institution, and we are looking forward to VCU being an active collaborator in the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network,” said Adrian Dobs, M.D., the network’s director and a professor of medicine and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “We anticipate the network will provide opportunities for individuals in Virginia to participate in new and innovative research projects.” Established in 2009, The Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network is a national network committed to conducting clinical and translational research in academic health centers nationwide.