Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 at 9 a.m.

Join the Students Fighting Human Trafficking and Impact Virginia for the sixth annual Medical Symposium on Human Trafficking. This week-long event will take place Jan. 8-11 at the VCU School of Medicine's James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center, 1201 E. Marshall St. Each day will include speakers who will discuss issues related to human trafficking.

For more information, contact Brenna Cook at cookbm3@vcu.edu or visit http://www.impactvirginia.org/2024-sympoium.

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Have a passion for children? Want a high-impact career? Want to champion social justice? Fuel dreams? Dedicate your life to making a difference while getting a fully paid degree? RTR Teacher Residency is for you. RTR is a teacher residency program in the VCU School of Education that equips passionate future teachers with the tools to teach for change. Questions: http://teachrtr.org Register for the Zoom link at the following URL.

For more information, contact Sabrina Evans at evanssl4@vcu.edu or visit http://tinyurl.com/RTRInfoSeshJan11.

Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Leaders Unleashed is coming and open to all VCU students. The free student leadership conference will be held in the Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Ave. The keynote speaker will be Ashley Gaddy Robbins, Ph.D. Register at the following URL.

For more information, contact Lisa Cooper at lcooper4@vcu.edu or visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/leadershipcon/rsvp_boot?id=1930152.

VCU Wellbeing Lab invites students to join the research assistant team. Contribute to the lab's research studies on the effects of online stress reduction training on VCU students' emotional well-being, as well as on making high school education more engaging for students. Research assistants are in charge of participant recruitment and day-to-day communication with participants and participant interviews. Apply at the following URL.

For more information, contact Luka Djajakusuma at djajakusumal@vcu.edu or visit https://forms.gle/5Ss8Bg9wwFXjznpY8.

Are you a Black woman between the ages of 18-39? Do you plan to conceive within six to 12 months? The Equity in Cardiovascular Health Outcomes (EqCHO) Lab invites you to participate in a study aimed at creating a tailored program to reduce stress and improve blood pressure disorders during pregnancy. To check your eligibility and to sign up, visit: https://redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=M3CCHYWRR9PNJXDL. Questions: http://facebook.com/eqcholabvcu.

For more information, contact Anika Hines at eqcholab@vcu.edu or (804) 828-5030 or visit https://eqcho.lab.vcu.edu/.

The VCU Wellbeing Lab invites you to participate in a research study on two stress reduction programs for undergraduate students. VCU investigators seek to understand how two online stress reduction programs affect students’ mood and stress-related behavior. Compensation is available. Sign up for the study at the following URL.

For more information, contact Polina Beloborodova at vcu.stress.reduction@gmail.com or visit https://beloborodp.wixsite.com/stressreduction.