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Article ItemBiomedical innovations take stage during 'Shark Tank’-style pitch competition , article
Students dig deep into innovation during 2022 Health Sciences and Technology Hokie Pitch at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Dec 20, 2022 -
Article ItemZoom get-togethers inspired ‘brothers for life’ to create gift-giving legacy , article
What started as a way for fraternity members from the 1970s to stay connected inspired a platform for giving.
Date: Nov 11, 2022 -
Article ItemTranslational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program’s entering class comprises a rich mix of students , article
The new class includes 11 women pursuing doctoral degrees and three students in the new M.D.+Ph.D. track. The program enrolled its first class in 2014.
Date: Oct 10, 2022 -
Article ItemTranslational Biology, Medicine, and Health graduate student earns NIH support to explore promising heart finding , article
Zach Williams has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award program to pursue study of a synthetic molecule's potential as a therapeutic for heart arrythmias and sudden cardiac death.
Date: Oct 10, 2022 -
Article ItemCenter for Inclusion opens for students in Roanoke , article
The Fralin Biomedical and Research Institute at VTC, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology cut a ceremonial ribbon Aug. 18 to open their new Center for Inclusion. In the spirit of InclusiveVT, the center is designed as an inviting and inclusive space where individuals can celebrate diversity and learn from one another.
Date: Aug 30, 2022 -
Article ItemEngineering researchers are partners in the lab — and in life , article
Virginia Tech researchers Padma Rajagopalan and T.M. Murali go beyond the boundaries of engineering disciplines to gain insights into emerging viral infections, such as COVID-19.
Date: Aug 22, 2022 -
Article ItemGraduate student recognized for relentless curiosity and service , article
“If you’re not out there understanding and engaging in conversation with the community, then how are you supposed to know how to best help them?” said Gabriela Carrillo, a doctoral candidate in Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health graduate program.
Date: Jul 28, 2022 -
Article ItemRell Parker named iTHRIV Scholar , article
Now in its sixth year, iTHRIV Scholars is a mentored career development award for early career researchers.
Date: Jul 08, 2022 -
Article ItemProfessor supports Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students’ research projects through endowment , article
Established by Charles J. Schleupner, professor of internal medicine at the school and infectious disease physician at Carilion Clinic, four students at the medical school will pursue summer research fellowships.
Date: Jun 29, 2022 -
Article ItemSo long, Roanoke; get ready, Denmark, for the 2024 Precision Neuroscience conference , article
Researchers, clinicians, and students from four countries recently worked side-by-side for three days in Roanoke, sharing ideas to help the nearly 1 billion people worldwide coping with brain disorders.
Date: Jun 28, 2022 -
Article ItemNew lab kick-starts clinical research collaboration at veterinary college , article
Collaboration is key to solving complex problems, and the new Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is helping a wide array of veterinary clinical researchers work together to tackle challenges
Date: Jun 15, 2022 -
Article ItemMohamed Seleem named director of the Center for One Health Research , article
As director, Seleem plans to develop bacteriology and infectious disease as the center's focus. Specializing and hiring more faculty in these fields will allow researchers to collaborate more and be more competitive when applying for funding.
Date: Jun 07, 2022 -
Article ItemNIH grant will fund graduate student’s study of human brain activity in alcohol use disorder , article
Jeremy Myslowski, a doctoral student working in the lab of Stephen LaConte at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the award to study new ways to quantify severity of alcohol use disorder with neuroimaging and to test whether this disorder also impairs brain regulation.
Date: Apr 15, 2022 -
Article ItemMeet the 2022 Bouchet Honor Society scholars at a celebratory tea , article
Virginia Tech is one of 19 university partners with Bouchet Society chapters across the nation. Each year, the Graduate School receives nominations for membership in the society, and a selection committee chooses five for induction.
Date: Mar 18, 2022 -
Article ItemSurprising discovery about nature of CASK gene disorders may influence potential treatments , article
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists determine CASK gene disorder is defined by damage to neurons, not the developmental course of the disease.
Date: Feb 18, 2022 -
Article ItemHow we view the future may hold key to recovery from alcohol use disorder , article
In a study in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC suggest that modifying the time perspective of people with alcohol use disorder may improve their recoveries.
Date: Jan 27, 2022 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech science graduate students trade traditional communication for a blank canvas , article
On a Friday night in Roanoke, 27 Virginia Tech graduate students swapped pipettes for glue sticks, test tubes for glitter, and petri dishes for pencils at the first-ever Science on Canvas event, hosted by the Virginia Tech Communicating Science Club in partnership with the Taubman Museum of Art.
Date: Dec 20, 2021 -
Article ItemBiomedical innovations take center stage during 'Shark Tank'-style pitch competition on HS&T campus , article
The competition involved students from the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health graduate program, who selected intellectual property, worked with real-world business mentors, and created an entrepreneurial plan to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.
Date: Dec 13, 2021 -
Article ItemGraduate student ambassadors aspire to model Ut Prosim in their service to the university , article
The current ambassadors are a diverse crew, including students from the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, Roanoke, and Blacksburg campuses, and those taking virtual programs.
Date: Oct 21, 2021 -
Article ItemMedical student puts studies on pause to earn doctorate in university's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health program , article
After Oscar Alcoreza was named a fellow in the Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellows program for a year for his research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute while he was in medical school, he decided to spend three additional years in the TBMH program.
Date: Oct 20, 2021
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Media Contacts
John Pastor
Senior Director of Communications,
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology
jdpastor@vt.edu or 540-526-2222
Leigh Anne Kelley
Director of Communications,
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
lakelley@vtc.vt.edu or 540-526-2002