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The Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology builds relationships across the university community and with the Virginia Tech’s health care partners at Carilion Clinic and Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., to address today’s major health care challenges. Headquartered on the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, the office supports research conducted by world-class scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and across Virginia Tech's Faculty of Health Sciences. The office also supports hands-on translational research training and mentorship through the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, undergraduate research programs, and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
Welcome from the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology
Advances in improving human health are crucial in today's world, with new challenges emerging regularly. We’re bringing a focused approach to growth in the health sciences, working with strong partners and building on Virginia Tech’s historical excellence in engineering, computation, technology, and our established strengths in the biomedical sciences, life sciences, and health sciences research. We’re boosting Southwest Virginia’s profile as an important place to be for medical research by building infrastructure and bringing in more talented scientists and students. We’re reaching across the university and the state to tap research interests and resources for the best science possible.
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Virginia Tech, Children's National announce pilot award program , articleThe new program supports innovative team science research aimed at promoting collaborative, high-impact, federally funded research. Proposals are due by Dec. 1, 2025.
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Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find , article Date: Nov 05, 2025 - -
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Brain pathway may fuel both aggression, self-harm , article Date: Nov 05, 2025 - -
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How to build a vaccine , article Date: Oct 30, 2025 - -
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The hidden currents of the brain , article Date: Oct 21, 2025 - -
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‘How drunk do you feel?’: Ozempic, Wegovy may help reduce alcohol use , article Date: Oct 15, 2025 - -
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Unraveling the secrets of ‘chemo brain’ , article Date: Oct 13, 2025 -
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Paraspeckle Protein NONO Regulates Active Chromatin by Allosterically Stimulating NSD1 , homeNov. 7, 2025, 10 a.m. | Chen-I Hsu | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Research in Progress Seminar , homeNov. 11, 2025, 4 to 5 p.m. | Carol Bovo, Ph.D., Freitas-Lemos Lab | Fall Research in Progress Seminar Series
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Understanding Vascular Morphogenesis and Morphology: Live Insights from Zebrafish , homeNov. 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Arndt F. Siekmann, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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The Metabolic Switch in Development and Degeneration , homeDec. 12, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Elizabeth Jonas, M.D., Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Neurobiology Research
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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