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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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'Pocket Science' podcast: What if sound could heal? , article Date: Mar 05, 2025 -
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Health crisis: Nearly half of all gun deaths are suicides , article Date: Mar 04, 2025 -
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Incoming graduate students tackle health challenges , article Date: Feb 28, 2025 -
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One in 10 Americans is living with a rare disease , article Date: Feb 27, 2025 -
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'Pocket Science' podcast: Why don't I slosh when I walk? , article Date: Feb 26, 2025
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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The Emergence of Network Activity Patterns - An Early Window to Autism Spectrum Disorder , homeMarch 14, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Natalia De Marco Garcia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Neurobiology Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Integration of Sensory, Metabolic and Neural Signals in the Determination of Food Choices and How Dysregulation of These Systems Contributes to Obesity, Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment , homeMarch 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Dana M. Small, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director, Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Health Behaviors Research and the Addiction Recovery Research Center, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Social Learning in Borderline Personality Disorder , homeApril 4, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Sarah Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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Bringing Precision Medicine to Psychiatry , homeApril 10, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Jordan Smoller, M.D., Sc.D., MGH Trustees Endowed Chair in Psychiatric Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Epidemiology, T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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