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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.

Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D., Virginia Tech Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology and Executive Director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

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.

Events and Conferences

 

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

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    mTor Signaling in Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Bench to Bedside and Back
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    Sept. 25, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Elena Goncharova, Ph.D., ATSF, FAHA, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, UC Davis School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Vascular and Heart Research

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    Research in Progress Seminar
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    Sept. 29, 2026, 4 to 5 p.m. | Rabeya Khondaker, Graduate Student, Swanger Lab and Samia Tasneem, Research Assistant, Warren Lab | Fall Research in Progress Seminar Series

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    How Can Research Inform Better Public Policy Towards Addiction?
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    Oct. 2, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Keith Humphreys, OBE, Ph.D., Esther Ting Memorial Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research

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    Exercise, the Fountain of Youth?
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    Oct. 15, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Zhen Yan, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Exercise Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine