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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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    Research in Progress Seminar
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    Dec. 3, 2024, 4 to 5 p.m. | Yunruo "Trista" Ni and Ryan Montalvo, Ph.D. | Fall Research in Progress Seminar Series

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    Human Laboratory Evaluation of Cannabis Products
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    Dec. 13, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Ryan Vandrey, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Health Behaviors Research and the Addiction Recovery Research Center

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    Mechanics of Convective Cell Motion
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    Jan. 10, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Michael Murrell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Yale University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center – Roanoke

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    The Role of Pericytes in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
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    Jan. 17, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Vinicio de Jesus Perez, M.D., FCCP, FAHA, Assistant Professor, Wall Center Adult PH Clinic Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research

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