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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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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Home ItemSeminar: Team Science in Clinical Research , home
Aug. 27 2025, at 1 p.m. | Karen Johnston, M.D., M.Sc., Harrison Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Research, Director, integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), University of Virginia School of Medicine | Seminar
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Home ItemCenter for Neurobiology Research Welcome Symposium 2025 , home
Aug. 29, 2025, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Center for Neurobiology Research Welcome Symposium
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Home ItemDissertation Defense: Investigating the Interaction Between the Mammalian Circadian Clock and Extracellular Vesicles in the Progression of Pancreatic Cancer , home
Sept. 5, 2025, 10 a.m. | Jonathan Church | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Home ItemInheriting Chromatin Domains in Mammals and the Mechanisms Involved , home
Sept. 5, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Thelma Escobar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and Cancer Research Center — D.C.
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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