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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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'Big Science, Small Pod' podcast: What makes seizures start? , article Date: Jan 13, 2026 - -
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Cancer prevention: Can future-focused thinking help smokers quit? , article Date: Jan 06, 2026 - -
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Graduate students turn biomedical research into business ideas , article Date: Dec 19, 2025 - -
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Zeta Beta Tau alumni gift fuels brain cancer research , article Date: Dec 11, 2025 - -
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Next-generation neuroscience studies the infant brain in motion , article Date: Dec 08, 2025 - -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Special Seminar: Cross-species Studies of Monoamine Contributions to Reward , homeJan. 29, 2026, 12:30 p.m. | William "Matt" Howe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Neuroscience, College of Science, Virginia Tech | Special Seminar
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Policies to Reduce Ultra-processed Foods: Lessons From Around the Globe , homeJan. 30, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Lindsey Smith Taillie, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Associate Chair of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Health Behaviors Research and Addiction Recovery Research Center
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AI and Agentic AI: Opportunities for How We Work, Care, Discover, and Share , homeFeb. 5, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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Early Childhood Brain Development and Risk for Schizophrenia , homeFeb. 13, 2026, 11 a.m. | John Gilmore, M.D., Eure Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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