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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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‘Milestone’ discovery may unlock the true biomedical might of exosomes , article Date: Apr 15, 2025 - -
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Big dog, even bigger mission , article Date: Apr 14, 2025 - -
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Finding community and focus in interdisciplinary cancer research , article Date: Apr 11, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech names 10 new Bouchet Scholars for 2025 , article Date: Apr 09, 2025 - -
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What overrides the brain’s satiety signals and promotes overeating? , article Date: Apr 08, 2025 -
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Dissertation Defense: Pericyte and Endothelial Cell Responses within Murine Cerebral Capillaries After Blood Flow Cessation , homeApril 17, 2025, 2 p.m. | Hanaa Abdelazim | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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A Human-Centric View of Cerebellar Development , homeApril 18, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Kathleen Millen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics/Genetics, Associate Director and Principal Investigator, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of Washington School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Neurobiology Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Dissertation Defense: Cells, Circuits, and Development of the Mouse Lateral Geniculate Nucleus , homeApril 28, 2025, 2 p.m. | Katelyn Stebbins | Graduate Student Dissertation Defense
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Molecular and Neurobiological Studies in Rett Syndrome and Other MECP2 Disorders , homeMay 1, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Huda Zoghbi, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Neurology; Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine; Member, National Academy of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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