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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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New online tool tests how taxes shape sugar-sweetened drink purchases , article Date: Apr 29, 2025 - -
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Exploring a rare genetic disorder that almost exclusively affects girls , article Date: Apr 25, 2025 - -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Transformation of Information from the External World by Cortical Circuits During Learning , homeMay 9, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Alison Barth, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Neurobiology Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Research in Progress Seminar , homeMay 13, 2025, 4 to 5 p.m. | Xuansong Mao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Yan Lab and Jesse Tettero, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Hourigan Lab | Spring Research in Progress Seminar Series
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The Role of Exercise in Memory Function , homeMay 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Henriette van Praag, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Exercise Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Pathways and Regulation of Cardiac Nav1.5 Channel Trafficking in Adult Myocytes , homeMay 30, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Gea-Ny Tseng, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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