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Applications are open for the 2021 Virginia Tech Health Sciences and Technology Commercialization Fellows Program , articleApplications for the new program cohort are due online by 5 p.m. on March 12. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and research assistants and associates from across Virginia Tech who conduct health sciences and technology-related research are eligible.
Date: Mar 03, 2021 -
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Faculty academies recognize new inductees for outstanding leadership, service , articleAcademies honor the exemplary contributions of faculty members of all classifications in formal service roles or in areas of leadership.
Date: Mar 01, 2021 -
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Unified Vision: How Children’s National Hospital, Virginia Tech, JLABS are creating pediatric and healthcare research hub in Washington, D.C. , articleLeaders from Children's National Hospital, Virginia Tech, and Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC detailed how ambitious goals and strategic alignment were key to developing the new Children's National Research & Innovation Campus at last week's Healthcare Project Delivery Conference.
Date: Feb 28, 2021 -
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Maternal stress may disrupt children’s health, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, UCLA researchers find , articleUnmanaged, prenatal stress can adversely affect children’s lives, potentially heightening the likelihood of disease later in life, according to researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Institute at VTC and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Date: Feb 24, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC welcomes four new advisory board members , articleBoard members bring their personal and professional experience to bear in providing dynamic perspectives and recommendations to the research institute’s executive director, Michael Friedlander, and leadership teams.
Date: Feb 23, 2021 -
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Apply to join the 2021 Commercialization Fellowship Program , articleApplications for the Health Sciences and Technology Commercialization Program are now open. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and research assistants/associates from across Virginia Tech who conduct health sciences and technology-related research are eligible to apply.
Date: Feb 15, 2021 -
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International virologist to address the faith, science of COVID-19 vaccinations in Black communities , articleOveta Fuller, a scientist and ordained minister who has worked to address HIV awareness through faith leaders, will bring her experience working with HIV/AIDS to a discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic and resistance to getting vaccinated in the next installment of the Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Series, hosted by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Feb 15, 2021 -
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Early career biomedical researcher gets professional boost through NIMH diversity supplement program , articleNiesha Savory, a clinical neuroscience and psychology undergraduate student at Virginia Tech who conducts research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has always been fascinated with how the brain works.
Date: Feb 12, 2021 -
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Of mice, men – and fish: Researchers find parallels in spread of human brain cancer cells in mammals, zebrafish , articleScientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified a new zebrafish model that could help advance glioblastoma multiforme research.
Date: Feb 11, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute graduate student awarded NIH Fellowship to examine balance, walking in children with cerebral palsy , articleHassan Farah, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student, has been awarded a $98,000 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research. Farah is studying the limb biomechanics, joint movements, and loading in children with cerebral palsy.
Date: Feb 01, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s 2021 Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series starts Jan. 29 , articleThe seminar series, presented virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, is intended primarily for an academic audience but is open to all members of the Virginia Tech community as well as the public. Events in the program, set for Friday at 11 a.m. of most weeks, offer the expertise of a wide range of scientists exploring frontiers in biomedical research.
Date: Jan 28, 2021 -
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Sarah Henrickson Parker named chair of the Department of Interprofessionalism at VTCSOM , articleParker centers her work on the study of human factors in health care delivery, working with clinicians to improve patient safety and quality of care.
Date: Jan 26, 2021 -
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TBMH graduate program office earns gold certification for sustainability efforts , articleThe translational biology, medicine, and health graduate program, part of Virginia Tech’s Graduate School, is the first university office to receive a Gold Certification for sustainability efforts through the Virginia Tech Office of Sustainability.
Date: Jan 19, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech COVID-19 lab ready to ramp up testing for thousands of student samples , articleVirginia Tech’s COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, located at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has processed more than 70,000 samples to support health districts across Virginia and the university community since its launch in April.
Date: Jan 13, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital award $100,000 to fund collaborative cancer research pilot projects , articleChildren’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech have awarded two $50,000 one-year pilot grants to multi-institutional teams of scientists for pediatric brain cancer research.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
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iTHRIV announces health research pilot project recipients , articleMulti-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists identify an elusive link between seizures, cell signaling protein , articleA team of Virginia Tech scientists identified a new link between seizures and deficits in connexin 36, a protein essential to the development of electrical synapses connecting neurons. The discovery, published Jan. 11 in Frontiers of Molecular Neuroscience, found that this interaction may make the brain more prone to having seizures.
Date: Jan 11, 2021 -
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Tracking fluid flow in tumors, tissues drives new Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientist , articleJennifer Munson is a biomedical engineer and one of a handful of scientists examining how interstitial flow – the flow of fluids in the spaces surrounding cells within human tissues – can aggravate cancers, accelerate Alzheimer’s disease, and effectively deliver drugs. She joined the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s primary faculty team this summer.
Date: Jan 01, 2021 -
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Fralin scientists uncover mechanisms that wire the brain’s cerebral cortex , articleA research team led by Michael Fox, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has identified the type of brain cell that produces collagen 19, a protein that is crucial for the formation of inhibitory circuits in the brain.
Date: Dec 21, 2020 -
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Students pitch biomedical innovations in ‘Shark Tank’-style competition , articleThe competition involved students from the translational biology, medicine and health graduate program, who worked with real-world mentors, selected intellectual property, and created an entrepreneurial plan to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.
Date: Dec 15, 2020
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