Tags

Results for Health Sciences and Technology (Roanoke)

Rss Feed

- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal how brain tumors impact normally supportive cells
    The same brain cells designed to stop brain damage fail to support healthy neurons when a cancer grows. New research, led by Stefanie Robel and Harald Sontheimer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, reveals how gliomas alter astrocytes, a cell type that helps protect neurons and is crucial to preventing seizures.
- - New Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty member studies how junk food induces dopamine release in the brain
    Why is eating unhealthy food such a hard habit to break? Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, a new faculty member at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, studies how modern high-fat, high-carb foods might be tricking the brain into intensifying reward and pleasure signals.
- - Medical student’s research finds pediatric anxiety associated with increased pain
    Lisa Crisalli, a fourth-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, studied pediatric anxiety and pain perception in children who were undergoing low-risk surgery.
- - Medical student Christopher Liao’s research has potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease
    As many as 5.5 million Americans over the age of 65 may have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that currently has no cure, according to the National Institutes of Health.
- - Class of 2020 continues perfect match to residency programs for Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    There was much to celebrate on Match Day, the day medical school students nationwide find out where they are headed for residency, for the largest graduating class to date from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
- - Medical student’s research suggests gender differences among depressed individuals in learning task behaviors
    Mercedes Robinson, Class of 2020, spent the past four years analyzing data obtained through a larger neuroscience study in the lab of her research mentor Pearl Chiu, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.
- - Medical student seeks clues behind preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy condition
    Anisha Chada, a fourth-year medical student, will give an oral presentation on her research at the 2020 Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Medical Student Research Symposium on March 27.
- - Media Advisory: Match Day 2020 at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
- - Pioneering medical scientist will connect cancer care, reproductive health, and fertility at public lecture
    The lecture by Teresa Woodruff, director of Northwestern University’s Women’s Health Research Institute, will not occur this week and will be rescheduled.
- - Doctoral student named Society for Neuroscience Policy ambassador
    Ubadah Sabbagh, a doctoral candidate in Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health program who conducts research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been selected as one of 10 members of the Society for Neuroscience to participate in the Society’s annual Capitol Hill Day on Thursday.
- - Heidi Lane promoted to assistant dean for clinical skills assessment and education
    Lane joined the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in 2012 and developed a state-of-the-art clinical skills teaching and testing program that includes a standardized patient program as well as a robust simulation curriculum.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC expansion moves forward
    Take a peek inside the new VTC Biomedical Research Addition, a 149,000-square-foot building slated for a grand opening in fall 2020 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke. The facility will be home to at least 25 new teams of Virginia Tech biomedical researchers specializing in cardiovascular research, obesity and metabolism, body-device interfaces, cancer, and more.=https://video.vt.edu/media/1_705f6u56
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to explore how a baby’s brain develops at Brain School
    This year’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Brain School speaker lineup features interactive presentations about what influences early brain development and how these factors relate to infant health.
- - Neuroscience innovator to show how technology can enhance memory and attention
    Studies led by upcoming Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture speaker, Adam Gazzaley, show that older adults can improve multi-tasking and memory using computer games. Gazzaley will present at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke.
- - iTHRIV announces statewide health research pilot projects recipients
    The Clinical and Translational Science Award partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System has awarded funding to four research projects.
- - Art exhibit honors injured military personnel, caregivers, families
    The show, titled “Creative Forces: An Exhibit in Healing,” will feature an opening reception on Feb. 25 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, which is located at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
- - New Virginia Tech startup seeks to use nano-capsules derived from milk to deliver heart drug
    Good things come in small packages. Launched by Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Robert Gourdie, The Tiny Cargo Co. will package vital heart medicine in nano-containers extracted from cow’s milk.
- - Virginia Tech President Tim Sands to play in annual Docs for Morgan basketball fundraiser
    The game supports the Morgan Dana Harrington Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. The matchup takes place Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Patrick Henry High School gymnasium located at 2120 Grandin Road. Admission to the event is free, but donations to the scholarship fund will be accepted.
- - Found in translation: National Institutes of Health leader to outline efforts to accelerate biomedical innovations
    Christopher Austin, director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health, will talk about "an era of massive collaboration coming in biomedical sciences to get more treatments to patients."
- - Annual Delta Dental lecture to focus on regional cleft lip, cleft palate program
    The discussion, titled, “The Multidisciplinary Approach for Patients with Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate,” will examine diagnosis, treatment, and management of these two facial deformities with particular emphasis on the integrated treatment model used in the Carilion program.

Page 1 of 7 | 125 Results