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- - International expert on developmental disabilities to speak at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute on Thursday
    Peter Rosenbaum, a developmental pediatrician with 45 years of experience as a clinician and researcher in the evolving field of childhood disability, will tell a story that is both personal and informed by scientific evidence as the next Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Maury Strass Distinguished Public Lecture.
- - Nov. 19 program to provide insight on variety of health care careers
    The 2018 Within Reach at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will offer information on a variety of health care professions along with details on how to proceed on a focused health care career track.
- - Scientists solve century-old neuroscience mystery; answers may lead to epilepsy treatment
    Since 1893, scientists have known about enigmatic structures called perineuronal nets wrapped around neurons, but the function of the nets remained elusive. Now, a research team led by Harald Sontheimer has determined the nets modulate electrical impulses in the brain.
- - Medical school seeking art depicting influence of women
    The next art show at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will feature works of art that illustrate the influence of women.
- - Press Play: President Tim Sands talks about the value of Virginia Tech's unique footprint in engaging partners
    Dawn Jefferies catches up with President Tim Sands at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab to talk about interdisciplinary research in Blacksburg, Roanoke, Northern Virginia, and across the commonwealth.
- - Cardiology expert to open VTCRI Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Series
    Anthony Rosenzweig, the chief of cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, co-director of the Corrigan Minehan Center, and the Paul Dudley White Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will review how exercise protects the heart in his talk titled, “Can Exercise Teach Us to Treat Heart Failure?”
- - Addiction experts from VTCRI and Stanford call for more neuroscience research on long-term recovery
    September is addiction recovery month, and, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic, it’s an apt moment for addiction research experts to map the future path forward for a long-term recovery strategy for substance abuse.
- - VTCRI scientist awarded new federal grant to study cardiac conduction in health, disease
    The grant will fund Steven Poelzing’s research into a heart mutation, known as a gain-of-function mutation, that can lead to sudden cardiac death and other heart conditions.
- - Virginia Tech appoints Assistant Vice President of Advancement for Roanoke Kim Blair
    The move reflects the university’s growing presence in the city, where the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine have emerged as economic anchors.
- - Fulbright fellowship awarded to VTCRI research assistant
    Brennan Delattre will research the mental health benefits of cooperative movement in Niterói, Brazil.
- - Heart association to support VTCRI biological sciences grad student's research into sudden cardiac death
    Patrick Calhoun is investigating how a viral infection that causes a mild cough in the lungs may have a much more severe effect in heart tissue.
- - VTCRI scientist earns third concurrent grant from the National Cancer Institute to study breast cancer
    Deb Kelly, who is also an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech, is working to better detect, prevent, and repair the mutations found in cancers related to the breast cancer susceptibility protein, BRCA1.
- - VTCRI scientist awarded $2 million grant to study immune memory response
    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a new five-year grant to Ken Oestreich, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, to study immunological memory.
- - Medical student awarded grant to work on research to develop treatment for pediatric brain cancer
    Farah Shah, a member of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine's Class of 2020, is the winner of a St. Baldrick's Foundation 2018 Summer Fellowship.
- - VTCRI scientists, Carilion clinicians first to identify perinexus in human heart
    The research team was led by Steven Poelzing, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and Soufian AlMahameed, who was a clinician associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the director of Carilion Clinic’s Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the time of data collection.
- - Report shows strong impact, predicts economic growth for Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus
    The report, conducted by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service’s Center for Economic and Policy Studies, analyzed current and future spending and employment growth at the campus, which is a physical representation of the unique partnership between a public institution, Virginia Tech, and Carilion Clinic, the third-largest private health system in Virginia.
- - National expert on the behavioral science of scarcity to speak at VTCRI
    Eldar Shafir will discuss the complex psychology of poverty and the tradeoffs people must make when resources are scarce on May 17 at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
- - Cartledge Charitable Foundation fights breast cancer with gift to Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
    The foundation made the $100,000 gift to support promising research taking place in Roanoke, Virginia, to prevent and treat breast cancer.
- - Caroline Reist named Outstanding Graduating Student for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    Reist will receive her M.D. degree during the school’s graduation ceremony May 5 at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke.
- - Carmouche and Sheng receive 2018 VTCSOM Outstanding Research Mentor Awards
    Students and alumni nominated individuals who provided clear expectations and high standards for students to conduct original hypothesis-driven research effectively and provide opportunities for professional growth.

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