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- - 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.
- - President of nation’s largest health and science public education and advocacy organization to speak at VTCRI
    Mary Woolley, president and chief executive officer of Research!America, will speak at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute on April 5.
- - VTCRI scientist awarded $2 million National Cancer Institute grant to study breast cancer
    The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Deborah Kelly, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, $2 million to study the mutated form of the breast cancer susceptibility protein that is implicated in hereditary breast cancer.
- - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to host 2019 IAMSE conference
    The meeting, set for June 7-11, 2019, is expected to draw about 500 basic science and clinical educators from across the globe to Roanoke, Virginia.
- - Medical student's research informs understanding of cellular communication during viral heart infections
    Fourth-year Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine student Vu Phan will be one of eight students from the class of 2018 giving oral presentations as part of the VTCSOM Medical Student Research Symposium.
- - Medical school’s fifth Match Day a perfect match
    The 2018 version of Match Day featured the fifth consecutive time that all class members were matched to a residency program.
- - Medical student keeps up academics and diversity work in spite of his own cancer diagnosis
    As a medical student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Omar Salman had learned a lot about cancer: from what goes wrong at the cellular level to cause it as well as patient risk factors and treatment options. But cancer became something new when Salman got his own diagnosis of bone marrow cancer.
- - Cynda Ann Johnson announces plans to retire as founding dean of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    During Johnson's tenure, four classes of students have graduated; each class has exceeded the national mean score on Step 1 and Step 2 licensing exams and has earned a 100 percent match rate to residency programs.
- - Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation awards VTC School of Medicine $100,000 for pilot program
    The two-year program will allow medical school faculty to train students, physicians, nurses, and other health care providers at local family medicine and pediatric practices on proper preventive oral health examinations and fluoride application in the younger pediatric population.
- - Scientists find heightened attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD
    A new study found that people with PTSD have an increased learning response to surprising events compared to people without PTSD.
- - Weight management expert to speak at VTCRI’s Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors
    John M. Jakicic, a nationally recognized expert in physical activity and weight management, will present a public lecture at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute at 5 p.m. Nov. 15.
- - Engineering, business, TBMH students converge to prepare for real-world challenges
    The idea is to introduce a diverse range of students to the biotech translation process — from the development of intellectual property to commercialization of discoveries. Students will pitch ideas on Nov. 17.

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