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- - Virginia Tech announces expansive cancer research initiative
    Virginia Tech has developed a university-wide cancer research strategy to create and expand synergies among more than 30 existing research teams at work finding new ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
- - Using data to make better doctors
    Kristofer Rau, assistant professor of basic science education at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, uses data to more effectively teach medical students neuroscience, while also allowing them to hone their interpersonal skills by teaching complex subjects to children.
- - Leading aging, vision experts to keynote international precision neuroscience conference in Roanoke this spring
    Neuroscientists, physicians, and graduate students from across the world will gather at the Precision Neuroscience Conference hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia, in May.
- - National health official to address minority health disparities at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute public lecture
    Eliseo Perez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, will give the free, hour-long Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 17 in Roanoke.
- - Nathaniel L. Bishop named senior associate dean at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    Bishop will serve as the senior associate dean for diversity, inclusion, and student vitality. In this new role, he will collaborate with the school’s current teams to focus on recruiting and retaining diverse students, staff, and faculty
- - Andrew Ickes named development director for the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    Ickes will work closely with other members of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s advancement team.
- - Pioneering neuro-geneticist to join Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, currently the director of the George Washington University Institute for Neuroscience and the Lieberman Professor of Neuroscience, will move his research program to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
- - Virginia Tech appoints assistant vice president for health sciences education Leanna Blevins
    In her new role, Blevins will be responsible for integrating undergraduate programs into the health sciences campus in Roanoke while building partnerships that will help establish an even more holistic, vibrant, and sustainable campus ecosystem in Roanoke.
- - NIH-funded health research grants available to nonprofits, government agencies
    Community organizations can now apply to receive 12-month health research grants up to $20,000 through the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV).
- - David Musick promoted to senior dean for faculty affairs at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    In his new role, Musick will focus his work on continued alignment with faculty affairs at Virginia Tech, while also overseeing faculty development and wellness.
- - Regional government forum reveals 'limitless potential' from Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic partnership
    Virginia Tech President Tim Sands and Carilion Clinic’s President and Chief Executive Officer Nancy Howell Agee set the tone for the meeting by portraying how both organizations have invested significantly throughout the region and across the commonwealth.
- - Family of Roanoke lawyer, philanthropist William Lemon contributes $1 million to support Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    The gift will help the rapidly expanding research institute continue to recruit and retain world-class researchers.
- - Art show to feature works of renowned local artist Jane Lillian Vance
    Described as “painted journalism,” the exhibits will include extraordinary works from her travels in the name of hope and healing to Africa and South Asia as well as her efforts as vice president of the national nonprofit Help Save the Next Girl.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns American Heart Association award to study stroke recovery
    The three-year American Heart Association Transformational Project Award will help heart and reparative medicine researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC examine the complex effects of ischemic brain injuries on blood vessels.
- - John McNamara named first president of Virginia Anatomical Advisory Board
    The group will serve primarily as an advisory board to the Virginia State Anatomical Program, an agency of the state health department.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists discover compound that could shield heart tissue
    Imagine there was a drug that you could take soon after a heart attack that could reduce damage by protecting healthy heart muscle tissue.
- - Samantha Hoover joins Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine as director of alumni relations
    Hoover will work collaboratively with members of the school’s advancement team to promote institutional and school goals related to communications, fundraising, and alumni engagement.
- - Roanoke scientists give local youth behind-the-scenes look at biomedical research
    For the second year, Roanoke youth enrolled in Goodwill Industries of the Valley's YouthHQ@Goodwill Science Camp visited the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC this week. The campers learned about careers in science, microscopy, genetics, viruses, and how a heartbeat happens.
- - Medical student receives Alpha Omega Alpha fellowship for structural heart disease research
    Meyha Swaroop’s research focuses on a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve implantation, or TAVI, which is a minimally invasive technique that utilizes catheters threaded through major arteries rather than open heart surgery.
- - iTHRIV, community groups partner to improve health of Virginians
    The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia has awarded a total of $80,000 in community health research grants to four multi-institutional biomedical research projects.

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