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- - Art show to honor beloved Roanoke physician
    The spring 2018 art show at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will pay tribute to the late Julien H. Meyer Jr., a Roanoke physician who passed away last year. The show, titled, “Laughter is the Best Medicine,” will feature works by 40 local artists and photographers and is centered on two of Meyer’s many interests: art and humor.
- - Winter weather: Offices in the National Capital Region will open at 10 a.m. on Thursday
- - Medical student investigates effectiveness of drug used for treatment of migraines
    Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine fourth-year student Ashley Etchison's project opened the door to a new area of research and produced a few interesting results along the way.
- - Medical student’s research shows promise as method to help quit smoking
    Perisa Ruhi found that smokers were more likely to value a future without cigarettes when envisioning future events with smoking-related illness symptoms, such as lung cancer.
- - 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 finds work ethic, grit, determination from her mother
    Lindsay Maguire, a third-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, is fulfilling her dream and touching more than a few lives while she’s at it.
- - Student finds his way to medical school through nutrition
    Kevin Mensah-Biney is one of two Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students awarded the Morgan Dana Harrington Memorial Scholarship this year.
- - Medical student excels by living with mindfulness, humanism
    Malek Bouzaher credits his upbringing for shaping his value system and instilling in him a genuine desire to learn from and about different people and cultures. He also readily acknowledges the influence that these experiences have had on his own character.
- - Tracey Criss recognized for excellence in medical student education
    The annual award is given to members of the American Psychiatric Association who have made outstanding and sustaining contributions to medical student education, including lectures, small-group teaching, supervision, and course design.
- - Medical students and doctors to battle it out on the hard court for a good cause
    The Jan. 25 fundraiser supports the Morgan Dana Harrington Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
- - Renowned expert in the role of periodontal bacteria in systemic diseases to present at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    Wenche Borgnakke’s lecture, titled “The Traveling Oral Microbiome,” will be Jan. 3 at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
- - Within Reach program to provide insight on variety of health care careers
    The medical school is teaming up with Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Virginia Western Community College, and Virginia Tech’s translational biology, medicine, and health program to help area high school and college students understand what health care educational offerings are available.
- - Governor, Virginia Tech Carilion officials break ground on VTC Biomedical Research Expansion
    The 139,000-gross-square-foot building will rise on the Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus at Jefferson Street and Reserve Avenue and will be physically connected by an elevated walkway to the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. It is expected to open in 2020.
- - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine events to honor military and explore medicine as it relates to military service
    An art exhibit - with an opening reception on Oct. 12 - documents historical military events and personal experiences. A Mini Medical School on Nov. 9 and Nov. 16 will address contemporary topics related to the military and medicine.
- - Transportation institute director to speak at TEDxWilmington Salon
    Tom Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, will speak about the future of transportation, particularly automated-vehicle systems and the reality of deploying such technology on the roadways at the Oct. 17 event.
- - Kimberly Dunsmore joins Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine as chair of pediatrics
    A nationally recognized expert in pediatric hematology and oncology has joined the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine as chair of pediatrics. Kimberly Dunsmore comes to the school from the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital.
- - Medical student explores alternative approaches to opioid addiction treatment during public health emergency abroad
    A year ago, Andrew Gaddis, a third-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, embarked on a Fulbright research grant to learn more about supervised injection sites and other alternative strategies used to fight opioid abuse that aren’t currently supported here in the United States.
- - Medical school administrator receives inaugural Outstanding Reviewer Award
    Richard (Rick) Vari, senior dean for academic affairs and professor of physiology at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, has been named the first recipient of the “Outstanding Reviewer Award” by the International Association of Medical Science Educators.
- - Third medical student earns St. Baldrick’s fellowship to study cancer at the VTC Research Institute
    Lamvy Le is the third medical student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to receive the grant, which will support her research in therapies that could potentially treat pediatric brain cancer.
- - Medical school seeks artists for show featuring military, medicine, creative forces
    The show will demonstrate the unique capacity of the arts to document historical military events and personal experiences as well as facilitate healing, reintegration, and well-being for service members and their families.

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