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- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute addiction scientist to receive international honor for translational research
    Addiction researcher Warren Bickel, the Virginia Tech Carilion Behavioral Health Research Professor, will receive the Scientific Translation Award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis on Saturday in Chicago, Illinois.
- - Friedlander named Fellow of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
    After more than a century of achievement, the society has named its inaugural class of fellows — notably including Michael Friedlander, founding executive director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and vice president of health sciences and technology at Virginia Tech.
- - Harvard leader, former NIMH director, to discuss ‘genetics of mind’ at public lecture in Roanoke
    Steven Hyman, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatry Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will contemplate the benefits and potential risks of combining genetics and neuroscience at a free public lecture May 23 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC starting at 5:30 p.m.
- - Virginia Drug Discovery Consortium meeting to focus on opioids, addiction, data science
    The Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery will host a May 21-22 meeting of the Virginia Drug Discovery Consortium to be held at the Hotel Roanoke, with such topics as opioid abuse, addiction, and data science in medicine as topics.
- - Virginia Tech awards Heywood Fralin the 2019 William H. Ruffner Medal
    Fralin broke family tradition by attending the University of Virginia instead of following his two older brothers to Virginia Tech, but he’s since become a Hokie in all ways except for his college degree.
- - NIH-funded health research grants available to nonprofits, government agencies
    Community organizations in the commonwealth are invited to partner with researchers from any integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) institution on 12-month health research grant projects. Applications are due on June 21.
- - Lamvy Le named 2019 Outstanding Graduating Student for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
    Upon arriving at the medical school in the summer of 2015, Le quickly established herself as an academically gifted student with considerable leadership potential. She excelled in the school’s problem-based, patient-centered curriculum and earned 11 Letters of Distinction.
- - Judges, neuroscientists consider how science and criminal justice converge at Roanoke neurolaw conference
    Neuroscientists and addiction experts at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC believe that emerging neuroscientific discoveries could complement criminal justice.
- - International scientists to plug into cellular signals at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute conference
    To explore potential sources of cellular electrical communication, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is hosting the world’s first Ephaptic Coupling Conference in Roanoke, Virginia, from May 5 to 7.
- - New initiative will further advance Virginia Tech’s commitment to life sciences research
    Virginia Tech will transfer the resources of the Biocomplexity Institute into the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech on the Blacksburg campus. In doing so, Virginia Tech will support life sciences research across the university by providing “room to grow” through shared laboratories and catalyzing collaboration and partnership.
- - Leading addiction scientist to deliver Maury Strauss Lecture at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
    Nationwide, roughly one in five adult Americans has a chronic addictive disorder. Drawing on cues from animal behavior, Marilyn Carroll will talk about “Understanding, Treating, and Preventing Addiction: What Would Animals Do?” in a free public presentation April 25.
- - Universities lead effort to help Appalachians trapped by opioid epidemic
    Universities led by Virginia Tech will unite scientists, a range of health-care and service providers, and communities, including individuals in recovery, to confront the opioid problem, directly in the epicenter of the epidemic.
- - Former president of MIT to discuss ‘next technology revolution’ at community lecture in Roanoke
    Susan Hockfield, who is also a faculty chair of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research board of advisors, will speak about the growing convergence of biology and engineering at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke, Virginia at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18.
- - Madelynn Todd, Ryan King to represent students on Board of Visitors
    The two students will begin their one-year terms on July 1.
- - Hundreds of STEM high school students to compete at Virginia Science and Engineering Fair
    Hosted by volunteers from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 274 students will present their projects on April 6 at the Berglund Special Events Center in Roanoke.
- - FORWARD: Allyson Bailey
    A series of traumatic brain injuries in high school left Bailey unable to walk and struggling to communicate. Now she is taking advantage of all Virginia Tech has to offer and using her experiences to help others.
- - Nation’s first clinical trial for rehabilitating infant stroke victims to begin
    Called I-ACQUIRE, the Phase III clinic trial will examine the effectiveness of a pediatric therapy to increase upper extremity skills, gross motor development, and cognition in 240 children nationwide who experienced strokes when they were under 4 weeks old.
- - National health official to stress disaster preparedness for research communities at Maury Strauss public lecture in Roanoke
    Hurricanes, floods, forest fires, cyberattacks — countless disaster scenarios can disrupt business operations and threaten an organization’s financial stability. Biomedical research communities are not immune to these threats.
- - Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to present the good, bad, and ugly at 7th Annual Brain School
    Experts will share insights and extraordinary facts during the series of community lectures and hands-on activities from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, through Thursday, March 14, at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
- - VTC School of Medicine names Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Stephanie DeLuca as 2019 Outstanding Research Mentor
    DeLuca, a developmental psychologist who also holds faculty appointments in the VTCSOM and the Virginia Tech College of Science, has been a Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty member for six years. She develops neurorehabilitation treatment techniques for both children and adults.

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