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Article ItemEarly career biomedical researcher gets professional boost through NIMH diversity supplement program , article
Niesha Savory, a clinical neuroscience and psychology undergraduate student at Virginia Tech who conducts research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has always been fascinated with how the brain works.
Date: Feb 12, 2021 -
Article ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute graduate student awarded NIH Fellowship to examine balance, walking in children with cerebral palsy , article
Hassan Farah, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student, has been awarded a $98,000 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research. Farah is studying the limb biomechanics, joint movements, and loading in children with cerebral palsy.
Date: Feb 01, 2021 -
Article ItemSarah Henrickson Parker named chair of the Department of Interprofessionalism at VTCSOM , article
Parker centers her work on the study of human factors in health care delivery, working with clinicians to improve patient safety and quality of care.
Date: Jan 26, 2021 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital award $100,000 to fund collaborative cancer research pilot projects , article
Children’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech have awarded two $50,000 one-year pilot grants to multi-institutional teams of scientists for pediatric brain cancer research.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
Article ItemiTHRIV announces health research pilot project recipients , article
Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
Article ItemFralin scientists uncover mechanisms that wire the brain’s cerebral cortex , article
A research team led by Michael Fox, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has identified the type of brain cell that produces collagen 19, a protein that is crucial for the formation of inhibitory circuits in the brain.
Date: Dec 21, 2020 -
Article ItemStudents pitch biomedical innovations in ‘Shark Tank’-style competition , article
The competition involved students from the translational biology, medicine and health graduate program, who worked with real-world mentors, selected intellectual property, and created an entrepreneurial plan to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.
Date: Dec 15, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech, Children’s National Hospital request proposals for new brain cancer research pilot grants , article
Children’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech launched a new pilot funding opportunity to advance brain cancer research. Two dual-institution teams will each be awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant.
Date: Dec 02, 2020 -
Article ItemSeven receive teaching excellence awards at medical school, Carilion Clinic , article
The awards were given by the Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare, which promotes learning excellence at Carilion Clinic, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and Radford University Carilion.
Date: Nov 20, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech sharpens focus on students at Roanoke campus , article
Leanna Blevins, Virginia Tech’s assistant vice president for health sciences education and student affairs, has assumed an expanded role to support graduate students at the health sciences and technology campus in Roanoke.
Date: Nov 19, 2020 -
Article ItemNew Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientist pursues heart disease treatments , article
Scott Johnstone’s team is designing drugs that interrupt protein interactions to curb pathological cell division.
Date: Nov 11, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech lab joins network to expand COVID-19 testing across state , article
Virginia Tech was selected as one of three exclusive OneLab Network Tier 2 laboratories to expand COVID-19 testing capacity across Virginia, Governor Ralph Northam announced on Nov. 10.
Date: Nov 10, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech scientists, engineers to talk about steps to stop cancer in virtual public session , article
A year ago, Virginia Tech united its biomedical and technical expertise into a Cancer Research Alliance to take on the second leading cause of death in the United States. Now, scientists and engineers will talk about some leading-edge projects in breast cancer, brain cancer, and noninvasive cancer treatments in a public Zoom discussion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Date: Nov 02, 2020 -
Article ItemThe race against cancer’s clock: New study shows chronic jet lag impairs immune response, accelerates tumor growth , article
A new study led by Carla Finkielstein, an associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and Diego Golombek, a professor at the National University of Quilmes, reveals that chronic jet lag impedes the body’s immune system and also changes the tumor microenvironment, favoring tumor growth.
Date: Oct 14, 2020 -
Article ItemScientists find dopamine, serotonin have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain , article
In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals — dopamine and serotonin — are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception.
Date: Oct 12, 2020 -
Article ItemCarla Finkielstein named Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellow by Board of Visitors , article
The award provides support for outstanding faculty members who hold the rank of assistant or associate professor and whose work supports the missions of the college’s Academy of Integrated Science.
Date: Oct 05, 2020 -
Article ItemScientists advance understanding of blood-brain barrier health with implications for brain disease , article
The finding gives scientists a path to understand diseases where frequent blood-brain barrier damage occurs, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.
Date: Sep 21, 2020 -
Article ItemSwallowing difficulties in children with developmental disorders may be due to misfiring brain cells , article
Problems ingesting, chewing, or swallowing food occur in up to 80 percent of children with developmental disorders and can lead to food aspiration, choking, or life-threatening respiratory infections.
Date: Sep 01, 2020 -
Article ItemGrant to establish recovery research infrastructure for persons with opioid use disorder , article
The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently awarded a $2.6 million grant to researchers at East Tennessee State University and Virginia Tech to develop studies on how best to provide peer support services for individuals being treated for opioid use disorder.
Date: Aug 10, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech COVID-19 lab ready to test thousands of student samples , article
Starting this week, as students begin to return to campus for the fall semester, the lab’s capacity of 1,000 tests per day will also be dedicated to Virginia Tech students and employees in high-contact roles.
Date: Aug 09, 2020
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