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Medical student awarded grant to help patients with colorectal cancer , articleJean Sabile will study the behavior of colorectal cancer stem cells in Samy Lamouille’s lab at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute to determine how a malignancy develops, as well as how these cells communicate with each other and their environment.
Date: Nov 16, 2018 -
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International expert on developmental disabilities to speak at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute on Thursday , articlePeter Rosenbaum, a developmental pediatrician with 45 years of experience as a clinician and researcher in the evolving field of childhood disability, will tell a story that is both personal and informed by scientific evidence as the next Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Maury Strass Distinguished Public Lecture.
Date: Nov 14, 2018 -
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Nov. 19 program to provide insight on variety of health care careers , articleThe 2018 Within Reach at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will offer information on a variety of health care professions along with details on how to proceed on a focused health care career track.
Date: Nov 13, 2018 -
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Scientists solve century-old neuroscience mystery; answers may lead to epilepsy treatment , articleSince 1893, scientists have known about enigmatic structures called perineuronal nets wrapped around neurons, but the function of the nets remained elusive. Now, a research team led by Harald Sontheimer has determined the nets modulate electrical impulses in the brain.
Date: Nov 09, 2018 -
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Medical school seeking art depicting influence of women , articleThe next art show at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine will feature works of art that illustrate the influence of women.
Date: Oct 08, 2018 -
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Press Play: President Tim Sands talks about the value of Virginia Tech's unique footprint in engaging partners , articleDawn Jefferies catches up with President Tim Sands at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab to talk about interdisciplinary research in Blacksburg, Roanoke, Northern Virginia, and across the commonwealth.
Date: Oct 04, 2018 -
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Cardiology expert to open VTCRI Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Series , articleAnthony Rosenzweig, the chief of cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, co-director of the Corrigan Minehan Center, and the Paul Dudley White Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will review how exercise protects the heart in his talk titled, “Can Exercise Teach Us to Treat Heart Failure?”
Date: Oct 02, 2018 -
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Addiction experts from VTCRI and Stanford call for more neuroscience research on long-term recovery , articleSeptember is addiction recovery month, and, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic, it’s an apt moment for addiction research experts to map the future path forward for a long-term recovery strategy for substance abuse.
Date: Sep 25, 2018 -
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VTCRI scientist awarded new federal grant to study cardiac conduction in health, disease , articleThe grant will fund Steven Poelzing’s research into a heart mutation, known as a gain-of-function mutation, that can lead to sudden cardiac death and other heart conditions.
Date: Sep 17, 2018 -
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Virginia Tech appoints Assistant Vice President of Advancement for Roanoke Kim Blair , articleThe move reflects the university’s growing presence in the city, where the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine have emerged as economic anchors.
Date: Sep 14, 2018 -
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Fulbright fellowship awarded to VTCRI research assistant , articleBrennan Delattre will research the mental health benefits of cooperative movement in Niterói, Brazil.
Date: Aug 07, 2018 -
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Heart association to support VTCRI biological sciences grad student's research into sudden cardiac death , articlePatrick Calhoun is investigating how a viral infection that causes a mild cough in the lungs may have a much more severe effect in heart tissue.
Date: Aug 03, 2018 -
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VTCRI scientist earns third concurrent grant from the National Cancer Institute to study breast cancer , articleDeb 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.
Date: Jul 10, 2018 -
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VTCRI scientist awarded $2 million grant to study immune memory response , articleThe 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.
Date: Jun 27, 2018 -
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Medical student awarded grant to work on research to develop treatment for pediatric brain cancer , articleFarah 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.
Date: Jun 27, 2018 -
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VTCRI scientists, Carilion clinicians first to identify perinexus in human heart , articleThe 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.
Date: Jun 18, 2018 -
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Report shows strong impact, predicts economic growth for Virginia Tech Carilion Health Sciences and Technology Campus , articleThe 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.
Date: May 23, 2018 -
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National expert on the behavioral science of scarcity to speak at VTCRI , articleEldar 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.
Date: May 14, 2018 -
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Cartledge Charitable Foundation fights breast cancer with gift to Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute , articleThe foundation made the $100,000 gift to support promising research taking place in Roanoke, Virginia, to prevent and treat breast cancer.
Date: May 07, 2018 -
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Caroline Reist named Outstanding Graduating Student for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine , articleReist will receive her M.D. degree during the school’s graduation ceremony May 5 at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke.
Date: May 02, 2018
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