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Article ItemMeagan Brem and team receive grant to study alcohol-fueled acts of violence among intimate partners , article
Brem, director of the university’s Research for Alcohol and Couples Health Lab, and her team will assemble a group of 100 heavy-drinking men and women students who have self-reported histories of intimate partner violence who will then be expected to report their drinking habits and other information for 30 consecutive days.
Date: Jan 08, 2024 -
Article ItemBuzz kill: Virginia Tech researchers find drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes reduce alcohol cravings, use in individuals with obesity , article
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute study analyzed social media posts and self-reported experiences among patients who use drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro.
Date: Jan 05, 2024 -
Article ItemDepartment of Chemical Engineering receives $3.5 million award to study impact of adolescent exposure to opioids , article
The five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the department's pioneering research to understand how adolescent exposure to opioids may contribute to opioid addiction.
Date: Nov 13, 2023 -
Article ItemHow do tax proposals affect cancer health of tobacco users based on income, education? , article
Roberta Freitas-Lemos of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute received a career development grant to examine socioeconomic cancer disparities of tobacco policy.
Date: Oct 11, 2023 -
Article ItemWhat is successful recovery? More than 10,000 people worldwide sign on to participate in addiction research , article
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s International Quit & Recovery Registry has become a rich network to study success in quitting alcohol, tobacco, and other substances.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
Article ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute spinoff company partnering with UVA Health to improve screening for opioid use disorder , article
BEAM Diagnostics Inc., a behavioral health company that sprung from research from Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a $1.84 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to commercialize its technology to improve assessment of opioid use disorder in outpatient medical clinics.
Date: Sep 19, 2023 -
Article Item‘Stimulants are coming back’: Addiction scientists seek to better understand cocaine use disorder , article
Warren Bickel and Stephen LaConte at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute hope the study will inform demand and cravings for a substance involved in nearly one in five overdose deaths
Date: May 14, 2023 -
Article ItemForecasting the health returns of tobacco tax proposals , article
Scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are leading a five-year, $3.5 million study that has potential to deliver research-based health policy guidance for new tobacco regulations as well as evaluate the health consequences of people’s economic choices.
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
Article ItemAddiction researchers seek a deeper understanding of substance-use recovery , article
With a National Institutes of Health grant, researchers seek to provide a scientific understanding of recovery from substance use as well as to identify ways to prevent relapses.
Date: Sep 27, 2022 -
Article ItemLeading addiction expert: proposed FDA nicotine rule likely to help more people quit smoking , article
“Nicotine is the driving force of addictive quality of cigarettes," said Warren Bickel, a Virginia Tech professor of psychology and director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. "Reduction of nicotine will render cigarettes less rewarding, which may help people quit smoking or cause them to use a less harmful forms of nicotine.”
Date: Jun 23, 2022 -
Article ItemNIH grant will fund graduate student’s study of human brain activity in alcohol use disorder , article
Jeremy Myslowski, a doctoral student working in the lab of Stephen LaConte at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will use the award to study new ways to quantify severity of alcohol use disorder with neuroimaging and to test whether this disorder also impairs brain regulation.
Date: Apr 15, 2022 -
Article ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists to discuss the science of healthy lifestyle choices in public seminar , article
Warren Bickel and Alexandra DiFeliceantonio are world-leading researchers in the science of healthy decision-making. This month they’ll share insights from their work in a free virtual seminar, “New Year, New Behaviors: The Science Behind Dysfunctional Decision-Making,” on Feb. 16.
Date: Feb 10, 2022 -
Article ItemHow we view the future may hold key to recovery from alcohol use disorder , article
In a study in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC suggest that modifying the time perspective of people with alcohol use disorder may improve their recoveries.
Date: Jan 27, 2022 -
Article ItemNew Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty member to advance addiction, pain research with focused ultrasound , article
Wynn Legon, a neuroscientist and pioneer in the use of focused ultrasound, will continue advancing this technology when he joins the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC as an assistant professor on Sept. 1.
Date: Aug 09, 2021 -
Article ItemDouble major Christine Faunce named 2021 Outstanding Senior for the College of Science , article
Faunce, who is earning dual degrees in experimental neuroscience and medicinal chemistry in the College of Science, will pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology.
Date: May 11, 2021 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech students present at ACC Meeting of the Minds research conference , article
Virginia Tech students from various programs and disciplines highlight their research and how their work seeks to benefit their communities in solving real-world problems.
Date: Apr 28, 2021 -
Article ItemBreaking through , article
In today's installment looking at complex problems, Virginia Tech comes together with research, technology, and a sense of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) to uncover opportunities for support, recovery, and awareness of substance misuse on campus, at home, and in the community.
Date: Apr 21, 2021 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech researchers give hope to substance use disorder patients with new psychological tools , video
<div><div><div>Warren Bickel, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and director of the institute’s Addiction Recovery Research Center, helped pioneer the drug treatments used to wean people from substances of addiction. His research also considers substance abuse in terms of costs and benefits. It addresses why people choose options that have the greatest immediate appeal at the greatest long-term cost--a hallmark of addiction. By identifying people who value quick gratification at the expense of the future, health care providers can pinpoint people who will need extra help during the addiction recovery process.</div></div></div>
Date: Apr 02, 2021 -
Article ItemNew study shows how risk-averse teens sway peers to make safer choices , article
Prior studies have shown adolescents are likely to experiment along with friends who use drugs and alcohol. But do friends who avoid risks have similar influential power? In a new study, Virginia Tech neuroscientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC show that observing peers making sound decisions may help teenagers avoid risky situations.
Date: Nov 30, 2020 -
Article ItemNew Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty member studies how junk food induces dopamine release in the brain , article
Why is eating unhealthy food such a hard habit to break? Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, a new faculty member at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, studies how modern high-fat, high-carb foods might be tricking the brain into intensifying reward and pleasure signals.
Date: Mar 31, 2020
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