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Category: research Research into alcohol use disorder: Imagining future events changes brain to improve healthy decision-making , articleA new study by Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC found practicing episodic future thinking both reduced impulsivity and enhanced connectivity in key regions of the brain.
Date: Mar 19, 2025 - -
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Category: research Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech funds teams to tackle community health challenges , articleFive multidisciplinary teams received seed grants to develop community-informed solutions for better health.
Date: Mar 03, 2025 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech researchers ask how many attempts it takes to quit substance abuse , articleA Fralin Biomedical Research Institute analysis found that people trying to quit opioids and pain medication experience more relapses.
Date: Jan 24, 2025 - -
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Category: research Grant to support new research to address alcohol-related partner violence among sexual minorities , articleVirginia Tech researcher Meagan Brem and her collaborators explore alcohol-fueled intimate partner violence in young bisexual+ couples, a group often overlooked in research.
Date: Nov 07, 2024 - -
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Category: research Virginia Tech researchers find menthol restrictions may drive smokers to healthier alternatives , articleScientists find when menthol is unavailable, smokers may shift to nicotine replacement options, which could have good health benefits.
Date: Oct 31, 2024 - -
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Category: impact In memoriam: Warren Bickel, professor and global pioneer in addiction recovery research , articleOne of the first leading scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Bickel was a prolific scholar, innovator, and entrepreneur who leaves a lasting legacy in understanding, preventing, and treating addiction.
Date: Oct 02, 2024 - -
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Category: research Fralin Biomedical Research Institute to host talks by nationally renowned AI, cancer, addiction experts , articleSeveral renowned scientists, including members of the U.S. National Academies of Medicine, Science, and Engineering, will talk about the research making headlines at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute during the 2024-25 academic year.
Date: Aug 28, 2024 - -
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Category: research Researchers find flavor restrictions affect tobacco buyers differently depending on socioeconomic status , articlePublic policies intended to reduce harm might perpetuate health disparities in cigarette smoking, the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., a study finds.
Date: Jun 06, 2024 - -
Video ItemCategory: research Nicotine, tobacco and social justice: Researchers find flavor restrictions affect buyers differently , video
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute study finds that public policies intended to reduce harm might perpetuate health disparities.
Date: May 16, 2024 - -
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Category: research Meagan Brem and team receive grant to study alcohol-fueled acts of violence among intimate partners , articleBrem, 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 - -
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Category: research Buzz kill: Virginia Tech researchers find drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes reduce alcohol cravings, use in individuals with obesity , articleFralin 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 - -
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Category: research Department of Chemical Engineering receives $3.5 million award to study impact of adolescent exposure to opioids , articleThe 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 - -
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Category: research How do tax proposals affect cancer health of tobacco users based on income, education? , articleRoberta 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 - -
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Category: research What is successful recovery? More than 10,000 people worldwide sign on to participate in addiction research , articleThe 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 - -
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Category: research Fralin Biomedical Research Institute spinoff company partnering with UVA Health to improve screening for opioid use disorder , articleBEAM 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 - -
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Category: research ‘Stimulants are coming back’: Addiction scientists seek to better understand cocaine use disorder , articleWarren 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 - -
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Category: research Forecasting the health returns of tobacco tax proposals , articleScientists 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 - -
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Category: research Addiction researchers seek a deeper understanding of substance-use recovery , articleWith 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 - -
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Category: impact Leading 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 - -
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Category: research NIH grant will fund graduate student’s study of human brain activity in alcohol use disorder , articleJeremy 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 -
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