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Researchers hope to uncover the underlying mechanisms of why ultra-processed foods are so rewarding – and so overconsumed , articleA new grant will help Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, a Fralin Biomedical Research Institute assistant professor, uncover the allure of highly processed foods, which make up 58 percent of calories consumed in the United States.
Date: Mar 29, 2023 -
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Everyone invited to learn about our ‘electric’ brains at 10th annual Brain School , articleNeuroscientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the School of Neuroscience will celebrate the amazing brain with their 10th annual Brain School program, “The Electric Brain,” starting at 5 p.m. March 13 at 4 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
Date: Mar 03, 2023 -
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State iTHRIV partnership awards $200,000 in pilot funds , articleThe integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, has awarded teams of physicians, researchers, veterinarians, and data scientists at Virginia Tech, Carilion Clinic, and the University of Virginia $200,000 in pilot funding. The funds will be used across four multi-institutional research projects to accelerate health breakthroughs in the fields of pediatrics, prenatal care, and cancer treatment.
Date: Dec 05, 2022 -
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Highly processed foods can share the addictive qualities of tobacco, researchers say , articleFoods such as sugary soft drinks, baked goods, chips, burgers, and fries can cause compulsive consumption, have mood-altering effects, and trigger strong urges, according to scientists from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the University of Michigan.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
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Neuroscience’s Matt Howe seeks to better understand how ingredients interact with people's dopamine system , articleTo figure out how individual foods affect the dopamine system and what happens when all of the ingredients are presented in combination, Matt Howe recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million National Science Foundation grant.
Date: Oct 11, 2022 -
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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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11th season of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series launches Sept. 16 , articleThe full slate features 29 experts sharing leading discoveries in cardiovascular science, cancer research, neuroscience, biomedical imaging, addiction, and health behaviors.
Date: Sep 12, 2022 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute expands Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program , articleMore than 30 undergraduate and high school students worked behind the curtain of biomedical research this summer at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Aug 16, 2022 -
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Neuroscientists will probe the functional brain circuitry that underlies learned preferences for tasty food , articleSora Shin, an assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, will analyze the functional neuronal circuitry in the brain that lead to overconsumption of high-fat foods with new National Institutes of Health funding.
Date: May 24, 2022 -
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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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Medical student connects smoking cessation, COPD, and delay discounting , articleFourth-year medical student Kenan Michaels researched whether smokers diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within the past five years would be more likely to have quit smoking since their diagnosis if they had lower rates of delay discounting, or how a person values future outcomes. His hypothesis was that patients who didn’t mind waiting for a reward were more likely to quit smoking.
Date: Mar 14, 2022 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists to discuss the science of healthy lifestyle choices in public seminar , articleWarren 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 -
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Virginia Tech places five faculty on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list , articleCompiled by Clarivate, a global company that provides data and maintains the Web of Science, the annual list identified 6,600 researchers from across the globe who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.
Date: Feb 08, 2022 -
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How we view the future may hold key to recovery from alcohol use disorder , articleIn 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 -
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Researchers aim to improve diabetes management in rural and urban communities with low-cost intervention , articleJeff Stein at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute has received a $990,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study the effects of applying a psychological treatment for addiction to help patients manage Type 2 diabetes.
Date: Dec 21, 2021 -
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iTHRIV funds efforts to combat obesity, understand self-harm, and reduce waste by Virginia Tech scientists and partners , articleThe integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia awarded $200,000 in pilot funds to five multi-institutional research projects at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia Tech, Inova Health System, and Carilion Clinic.
Date: Nov 19, 2021 -
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Neuroscience major, autism advocate Saket Bikmal wins 2021 Goldwater Scholarship , articleFourth-year student Saket Bikmal - majoring in computational and systems neuroscience in the School of Neuroscience – was awarded a 2021 Goldwater Scholarship.
Date: Sep 22, 2021 -
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Tenth season of Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series launches Sept. 3 , articleWith topics ranging from addiction, autism, and obesity to 3D silicon brains and the world’s fastest, deepest penetrating camera, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC's Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series features 26 leaders from the frontiers of cardiovascular science, cancer research, neuroscience, biomedical imaging, and health behaviors.
Date: Aug 26, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s 2021 Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series starts Jan. 29 , articleThe seminar series, presented virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, is intended primarily for an academic audience but is open to all members of the Virginia Tech community as well as the public. Events in the program, set for Friday at 11 a.m. of most weeks, offer the expertise of a wide range of scientists exploring frontiers in biomedical research.
Date: Jan 28, 2021 -
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New Fralin Biomedical Research Institute neuroscientist studies long-lasting impacts of stress , articleSora Shin, a new assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, studies how stress can induce psychiatric disorders. She hopes to develop new targeted therapeutics to help patients with mental illness.
Date: May 13, 2020
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