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Virginia Tech Academic Public Health Corps: Bridging the gap between education and public health practice , articleIn an innovative partnership between the New River Health District and Virginia Tech's Population Health Sciences, the Academic Public Health Corps (APHC) allows students to harness the spirit of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) while gaining hands-on experience as public health practitioners.
Date: Apr 05, 2024 -
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Forensic science combats wildlife trafficking , articleA $2.6 million grant will fund a new wildlife forensic center in Botswana as part of Virginia Tech’s ongoing collaborations with the government of the Republic of Botswana to foster conservation and global research initiatives in Africa.
Date: Feb 06, 2024 -
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Forging the global land-grant mission , articleVirginia Tech President Tim Sands traveled to Botswana to meet with President Eric Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi and celebrate the expansion of collaborative projects as part of Virginia Tech’s efforts to expand the land-grant mission globally.
Date: Feb 05, 2024 -
Video ItemIt’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy , video
After experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic – which is celebrating 10 years of research into the therapy.
Date: Dec 20, 2023 -
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Hope takes root in Uganda , articleFulbright recipient Sarah Juster is researching how agroforestry interventions can help displaced refugees in Uganda.
Date: Oct 30, 2023 -
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Luis Escobar receives NIH award to study rabies transmission from wildlife to humans , articleEscobar will study vampire bats in Latin America to learn more about the spillover of a wildlife disease that can severely impact human health: rabies.
Date: Sep 25, 2023 -
General ItemMedical Survey Questionnaire for research travel
It is imperative that Virginia Tech employees complete the Medical Survey Questionnaire with Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) at least 60 days prior to departure for research-related travel outside the United States
Date: Jun 05, 2023 -
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A professor needed a kidney. A Hokie Wellness employee volunteered , articleA new kidney was the key to giving Yang Zhang and his family their life back.
Date: Apr 27, 2023 -
Video ItemBart Raeymaekers talks about Everesting , video
Bart Raeymaekers took on the task of sifting through data submitted by cyclists who have completed an Everest challenge, where they bike to a total elevation equal to that of Mount Everest. Here, he breaks down those results. Published in Scientific Reports.
Date: Apr 19, 2023 -
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Kathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana , articleAlexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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A farmer's death sparks Hokie alumna's advocacy for wellness efforts in agriculture , articleAmy Johnson found her calling as an advocate for mental and physical wellness in the farming industry after responding to an emergency in rural Virginia.
Date: Mar 10, 2023 -
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A silver lining in the fight for clean water in India , articleStudents and faculty in the Department of Geography trialed the use of silver-infused ceramic tiles as a way to provide clean water to schools in rural India.
Date: Mar 02, 2023 -
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Luis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales , articleWith the National Science Foundation award, Escobar will research the disease ecology and biogeography of hantavirus to better understand disease transmission between species and to humans.
Date: Feb 27, 2023 -
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Neuroscientists learn why PTSD patients relive highly charged fear memories in sleep , articleSujith Vijayan of the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience has led a research team in creating biophysically based models of the sleeping brain to explore at a deeper, mechanistic level how the brain may — or may not, with PTSD — effectively process and extinguish fear memories.
Date: Feb 07, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to host Black History Month panel focused on family health , articleThe special event, called Black Family Health, is Feb. 7 and part of the school's Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Series. Physicians across a range of specialties will provide their expertise as it relates to family health and answer audience questions.
Date: Jan 31, 2023 -
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Physicists model cell migration to learn how cancer cells navigate tissue , articleIn a study published by Biophysical Journal, scientists Wenya Shu and Nadir Kaplan explored mesenchymal migration through cell simulations and mathematical modeling.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researchers will investigate how bird feeding influences humans and birds , articleAshley Dayer of the College of Natural Resources and Environment and Dana Hawley of the College of Science are leading a multifaceted project funded by the National Science Foundation to study the effects of bird feeding.
Date: Nov 15, 2022 -
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Chemistry’s Emily Mevers utilizes marine egg masses for medical innovations , articleMevers, of the Department of Chemistry, received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that aims to leverage the microbiomes of marine egg masses for the development of next-generation antibiotics to treat emerging pathogens.
Date: Oct 10, 2022 -
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A letter of support from Martha Glass, interim dean of students , articleAs a campus community, we are deeply saddened about the death of Masha Amini as well as others who have lost their lives while protesting in Iran. Our thoughts and hopes for peace are with our community members as well as their family members and friends who have connections to the region.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
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Neuroscience doctoral student receives NIH award to study the little-known astrocyte , articleBeatriz T. Ceja Pinkston will use a National Institutes of Health grant to study astrocytes, cells in the brain that have complex, sponge-like shapes with thousands of branches from their cell body that allow them to interact with thousands of things at once.
Date: Sep 26, 2022
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