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General ItemWalk-In flu shots available for Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff Date: Sep 29, 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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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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Biological Science’s Cayelan Carey to expand modeling capabilities for daily water quantity and quality forecasts , articleThe Fulbright Future Scholar aims to give water managers the tools to forecast the effects of droughts, storms, and algal blooms on driving water conditions in lakes and reservoirs as regularly as we predict the weather.
Date: Sep 20, 2022 -
Video ItemFood science student's apple-picking bag research aims to keep fresh produce safe from E. coli , video
Cyril Ayuk Etaka, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Food Science and Technology, is working to determine how long E. coli can survive on various types of tree fruit-picking bag materials to help fruit producers ensure their products are safe when they reach consumers.
Date: Aug 26, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine dean named to national leadership group on diversity , articleThe Association of American Medical Colleges named Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Dean Lee Learman to its Council of Deans Insight Circle on Leadership Accountability for Diversity. The 11-member group will inform the development of an accountability framework to guide the nation’s medical school leaders in their diversity efforts across the education continuum.
Date: Jul 29, 2022 -
Video ItemHokie Wellness educates students about the dangers of vaping , video
The Health Education & Awareness Team (HEAT) is a group of students trained by the health educators at Hokie Wellness to deliver fun, interactive, and educational health and wellness programs to students. HEAT conducted vaping prevention education sessions called, “Being Vape Free Is Up To You,” for Blacksburg Middle School students. Students were given information about the health impacts of vaping, strategies to deal with peer pressure, and resources on how to stop vaping.
Date: Apr 29, 2022 -
Video ItemA very special Thank You , video
Virginia Tech cares about the safety, success, and well-being of everyone in the Hokie community, whether it be faculty, staff, or students. The tireless work you're doing to maintain in-person learning on our campus does not go unnoticed. We are here. We care. We are in this together.
Date: Jan 29, 2022
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