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Virginia Tech Global Distinction New online tool tests how taxes shape sugar-sweetened drink purchases , articleResearchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC created the Experimental Beverage Marketplace to study how taxes affect consumers’ purchase of soft drinks, energy drinks, and other sugary beverages.
Date: Apr 29, 2025 - -
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Category: research Fralin Biomedical Research Institute appoints interim directors for research centers focused on addiction recovery and health behaviors , articleA team of four researchers will continue to advance the extensive work underway at the Addiction Recovery Research Center and Center for Health Behaviors Research.
Date: Oct 18, 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 - -
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Category: research From healthy development to cancer treatments, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists aim for impact , articleNew Seale Innovation Fund projects fuel a broad spectrum of research focused on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, stress, brain development, and more.
Date: Jan 29, 2024 - -
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Category: research Researchers link food insecurity, financial hardship during COVID-19 to trait associated with poor health choices , articleThe Fralin Biomedical Research Institute study has implications for better understanding food choices and addictive disorders.
Date: Oct 05, 2023 - -
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Category: research ‘The real deal’: Students thrive and grow in summer hands-on research experiences , articleThis was the seventh summer of programs aimed at engaging and training the next generation of scientists. This year, 34 students from colleges in Virginia, North Carolina, and as far away as California, and from five area high schools, participated in summer undergraduate research fellowship programs at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Sep 20, 2023 - -
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Category: research 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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Category: research 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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Category: research 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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Category: research 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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Category: research Researchers receive grant to study misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine , articleResearchers at Virginia Tech are looking into how social media misinformation influences people’s intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, especially those within the Appalachian region, with help from a grant funded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and the Data and Decisions Destination Area.
Date: Apr 01, 2021 - -
Video ItemCategory: research Meet our Scientists: Dr. Chiu, Dr. DeLuca, Dr. LaConte, Dr. Robel, and Dr. Stein , video
<div>The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s researchers have diverse backgrounds. Learn more about their research, hobbies, backgrounds, and why they became scientists in our 2021 weekly video series.</div>
Date: Feb 18, 2021 - -
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Category: research Center for Transformative Research on Health Behaviors selects projects to tackle lifestyle-related diseases , articleCollaborative teams of Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic investigators are exploring the consequences of destructive health behavior in people struggling with poor adherence to breast cancer treatment regimes, opioid dependence, and cardiovascular disease.
Date: Jan 04, 2019 - -
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Category: campus experience Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists seek unfiltered truth about 'light' cigarettes , articleVTCRI scientists will focus on how ventilated filters on cigarettes, product packaging, and messaging have affected cigarette use, and also how alternative nicotine delivery systems — such as electronic cigarettes — can be used to modify smoking behavior.
Date: Mar 06, 2018 -