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Cancer researchers team up against deadliest brain tumors in children , articleVirginia Tech Cancer Research Alliance innovators with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the College of Engineering have joined a Children’s National Hospital-led effort to treat deadly brain tumors with ultrahigh frequency sound waves.
Date: May 19, 2023 -
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New medical honor society addresses health disparities , articleFour medical students spent the year as honors fellows studying the use of interpreters for patients with limited English proficiency — in addition to their busy fourth-year medical studies.
Date: May 18, 2023 -
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‘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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International trainees selected for inaugural postdoctoral scholar program , articleKarthi Sreedevi and Xuansong Mao, postdoctoral associates at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, recently joined the new program created to help young professionals successfully launch their careers. They will receive additional training and support through the Research and Innovation Postdoctoral Scholars program.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
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Study explores ways to increase diversity in medical residency programs , articleJed Gonzalo, senior associate dean at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, was one of eight medical professionals who recently took a deep dive into what 29 graduate medical education programs, also known as residency programs, are doing to increase their diversity.
Date: Apr 26, 2023 -
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Life experiences, engineering shape nanotechnology pioneer’s innovative approach to health challenges , articlePioneering scientist Paula Hammond, who is lecturing Thursday at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, is one of only 25 scholars elected to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Date: Apr 24, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech scientist identifies narrow opportunity to address a disease connected with autism, schizophrenia , articleA National Institutes of Health grant will allow a team led by Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, to further his 20-year deep dive into DiGeorge syndrome, a genetic disorder that is usually diagnosed too late for treatment.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -
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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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Researchers associate early life stress with pro-inflammatory processes later in life during pregnancy , articleWomen who experienced high stress during childhood and adolescence may be preset for inflammation during pregnancy, according to Sharon Landesman Ramey of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Mar 28, 2023 -
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Medical students honor Sarah Parker with 2023 Research Mentor of the Year Award , articleParker has integrated both medical and graduate students into her simulation and patient safety research.
Date: Mar 23, 2023 -
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Medical student completes groundbreaking research on use of histotripsy in treatment of brain tumors , articleMaya Langman facilitated the first-ever histotripsy brain tumor ablation in a clinical patient. “The two things we want to prove are that this procedure is safe and effective. There is so much promise with this therapy.”
Date: Mar 22, 2023 -
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Medical student involved in research for healthy lifestyle program targeted at survivors of endometrial cancer , articleKatie Brow's research allowed her to find ways to incorporate her passion for public health into medical practice.
Date: Mar 20, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech leaders explore issues of trust in science during high profile Research!America panel discussion , articleThe National Academy of Sciences panel, moderated by Donna Shalala, a former U.S. secretary of health and human services and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, featured leaders of research, academia, and industry including Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Executive Director Michael Friedlander and health care executive Heywood Fralin.
Date: Mar 17, 2023 -
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Global biobank pioneer to describe the power and potential of big data to inform threats to human health , articleZhengming Chen, a pioneer of global repositories of biological samples and data, will discuss the rise and importance of biobanks in his talk, “Unleashing the Power of Big Biobanks in the East and West for Precision Medicine,” on March 16 at 5:30 p.m. at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Date: Mar 10, 2023 -
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Research project shows medical student the power of perseverance , articleEllen Shrontz is one of nine students at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to earn a Letter of Distinction for her four-year research project. Her research focused on gap junctions, specialized intercellular connections, that are lost in many forms of heart disease and during cancer progression.
Date: Mar 10, 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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Researchers emphasize importance of studying rare diseases, which affect 1 in 10 Americans , articleRare Disease Day, which falls on the last day of February, recognizes people living with the challenge of uncommon diagnoses. Virginia Tech scientists are trying to make a difference.
Date: Feb 27, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine names Paul R. Skolnik chair of Department of Basic Science Education , articleSkolnik will provide leadership, mentoring, and strategy development for the department and faculty representing a spectrum of research and medical science specialties, including further development of a shared vision focused on continuing excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, and service.
Date: Feb 23, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech researcher’s discovery may lead to a better understanding of mental health disorders related to stress, anxiety , articleBy studying zebrafish, Albert Pan and his team found a molecule critical in development of the brain’s stress response. The findings may may lead to new therapies for stress-related disorders such as depression and anxiety.
Date: Feb 22, 2023 -
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Medical school art exhibit tells stories of hope and healing , articleThe Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine's Creativity in Health Education Program will host a community tour and artists’ reception for its current art show, “The Healing Power of Hope,” at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at the school located at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke.
Date: Feb 17, 2023
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