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Virginia Cooperative Extension agents to be trusted messengers for COVID-19 vaccine information , articleA group of Virginia Tech researchers, along with partners at Virginia State University, are working to deliver facts about the COVID-19 vaccine to the hesitant in rural Virginia via messengers they know and trust: Virginia Cooperative Extension agents.
Date: Sep 22, 2021 -
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Professional development efforts don’t derail doctoral training, study shows , articleProfessional development activities do not lengthen time to graduation or research productivity for graduate students in the biomedical sciences, according to a multi-institutional study published in PLOS Biology.
Date: Aug 27, 2021 -
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TBMH doctoral student crowned first-ever Miss Virginia Volunteer , articleBreana Turner, a first-year student in the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program at Virginia Tech, was recently awarded the title, earning a $10,000 scholarship.
Date: Aug 24, 2021 -
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TBMH graduate student awarded NIH grant to study diagnosis and treatment of genetic heart disease , articleGrace Blair, who works in the lab of Steve Poelzing at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, was awarded a two-year grant under the National Institutes of Health's Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award.
Date: Aug 12, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech graduate student receives three awards for research and community outreach , articleRachana Deven Somaiya recently received the Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Virginia Tech Aspire! Award for student learning, and the 2021-22 Gaskins Graduate Scholarship.
Date: Jul 27, 2021 -
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TBMH student receives competitive NIH award to study molecule’s role in healthy brain development , articleRaymundo Hernandez, a graduate student in Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Program, studies how a specific molecule in the brain influences important aspects of healthy neurodevelopment. He was awarded a six-year $466,699 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining doctoral and postdoctoral research.
Date: Jul 19, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech scientist awarded NIH grant to study CASK-related severe brain disorder , articleSarika Srivastava, a research assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, is undertaking a five-year study to investigate the mechanisms of CASK loss-of-function mutation associated epileptic encephalopathy, funded by a $2 million grant.
Date: Jun 22, 2021 -
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TBMH graduate student awarded NIH fellowship to study how the CASK gene regulates brain function , articleParas Patel, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student working at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, was awarded a National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research exploring how a rare mutation in the CASK gene causes certain brain regions to deteriorate shortly after birth.
Date: Jun 15, 2021 -
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Board of Visitors hears update on growing health sciences efforts , articleProvost Cyril Clarke, Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology Michael Friedlander, faculty, and students discussed the university’s growth in health sciences.
Date: Jun 14, 2021 -
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TBMH graduate student awarded two grants to advance brain cancer research , articleJoelle Martin, who will defend her doctoral dissertation this month, received the Zeta Beta Tau Cancer Research Award and a graduate fellowship provided by philanthropist, alumnus, and longtime Virginia Tech benefactor Ray Gaskins ‘64.
Date: May 05, 2021 -
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Mind the gap: Heart cells cozy up to prevent deadly arrhythmias, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute researchers find , articleSteven Poelzing, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, leads a team of cardiovascular scientists studying electrical conduction in the heart. Poelzing’s lab recently published a study that showed increasing sodium and calcium levels in the bloodstream helps keep dangerous heart rhythms, triggered by potassium overdose, at bay.
Date: May 03, 2021 -
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Student outreach program shines light on path to STEM careers for community college students , articleFourteen Virginia Western Community College Fralin Futures STEM-H Scholarship students joined the discussion during a virtual question-and-answer session about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers hosted by the Virginia Tech Carilion Student Outreach Program.
Date: May 02, 2021 -
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TBMH graduate student awarded NIH fellowship to study ovarian cancer cell mitochondria , articleJoe Grieco, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate (TBMH) graduate student, was awarded a National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research on ovarian cancer. Grieco is mentored by Eva Schmelz, a professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Date: Apr 23, 2021 -
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Medical student research project advances knowledge of probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and lactation , articleFourth-year medical student Grace Lee's research on the microbiome could help inform treatment one day for infants who have certain deficiencies, particularly in their immune response.
Date: Mar 22, 2021 -
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Veterinary college research team explores causal relationship between maternal microbiota and neonatal antibody response , articleA research team from principal investigator Xin Luo’s lab used rodent subjects to show a causal relationship between neonatal antibody production and the mother’s microbiota. The team’s findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences.
Date: Feb 24, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute graduate student awarded NIH Fellowship to examine balance, walking in children with cerebral palsy , articleHassan Farah, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student, has been awarded a $98,000 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research. Farah is studying the limb biomechanics, joint movements, and loading in children with cerebral palsy.
Date: Feb 01, 2021 -
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TBMH graduate program office earns gold certification for sustainability efforts , articleThe translational biology, medicine, and health graduate program, part of Virginia Tech’s Graduate School, is the first university office to receive a Gold Certification for sustainability efforts through the Virginia Tech Office of Sustainability.
Date: Jan 19, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists identify an elusive link between seizures, cell signaling protein , articleA team of Virginia Tech scientists identified a new link between seizures and deficits in connexin 36, a protein essential to the development of electrical synapses connecting neurons. The discovery, published Jan. 11 in Frontiers of Molecular Neuroscience, found that this interaction may make the brain more prone to having seizures.
Date: Jan 11, 2021 -
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Students pitch biomedical innovations in ‘Shark Tank’-style competition , articleThe competition involved students from the translational biology, medicine and health graduate program, who worked with real-world mentors, selected intellectual property, and created an entrepreneurial plan to develop and commercialize biomedical discoveries.
Date: Dec 15, 2020 -
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Forbes names graduate student at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to list of '30 under 30' to watch , articleUbadah Sabbagh, a fifth-year student in Virginia Tech’s Translational Biology, Medicine and Health program, is included in Forbes Magazine’s 2020 list of 30 young innovators in science with potential to make it big.
Date: Dec 02, 2020
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John Pastor
Senior Director of Communications,
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology
jdpastor@vt.edu or 540-526-2222
Whitney Slightham
Director of Communications,
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
wslightham@vt.edu or 540-526-2002