Ariel Badger, a fourth-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, wanted to answer a question that is on the mind of most patients after orthopaedic surgery: “When can I drive again?” Working with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Peter Apel, orthopaedic surgeon with Carilion Clinic, Badger was able to shed light on the topic through her award-winning research. She and other members of VTCSOM’s class of 2022 will present findings from their four-year research projects on March 25 at the school.