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Landmark $50 million gift to dramatically expand health sciences research at Virginia TechThe Richmond, Virginia-based Red Gates Foundation recently committed $50 million to the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to accelerate health sciences research at Virginia Tech. The gift…
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Fundamental understanding of a molecule‘s normal function could inform treatments for a variety of brain disordersA team of investigators in John Chappell’s lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC made a discovery that could inform new therapies.
From Clayton Metz
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Zerin Khan, Developing Treatment for GlioblastomaAs a part of the Laboratory of Integrative Tumor Ecology at Virginia Tech, Zerin Khan hopes to help create better outcomes for patients diagnosed with Glioblastoma.
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The Virginia Tech SBES program is preparing graduate students for an ever-changing medical industryThe Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES) is a unique multidisciplinary program that bridges the biomedical sciences, biomedical…
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Biomedical Engineering majors are impacting the health of the worldVirginia Tech Biomedical Engineers are committed to improving the human condition and the communities they serve through their unique intersection of biomedical engineering, mechanics, and science.
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BME major Julia Wakefield found her passion through service and helping others.Julia Wakefield, a Biomedical Engineering major in the Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics department found purpose in service and working with the local community. ENABLE, a club at Virginia Tech…
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PhD student is focused on helping military personnel and veteransMichelle Dickerson, a third-year PhD student, is researching neural engineering and the neuropathological, cognitive and behavioral changes following traumatic brain injury in military personnel and…
From Raymond Meese
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Improving the human condition through engineeringEngineering graduate student Whitney Tatem is passionate about biomedical engineering, because she is driven to solve problems to improve human health and well-being. “What drew me in to the…
From Raymond Meese
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Jess Gannon: Diving further into pancreatic cancer researchAs a recipient of the Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship, Jess Gannon is taking a closer look at pancreatic cancer research through device development and histotripsy. She found a sense of community at…
From Donna Meese
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Virginia Tech Helmet Lab director on flag football helmet ratingsSteve Rowson, the director of the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, discusses ratings for flag football protective headgear. Ratings can be found at www.vt.edu/helmet.
From Lee Friesland
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Students study patterns of electrical activity in the heart during interactive engineering labUndergraduate students in Professor Vincent Wang's Engineering Analysis of Physiologic Systems class participate in a lab where they utilized an EKG (ECG) prototype which uses electrodes placed…
From Olivia Coleman
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Senior design team steps up to NASA Student Launch InitiativeA group of seniors in Virginia Tech's engineering science and mechanics undergraduate program is stepping up to the challenge of their capstone design project in a big way. Through the NASA…
From Donna Meese
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Testapalooza: Breaking stuff to make the gradeNot all finals are a drag, Hokies! During Testapalooza, Virginia Tech engineering students in the Mechanical Behavior of Materials course spent their last lab of the semester testing (i.e. BREAKING)…
From Donna Meese
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Nora Hlavac '18 combines a passion for teaching and researchMentorship. Community. Opportunity. These are the words recent Hokie grad and new biomedical engineering Ph.D. alumna Nora Hlavac '18 uses to describe her time at Virginia Tech. She's…
From Donna Meese
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Researchers look for link between head injury and epilepsyVirginia Tech’s School of Neuroscience is leading a three-year, $2.6 million study looking at the connection between traumatic head injuries and epilepsy. The study, taking part with funding…
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