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In memoriam: Warren Bickel, professor and global pioneer in addiction recovery research
Warren Bickel, whose innovative approach to addiction research saved lives, inspired generations of scientists, and put him among the top 1 percent of the world most highly cited researchers, died Saturday, Sept. 28. He was 68.
In 2011, Bickel was among the first scientists to join Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. There, he became the inaugural director of the institute’s Addiction Recovery Research Center and in 2016 was named director of its Center for Health Behaviors Research. His research helped pioneer buprenorphine treatment, one of only three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications to treat opioid use disorder, which affects more than 40 million people worldwide.
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Young: The Case of ARVC , homeOct. 18, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Mario Delmar, M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Professor of Medicine, Patricia and Robert Martinsen Professor of Cardiology, Leon H Charney Division of Cardiology, New York University School of Medicine | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar, Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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Could we save this patient? Cell-free DNA Exposes Gaps in Transplant Rejection Care , homeOct. 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | Sean Agbor-Enoh, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Lung Transplant Program, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Lab Chief, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Lasker Clinical Tenure Track Investigator, Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics, NHLBI | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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Research in Progress Seminar , homeOct. 22, 2024, 4 to 5 p.m. | Shah Rukh and Megan Evans | Fall Research in Progress Seminar Series
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Harnessing Interoception: Innovative Approaches for Psychiatric Assessment and Intervention , homeOct. 25, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Sahib Khalsa, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Louis Jolyon West Innovation Chair, Director of Anxiety Disorders Research, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles| Co-Sponsored by the Center for Health Behaviors Research and the Addiction Recovery Research Center, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Special Seminar: Pore-tergeist: The Haunting of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition , homeOct. 28, 2024, 11 a.m. | Jason Karch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine | Special Seminar
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“It takes a village…” Advancing Health Equity Through Clinical and Translational Science , homeNov. 5, 2024, 5:30 p.m. (Reception and hors d'oeuvres at 5 p.m.) | Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, Director, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Penn State University | Timothy A. Johnson Medical Scholar Lecture Series
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