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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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James Smyth honored with university postdoctoral mentor award , article Date: Sep 19, 2024
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Virginia Tech students named 2024 Astronaut Scholars , article Date: Sep 26, 2024
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Disrupting Health Care Using Deep Data and Remote Monitoring , homeOct. 4, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Michael Snyder, Ph.D., Professor, Genetics, Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Exercise Medicine Research
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Research in Progress Seminar , homeOct. 8, 2024, 4 to 5 p.m. | Gege Gui and Audra Barnes | Fall Research in Progress Seminar Series
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Mechanisms of Longevity: From Mice to Whales , homeOct. 10, 2024, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D., Doris Johns Cherry Professor of Biology, Co-director, Rochester Aging Research Center, University of Rochester | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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Special Seminar: A Genetic Toolset for Investigating Glio-vascular Interactions , homeOct. 10, 2024, 11 a.m. | Hajime Hirase, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Translational Medicine, University of Copenhagen | Special Seminar
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Continuous Decision-Making , homeOct. 11, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Benjamin Hayden, Ph.D., Professor and McNair Scholar of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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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 | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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