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Research!America Virtual Event: A Conversation with Michael Friedlander and Heywood Fralin: Making an Impact on the Research Ecosystem

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Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D., and Heywood Fralin

Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech

Heywood Fralin

Health Care Executive
Distinguished Benefactor of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
 

Research!America Virtual Event: A Conversation with Michael Friedlander and Heywood Fralin: Making an Impact on the Research Ecosystem

Date: Dec. 14, 2022

Time: 4 - 4:45 p.m.

  

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About this Event

Join Research!America from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, for a conversation with Michael Friedlander, vice president of health sciences and technology at Virginia Tech and executive director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC; and health care executive Heywood Fralin, who will talk about the innovative partnership model of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and its impact on the research ecosystem. Friedlander and Fralin are recipients of Research!America's 2023 Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award.

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