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Education and Training

Virginia Tech's Health Sciences and Technology Campus, which includes the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, offer numerous opportunities for students and professionals to gain valuable biomedical research experience.

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Education and Training Opportunities

  

Student Services

Students on the Health Sciences and Technology campus enjoy an environment focused on student learning and growth with services provided to enrich the academic research experience.

Student Services Contacts

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    Leanna Blevins
    Leanna Blevins, Ph.D. , bio

    Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Academic Affairs, Co-Director, Integrated Health Sciences Research Program, Affiliate Research Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences

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    Dustin Eshelman
    Dustin Eshelman , bio

    Health Sciences and Technology Coordinator of Experiential Learning

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    Billi Hutchings, M.Ed.
    Billi Hutchings, M.Ed. , bio

    Health Sciences and Technology Programs Coordinator

Upcoming Events

Hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC

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    Social Learning in Borderline Personality Disorder
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    April 4, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Sarah Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research

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    Bringing Precision Medicine to Psychiatry
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    April 10, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Jordan Smoller, M.D., Sc.D., MGH Trustees Endowed Chair in Psychiatric Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Epidemiology, T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture

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    Extracellular Vesicles in the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment of the Heart
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    April 11, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Susmita Sahoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research

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    A Human-Centric View of Cerebellar Development
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    April 18, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Kathleen Millen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics/Genetics, Associate Director and Principal Investigator, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of Washington School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Neurobiology Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

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    Molecular and Neurobiological Studies in Rett Syndrome and Other MECP2 Disorders
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    May 1, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Huda Zoghbi, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Neurology; Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine; Member, National Academy of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture

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    A Novel Bispecific Antibody to Target the Brain Tumor Microenvironment
    A Novel Bispecific Antibody to Target the Brain Tumor Microenvironment , home

    May 2, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Khuson Yun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Chair, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center – Roanoke

Hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation