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DONOR HIGHLIGHT: HEYWOOD FRALIN
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Record $50 million gift to Virginia Tech results in naming of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke , articleHistoric donation will help recruit and retain world-leading researchers, further bolstering Virginia’s economy.
Heywood Fralin
"I look forward to the many discoveries that will emerge as we grow and become a leading academic health center for biomedical research in the commonwealth. The City of Roanoke will evolve dramatically over the next 25 years. I am excited to be one of many catalysts in this transformation that will create a thriving economy in Southwest Virginia. We will need many more to make this new economy as great as it can be."
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
"The Fralin family’s support opens up exciting new opportunities for us. Thanks to them, we can retain and recruit the very best researchers and provide the critical facilities and instrumentation to enable their transformative research programs.”
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2025 Seale Innovation Fund grants fuel health innovation , articleFralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists take on projects targeting heart disease, memory, mental health, brain development, and sugar-sweetened drinks.
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Graduate student’s research goal: Improve outcomes for brain cancer patients , articleA Jeanine L. Matte Fellowship will help advance Samantha Howerton’s doctoral research into personalized therapies for glioblastoma.
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Fellowship helps doctoral student get to the heart of cardiac disease , articleAbigail Doku will use a Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship to continue her doctoral research into heart failure, the world’s leading cause of death, at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
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Fellowship will help doctoral student explore the neuroscience behind yoga, meditation , articleNishika Raheja wants to better understand the neurochemistry behind mindfulness practices. She will be supported in that work with a Ray A. Gaskins fellowship for students conducting research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.
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Virginia Tech alumni from Zeta Beta Tau fraternity set up legacy of giving — ahead of schedule , articleMason Wheeler, a doctoral student working at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, is the first recipient of the fraternity’s endowed fellowship.
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Ray A. Gaskins graduate fellowship supports research into childhood epilepsy , articleTranslational biology, medicine, and health doctoral student Mona Safari will gather preliminary data to better understand the cellular basis of treatment-resistant seizure disorders in children.
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In memoriam: Maury Strauss, benefactor and a ‘giant’ in history of Roanoke , articleStrauss, a Virginia businessman and supporter of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC since it opened in 2010, passed away on Monday. He was 99.
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James R. Carter Sr. Memorial Awards support Alzheimer’s and dementia research , articleBy studying how mitochondria support neuronal function important for memory formation and how the brain’s blood vessels respond to changes in blood flow and oxygenation, Mikel Cawley and Hanaa Abdelazim hope to advance research into degenerative brain diseases.
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