Research
RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS
Addiction Recovery
Our researchers work at the intersection of behavioral study and neuroscience to target the impaired decision-making processes underlying addictive behaviors.
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Article ItemCancer prevention: Can future-focused thinking help smokers quit? , article Date: Jan 06, 2026 -
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Article Item‘How drunk do you feel?’: Ozempic, Wegovy may help reduce alcohol use , article Date: Oct 15, 2025 -
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Article ItemPain during opioid addiction treatment tied to worse outcomes , article Date: Oct 08, 2025 -
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Cancer
We are rigorously searching for the next generation of targeted cancer therapies in aggressive forms of brain and breast cancer.
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Article ItemRare Disease Day: Virginia Tech researchers tackle uncommon conditions , article Date: Feb 25, 2026 -
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Article ItemSeeing brain tumors through a neuroscience lens , article Date: Feb 19, 2026 -
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Article ItemCancer prevention: Can future-focused thinking help smokers quit? , article Date: Jan 06, 2026 -
Cardiovascular Science
With heart disease as the nation’s leading killer, we are elucidating cardiomyopathy, heart attack, sudden cardiac death, and stroke on a molecular scale.
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Article ItemRare Disease Day: Virginia Tech researchers tackle uncommon conditions , article Date: Feb 25, 2026 -
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Article ItemImproving cardiac treatments and ‘patient quality of life’ , article Date: Feb 03, 2026 -
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Article ItemWhy coronary arteries struggle to heal after surgery , article Date: Nov 14, 2025 -
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Children's Health
We want every child to reach their full potential, which is why our researchers study pediatric cancers, brain development and disorders, and neuro rehabilitation.
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Health Behaviors
We are studying ways to prevent and treat lifestyle-related disorders, such as obesity, substance use, and Type 2 diabetes.
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Article ItemAiming focused ultrasound at Alzheimer’s disease , article Date: Feb 02, 2026 -
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Article ItemCancer prevention: Can future-focused thinking help smokers quit? , article Date: Jan 06, 2026 -
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Article ItemNext-generation neuroscience studies the infant brain in motion , article Date: Dec 08, 2025 -
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Article ItemPutting rural health front and center in research , article Date: Nov 20, 2025 -
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Article ItemAll you can eat: Ultra-processed foods affect young adults differently , article Date: Nov 19, 2025 -
Human Neuroscience
Our scientists are developing new ways to study human behavior, brain function, decision-making, and brain disorders.
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Article ItemWhat can honey bee brain chemistry teach us about human learning? , article Date: Feb 11, 2026 -
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Article ItemAiming focused ultrasound at Alzheimer’s disease , article Date: Feb 02, 2026 -
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Article ItemNext-generation neuroscience studies the infant brain in motion , article Date: Dec 08, 2025 -
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Article ItemPutting rural health front and center in research , article Date: Nov 20, 2025 -
Infectious Disease
At Fralin Biomedical we seek to understand how pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites infect host cells.
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Article ItemCayelan Carey, Amy Pruden named Virginia Outstanding Faculty , article Date: Mar 04, 2026 -
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Article ItemRare Disease Day: Virginia Tech researchers tackle uncommon conditions , article Date: Feb 25, 2026 -
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Article ItemMathematicians model the menace of mosquitoes , article Date: Nov 06, 2025 -
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Article ItemMeet the Fabulous Fralin Five , article Date: Oct 15, 2025 -
Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
We examine the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying brain development to understand how brain cells are altered by genetic variations, neurodegenerative disorders, trauma, and aging.
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Article ItemRare Disease Day: Virginia Tech researchers tackle uncommon conditions , article Date: Feb 25, 2026 -
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Article ItemFrom law and order to genetic disorders , article Date: Feb 17, 2026 -
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Article ItemLearning how memories are saved and lost , article Date: Feb 12, 2026 -
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Article Item'Big Science, Small Pod' podcast: What makes seizures start? , article Date: Jan 13, 2026 -
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