People

Principal Investigator
Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D.
Dr. DiFeliceantonio is an assistant professor in the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and in Virginia Tech’s Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She is also associate director of the research institute's Center for Health Behaviors Research, and an iTHRIV Scholar, part of the integrated Translational Research Institute of Virginia.
Our Team
Postdoctoral Associates
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Bio ItemMary Elizabeth Baugh, Ph.D. , bio
Research Scientist
Research Assistants
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Research Assistant
Graduate and Medical Students
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Bio ItemLillian Brouwer , bio
Medical Student, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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Bio ItemZach Hutelin , bio
Graduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Bio ItemAmber Kelly , bio
Graduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
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Bio ItemEmma Leslie , bio
Graduate Student, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
Research Support
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Bio ItemLexie Basiliere , bio
IV Catheter Technician
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Bio ItemKatherine Cox , bio
IV Catheter Technician
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Bio ItemMary Fowler , bio
IV Catheter Technician
Collaborators
- Monica Ahrens, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Tech
- Brenda Davy, Ph.D., RDN, Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech
- Alexandra Hanlon, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science (CBHDS), Co-Director, iTHRIV Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Methods Core, Virginia Tech
- Matt Howe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Neuroscience, College of Science, Virginia Tech
- Read Montague, Ph.D., Virginia Tech Carilion Vernon Mountcastle Research Professor, Director, Center for Human Neuroscience Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Undergraduate Student Volunteers
- Lindsey Accree, Neuroscience, Virginia Tech
- Arjiit Pradham, Biology, Virginia Tech
- Rhianna Sullivan, Neuroscience, Virginia Tech
- Abigail Valle, Biology, Virginia Tech
- Wenjing Yu, Neuroscience/Integrated Health Sciences Research, Virginia Tech
Past Students
- Jon Dotson, TOURS Scholar, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech (2022)
- Mufaro Chiduza, NeuroSURF, Biology, University of Maryland Baltimore College (2022)
- Stella Sun, Center for Health Behaviors Research Summer Fellow, Blacksburg High School (2022)
- Harpreet Dhami, Biology, Virginia Tech (2021-2022)
- Reese Robers, Roanoke Valley Govenor's School, (2021-2022)
- Jewel Mayo, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech (2021)
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General ItemDiFeliceantonio Lab Job Openings
Positions available in the lab of Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D.
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Learn more about Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program.