News Stories

- - Oct 21, 2019 Virginia Tech announces expansive cancer research initiative
    University-wide research strategy intended to create new ways to help people with cancer
- - Oct 02, 2019 Researchers study the mechanisms behind learning and long-term memory in the brain
    Hehuang “David” Xie, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology in the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and his collaborators just published a new study in the journal Nature Communications.
- - Sep 23, 2019 Veterinary college’s Irving Coy Allen collaborates for a cause
    Aiming to advance cancer treatment, Allen studies tumor ablation and immune system activation
- - Sep 18, 2019 Virginia Tech Transportation Institute awarded grants for automated vehicle research
    The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is a global leader for automated vehicle evaluation and development.
- - Sep 11, 2019 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientist earns American Heart Association award to study stroke recovery
    The three-year American Heart Association Transformational Project Award will help John Chappell, an assistant professor in the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, unpack the complex effects of ischemic brain injuries on blood vessels.
- - Aug 19, 2019 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists discover compound that could shield heart tissue
    Robert Gourdie, a professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, is working on a way to limit the damage of hypoxic ischemic injury, allowing the nearby heart muscle cells to remain intact.
- - Aug 09, 2019 Industrial designers and biomedical engineers team up to address unmet needs of wounded veterans
    Elham Morshedzadeh, Chris Arena, and Pamela VandeVord (left to right) discuss possible fabrication methods for biomedical device prototypes, including 3D printing. Throughout the new course, students will design a device, application, or system to address an unmet health care need of wounded veterans.
- - Jun 26, 2019 NSF fellowship allows graduate student to balance research, service, and support
    Biomedical engineering doctoral student Cora Esparza is the recent recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award. The prestigious fellowship will allow Esparza to choose and pursue her own research interests.
- - May 31, 2019 Jennifer Wayne named head of Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
    Jennifer Wayne has been appointed head of Virginia Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics in the College of Engineering, effective Aug. 10, 2019.
- - May 08, 2019 Class of 2019: Doctoral student credits ‘lab family’ with accomplishments
    Farzad Ahmadi wasn’t always sure he wanted to be an engineer. For those who know the 2019 Ph.D. graduate in engineering mechanics well, that news may come as a bit of a surprise.

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