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Providing health care in the digital age , articleA transdisciplinary research team is working to increase access to health care in underserved communities by using technology to develop training systems for telemedicine cart users.
Date: Jun 22, 2021 -
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Transdisciplinary collaborations essential to tackling cancer , articleA dynamic collaboration between researchers in the veterinary college’s new Animal Cancer Care and Research Center and Virginia Tech’s Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics has attracted substantial funding for a unique approach to treating osteosarcoma, a notoriously painful and aggressive bone cancer that primarily afflicts large-breed dogs, children, and adolescents.
Date: Jun 21, 2021 -
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Rafael Davalos receives Van C. Mow Medal , articleDavalos, the L. Preston Wade Professor in biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Van C. Mow Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Date: Jun 21, 2021 -
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Board of Visitors hears update on growing health sciences efforts , articleProvost Cyril Clarke, Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology Michael Friedlander, faculty, and students discussed the university’s growth in health sciences.
Date: Jun 14, 2021 -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to advance brain, cancer research with focused ultrasound , articleThe institute is investing in an MRI-guided focused ultrasound facility with support from a $1.8-million grant from the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.
Date: Jun 04, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech scientists see fluid flow as potential key to fight Alzheimer's disease , articleThe National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Jennifer Munson, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and a team of Virginia Tech scientists $3.57 million to test the impact of fluid flow in the brain on development of Alzheimer's disease.
Date: May 18, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech launches ‘next generation’ human brain imaging lab , articleResearchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of the National Institutes of Health, to measure the brain’s subtle magnetic signals in two research volunteers simultaneously as they interact, capturing the rich complexity of the brain’s signaling during face-to-face social interactions in real-time.
Date: May 12, 2021 -
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As faculties become more diverse, these researchers want to help citations catch up , articleStefan Duma and Bethany Rowson worked with the editorial board of the Biomedical Engineering Society to recommend that authors publishing papers in the society's four journals include a citation diversity statement.
Date: May 05, 2021 -
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Class of 2021: Phillip Truppelli designs engineering solutions that uniquely fit nature’s laws , articleEarly on, Truppelli recognized that he wanted to use his scientific knowledge and keen insights to not just better the scientific community but ultimately the entire world.
Date: May 05, 2021 -
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Mind the gap: Heart cells cozy up to prevent deadly arrhythmias, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute researchers find , articleSteven Poelzing, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, leads a team of cardiovascular scientists studying electrical conduction in the heart. Poelzing’s lab recently published a study that showed increasing sodium and calcium levels in the bloodstream helps keep dangerous heart rhythms, triggered by potassium overdose, at bay.
Date: May 03, 2021
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