About Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC makes transformative scientific advances that address the fundamental processes of human and animal health and disease. The only university-level institute at Virginia Tech dedicated to biomedical research, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute trains the next generation of leading biomedical scientists while also facilitating discovery-based medical education. By sustaining and continuing to strengthen the Virginia Tech Carilion strategic partnership, the institute aims to develop one of the nation's premier biomedical research environments in Roanoke, Virginia.
Upcoming Events
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Recent News
Oct. 14, 2019
Neuroscientists, physicians, and graduate students from across the world will gather at the Precision Neuroscience Conference hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, ...
Oct. 14, 2019
Eliseo Perez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, will discuss the latest research ...
Oct. 10, 2019
Brain science advances could open path to new addiction treatments
Advances in brain science that help explain why individuals are vulnerable to addiction may lead to new strategies to stem the opioid crisis, according to ...
Oct. 2, 2019
Pioneering neuro-geneticist to join Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
A scientist acclaimed for revealing the genetic clockwork of complex developmental disorders in children will join Virginia Tech as a professor at the Fralin Biomedical ...
Speaker Series
Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Series
Leaders in health and medicine offer glimpses into the future
Pioneers in Biomedical Research Program
Top biomedical scientists share the latest breakthroughs
Medical Scholar Lecture Series
Clinician scientists explore frontiers of medicine
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