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Article ItemMedical students adapt health fair during the pandemic to continue serving refugee and immigrant families , article
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students had to get creative to adapt what is normally an in-person health fair to continue serving the diverse refugee and immigrant community in Roanoke.
Date: Feb 19, 2021 -
Article ItemEarly career biomedical researcher gets professional boost through NIMH diversity supplement program , article
Niesha Savory, a clinical neuroscience and psychology undergraduate student at Virginia Tech who conducts research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has always been fascinated with how the brain works.
Date: Feb 12, 2021 -
Article ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute graduate student awarded NIH Fellowship to examine balance, walking in children with cerebral palsy , article
Hassan Farah, a Virginia Tech translational biology, medicine, and health graduate student, has been awarded a $98,000 National Institutes of Health grant that will fund his remaining predoctoral research. Farah is studying the limb biomechanics, joint movements, and loading in children with cerebral palsy.
Date: Feb 01, 2021 -
Article ItemDentistry in the time of COVID-19: The role of aerosols , article
Dental professionals worldwide tuned in to a recent presentation by Linsey Marr, aerosol scientist and Charles P. Lunsford Professor in Engineering at Virginia Tech, to hear her summary of studies on the role of aerosols as they relate to dentistry.
Date: Jan 27, 2021 -
Article ItemSarah Henrickson Parker named chair of the Department of Interprofessionalism at VTCSOM , article
Parker centers her work on the study of human factors in health care delivery, working with clinicians to improve patient safety and quality of care.
Date: Jan 26, 2021 -
Article ItemCenter for Gerontology receives $2.1 million to study extended family caregivers of people with dementia , article
Karen Roberto and Tina Savla, both core faculty members of Virginia Tech’s Center for Gerontology, are leading a five-year study funded by the National Institute on Aging that will examine the role of extended family caregivers and their service use, needs, and challenges.
Date: Jan 25, 2021 -
Article ItemAnnual Docs for Morgan fundraiser moves from hardcourt to virtual hoops , article
During Docs for Morgan: Virtual Hoops, medical students will try to defend their title against a team of Carilion Clinic residents. The PlayStation NBA game, which resembles an actual televised NBA event, was prerecorded with socially distanced students and residents at the controls.
Date: Jan 21, 2021 -
Article ItemiTHRIV announces health research pilot project recipients , article
Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Date: Jan 12, 2021 -
Article ItemPortion of medical school community part of priority group to receive COVID-19 vaccine , article
As VTCSOM students are returning from winter break, they will be eligible to receive the vaccine through Carilion Clinic. All VTCSOM students interact with patients at Carilion Clinic’s hospitals and outpatient facilities; because of this close contact, students qualify as part of the Phase 1a group under VDH guidelines to receive the vaccine.
Date: Jan 06, 2021 -
Article ItemMedical school alumni return to serve in Southwest Virginia , article
After the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine's charter class graduated in 2014, many went across the country for residency. As they complete training, some are returning to the area to practice medicine, fulfilling one of the original goals of the medical school.
Date: Jan 05, 2021 -
Article ItemRenowned aerosol scientist Linsey Marr to speak at 10th annual Delta Dental lecture , article
The lecture, titled “The Role of Aerosols in the Transmission of COVID-19,” will look at the procedures in health care and dental settings that may produce aerosols, which many believe to carry COVID-19, and how health care professionals can reduce exposure to them.
Date: Jan 04, 2021 -
Article ItemMedical student draws from background to prioritize underserved areas , article
Drawing from her own experiences of growing up with a chronic illness, as well as those of her younger brother with autism, Catherine Lavallee holds a particular interest in persons with disabilities.
Date: Dec 18, 2020 -
Article ItemStudent advocacy prompts health system and lab to exclude race from kidney function screening , article
As the science of medicine evolves, physicians are using more refined and better indicators to diagnose and treat their patients.
Date: Dec 17, 2020 -
Article ItemMedical school keeps students on track with switch to virtual and back , article
When the pandemic began, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine had to shift to virtual learning. Now that many classes are back in person, adjustments still have to be made.
Date: Dec 11, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine sees 48 percent increase in applications , article
The medical school’s application deadline for the Class of 2025 passed Dec. 1 with a total of 6,374 applications, up from last year’s 4,299. There are 49 available seats in the class.
Date: Dec 02, 2020 -
Article ItemAzziza Bankole named chief diversity officer at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine , article
Bankole, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, will begin in this role on Jan. 1. She replaces Karen Eley Sanders, who returns to her Blacksburg-based position with the university full time.
Date: Dec 01, 2020 -
Article ItemMedical student vows to pay it forward in honor of scholarship namesake , article
A life of service to others was instilled in Celine Marlin Andrews at an early age. Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, she attended a school focused on developing students’ intellectual, artistic, and practical skills in an integrated and holistic manner.
Date: Nov 24, 2020 -
Article ItemNSF grant unites diverse Virginia Tech team to improve in-home physical therapy , article
The VTC Smart Rehab Lab will use the $1.1 million National Science Foundation award to further development of tools and an innovated fused human and machine knowledge base that could open the door to wider access to physical therapy.
Date: Nov 23, 2020 -
Article ItemSeven receive teaching excellence awards at medical school, Carilion Clinic , article
The awards were given by the Teaching Excellence Academy for Collaborative Healthcare, which promotes learning excellence at Carilion Clinic, the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and Radford University Carilion.
Date: Nov 20, 2020 -
Article ItemVirginia Tech sharpens focus on students at Roanoke campus , article
Leanna Blevins, Virginia Tech’s assistant vice president for health sciences education and student affairs, has assumed an expanded role to support graduate students at the health sciences and technology campus in Roanoke.
Date: Nov 19, 2020
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