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Changing the paradigm from a focus on disease and symptoms to one of whole health, integrating intersections of animal, environment, and human health and building in communities and systems to empower multifaceted well-being.
Health Research Areas
- Aerosol Science
- Air Quality
- Addiction Recovery
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Applied Microbiology and the Microbiome
- Atmospheric Science
- Biomaterials
- Biomechanics
- Biomedical Imaging
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Engineering
- Cardiovascular Science
- Children's Health
- Climate Dynamics
- Coastal Engineering
- Disaster Resilience
- Ecological Restoration
- Environmental Modeling and Simulation
- Environmental Data Analysis and Visualization
- Food Safety
- Freshwater Salinization
- Health Behaviors
- Invasive Species
- Hazardous Waste Assessment and Treatment
- Human Neuroscience
- Infectious Disease
- Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
- Pollution in Freshwater Systems
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Tissue Engineering
- Water Health
- Water Infrastructure
- Water Treatment
- Water Reuse and Recycle
- Watersheds, Lake, and Reservoir Management
- Water Supply
- Vegetated coastal hydrodynamics
- Viruses
Health Research Experts
From airborne transmitted diseases to greenhouse gas emissions, Virginia Tech faculty, students, and partners work together at the intersection of health science and technology disciplines.
Linsey Marr
X.J. Meng
Karen Roberto
Read Montague
Virginia Tech Health Research Sponsors
Health Research Teams
Talented faculty and students are developing cutting edge research that is leading Virginia Tech’s rise as a global destination for health sciences and technology. Virginia Tech’s health sciences footprint is growing, connecting research to Virginia Tech campuses in the Washington D.C. metro area and in Roanoke and Blacksburg, Virginia .
Health News
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Researchers identify why some heart rhythm drugs heighten risks when sodium levels drop , articleNew research explains how low levels of the electrolyte sodium in the blood can disrupt the timing of the heartbeat in patients taking widely used rhythm-control medications such as flecainide.
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Scientists uncover immune cells that help prostate cancer resist treatment and a way to stop them , articleScientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute identified a subtype of immune cells that helps advanced prostate cancer evade the body’s defenses, suggesting a new approach for treatment.
Date: Jul 10, 2025 - -
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'Big Science, Small Pod' podcast: How does a brain even happen? , articleNeuroscientist Meike van der Heijden of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC explains how understanding childhood brain development could guide treatments for movement disorders.
Date: Jul 08, 2025 - -
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Katie LaVallee named leader of Animal Resources and Care Division , articleLaVallee has been appointed university attending veterinarian and director of the Animal Resources and Care Division, a position she has had in an interim capacity since December 2024.
Date: Jul 01, 2025 -
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