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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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Hard-to-treat cancers respond to combination therapy using a new class of drugs , articleIn a powerful new approach, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists use advanced gene editing to study potential dual therapy for lung, brain, and pancreatic cancers.
Date: Jul 25, 2025 - -
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AI expert helps startup improve health care delivery , articleWith a National Science Foundation grant worth nearly $1 million, Hoda Eldardiry’s Machine Learning Laboratory harnessed cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to integrate LiteraSeed’s existing visual-based patient communication tool with electronic health record systems for more efficient, data-driven health care.
Date: Jul 24, 2025 - -
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The biology behind uncontrolled aggression: How does early-life trauma shape brain circuit function? , articleNeuroscientist Sora Shin of the Fralin Biomedical Research received a $3.2 million grant to study how child abuse and neglect rewires the brain.
Date: Jul 22, 2025 - -
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Helmet Lab updates its rating system for football and bicycle helmets , articleSafety improvements to helmets led the lab to update its STAR rating system to ensure it is differentiating the most high-performing helmets.
Date: Jul 17, 2025 -
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