The Health Frontier

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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
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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Article ItemGut check: Glycemic control, not body weight, may influence how we learn what to eat , article
Researchers looked at how offbeat flavors such as acerola, bilberry, and horchata went down the hatch in a small group of people.
Date: Aug 25, 2025 - -
Article ItemMeike van der Heijden appointed to Dystonia Foundation’s medical and scientific advisory council , article
Council members are international leaders in dystonia care and research. They review research grants for funding and attend workshops to discuss the most pressing research directions.
Date: Aug 22, 2025 - -
Article ItemNeuroscientist aims to decipher mechanisms that mediate dopamine’s role in brain and behavior , article
Ryunosuke Amo will study dopamine system dysfunction and how opioids and other substances contribute to it.
Date: Aug 18, 2025 - -
Article Item'Big Science, Small Pod' podcast: What do you do when your body is its own enemy? , article
Cancer researcher and physician-scientist Cheng-Chia "Fred" Wu describes how the blood-brain barrier, meant to protect your brain from viruses and toxins, also stands between cancers and the drugs that could kill them. Focused ultrasound could change that.
Date: Aug 13, 2025 -
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