Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute

Michael J. Friedlander
Founding Executive Director
540-526-2013
friedlan@vtc.vt.edu

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Mission

The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) conducts interdisciplinary and translational research within the medical sciences to facilitate discovery-based medical education and to continually improve patient care through discovery and research.

VTCRI creates a bridge between basic science research at Virginia Tech and clinical expertise at Carilion Clinic and increases translational research opportunities for both partners.

Focus Areas

Cancer biology
Cardiovascular science
Infectious diseases/immunology
Neuroscience, including addiction, computational psychiatry, neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, and decision-making science
Regenerative medicine research

News

Apr 01 New study shows how common parasitic infection can cause seizures and psychiatric illness for some
Apr 01 Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal how brain tumors impact normally supportive cells
Mar 31 New Fralin Biomedical Research Institute faculty member studies how junk food induces dopamine release in the brain