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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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Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find , articleVirginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute show that resistance training outperforms endurance exercise in improving insulin sensitivity in obesity and Type 2 diabetes models.
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Breathing your way to better health , articleMasoud Agah, executive director for the Virginia Alliance for Semiconductor Technology, received a conceptual patent for a new breathalyzer inspired by the power of a dog’s nose.
Date: Nov 03, 2025 - -
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How to build a vaccine , articleAn immunologist who co-designed a COVID-19 vaccine administered to millions worldwide will deliver the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke.
Date: Oct 30, 2025 - -
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Virginia Tech scientist to present insights in real-time human brain chemistry at Penn’s Flexner Lecture , articleRead Montague of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will share how his group’s pioneering technology measures the release of dopamine, serotonin, and other neurochemicals in the living human brain.
Date: Oct 27, 2025 -
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