Annual Docs for Morgan fundraiser moves from hardcourt to virtual hoops
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The Docs for Morgan basketball fundraiser that supports a memorial scholarship fund in the name of Morgan Harrington at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
During Docs for Morgan: Virtual Hoops, medical students will try to defend their title against a team of Carilion Clinic residents. The PlayStation NBA game, which resembles an actual televised NBA event, was prerecorded with socially distanced students and residents at the controls.
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iTHRIV announces recipients of health research pilot projects
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hub partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System has awarded $200,000 in funding to five research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.
Multi-institutional teams of scientists, physicians, and engineers will study Parkinson s disease, celiac disease, pediatric heart transplant, pediatric telemedicine, and epilepsy.
Locally, the CTSA partners administer the grants through the integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV). iTHRIV is funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, through award number UL1TR003015.
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