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2022 Achievements and news

Congratulations Dr. Eman Soliman for her IRC grant "Cleaning up the brain after trauma"

Caroline de Jager selected for oral data blitz: International Precision Neuroscience conference

Congratulations Dr. Eman Soliman for her IRC grant "Cleaning up the brain after trauma"

This award will support Dr. Soliman's independent project evaluating the novel role of myeloid removal of dead cell debris in the damaged brain after injury and its impact on neuronal health & recovery.

Jatia Mills makes VT headlines: "BMVS Ph.D. candidate receives NIH grant"

Caroline de Jager selected for oral data blitz: International Precision Neuroscience conference

Congratulations Dr. Eman Soliman for her IRC grant "Cleaning up the brain after trauma"

Microglial make waves again for their unique role in TBI.

https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/05/vetmed-jatia-mills-nih0.html?utm_source=cmpgn_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vtUnirelNewsDailyCMP_060322-fs

Caroline de Jager selected for oral data blitz: International Precision Neuroscience conference

Caroline de Jager selected for oral data blitz: International Precision Neuroscience conference

Caroline de Jager selected for oral data blitz: International Precision Neuroscience conference

Her work highlights the innovative role of axon guidance molecules in mediating the breakdown of the blood-brain barrier.

https://precisionneuroscience.org/

2022 Achievements and news

Liliana Ladner awarded VTCSOM summer research fellowship through Charles J. Schleupner endo

  • https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/06/vtcsom-schleupnergrants2022.html 

Dr. Kristobal Gudenschwager Basso: National Neurotrauma Society Trainee Diversity Travel Awardee

Dr. Eman Soliman: Neurotrauma Society Trainee Travel Awardee

Jing Ju awarded the 2022-2023 Regenerative Medicine IGEP fellowship, VT

Posters, Talks and Nutshell Awards

  • Jatia Mills, winner of 2022 VT Nutshell Games, Center for Communicating Science event
  • Alexandra Kaloss (3rd place) and Caroline de Jager (honorable mention): 38th Annual GPSS Research Symposium 2022
  • Alexandra Kaloss awarded GPSS Spring Travel Funds,  and won 2nd Place Poster competition at the VCOM Research Day 

Theus discusses NIH funding: Research & Development Series NIH R01 Funding @ VT OVPRI

https://www.research.vt.edu/research-development/events/archive.html

Laboratory of Neurotrauma Research in the news

https://vtx.vt.edu/content/vtx_vt_edu/en/articles/2022/01/vetmed-theusbraintraumagrant.html

International Stroke Conference

Allie Kaloss selected for oral presentation in the translational basic science session.  February 9–11, 2022 | New Orleans, LA  

2020-2021 Achievements and news

GPSS Travel Fund Program Award.

Caroline de Jager, award recipient

Gilliam Fellowship nomination

Jatia Mills, finalist for VT's Gilliam Fellowship nomination

ASNTR conference

Drs. Erwin Kristobal Gudenschwager Basso, Eman Soliman and PhD candidates Allie Kaloss, Jing Ju and Caroline de Jager present at ASNTR 2021

Alison Cash

Awarded  The Saul T. Wilson Jr. internship  


 USDA Pathways Program within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) veterinary services branch of the USDA.  


https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/2013/fs_wilson_internship.pdf

2020-2021 Achievements and news

Alexandra Kaloss

Awarded The Graduate Research & Development Fund Award

Spring 2021.


Won virtual poster award competition at Vascular Biology 2020

www.navbo.org/vb2020


First Place at  the 2021 GSA Research Symposium 

https://gsa.vt.edu/programs/gsars/2021-gsars/2021-gsars-winners.html

Dr. Theus, MUSC alumni, in the spotlight

 MUSC alumna works to find treatment for traumatic brain injury and stroke

https://education.musc.edu/alumni/graduate-studies/news/2020/08/michelle-theus

Miranda Creasey

Awarded Letter of Distinction for Research Scholarship,  VTCSOM 

Alison Cash

2020 Won first place in the Graduate Student Association 15 Minute Oral Research Presentation,  Small Structure with a Big Impact category, with her talk about insights into a novel regulator of blood brain barrier dysfunction following traumatic brain injury.

Alexandra Kaloss

2020 Won first place in the Graduate Student Association Poster Presentation, Myths and Mysteries Unravelled category, with her poster on Improving blood flow through EphA4 inhibition as a novel stroke therapy. 

2019 Achievements and news

Benjamin Okyere, Ph.D.

Defended his dissertation, "Eph-restriction of pial collateral remodeling after ischemic stroke." 

Erwin Kristobal Gudenschwager Basso

Won third place Postdoctoral Fellow Poster competition at The National Capital TBI Symposium, NIH.

Alison Cash

Won third place Graduate student oral presentation at The National Capital TBI Symposium, NIH.

Elizabeth Kowalski

Selected to participate in VT's 2019 OVPRI proposal development presentation.

Gabe Coleman

Awarded 2019 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).

2018 Achievements and News

Dr. Theus

Collaborative research featured in Virginia Tech News: Virginia Tech leads $2.6 million study of brain trauma, epilepsy connection


Receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award

Yeonwoo Lebovitz

Receives Dannon® Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant


Wins James C. Bradford Memorial Poster Award "Balancing the Maternal Microbiota-perinatal Neuroimmune Axis: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Disorders"

Collin Tanchanco Ocampo

Is awarded the 2018-2019 Robert Jones Excellence Award for his proposal "Age-dependent effects on the peripheral immune transcriptome following traumatic brain injury."

Benjamin Okyere

Received top student poster award at the Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience conference in March 2018.

Rachel Ward

Receives 2018-2019 Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship to study "Microbiota dysbiosis in microglial development.

Alison Cash

Is the winner of the World Rabies Day “Raffle for Rabies."

2017 Achievements and News

Dr. Theus

Awarded health research grant CVM-VCOM for the work entitled “Balancing the maternal microbiota-perinatal neuroimmune axis: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders” to investigate the role of maternal microbiota on microglial and neurobehavioral development. Michelle Theus Co-PI with Terry Hrubec

Thomas Brickler

Successfully defends his PhD dissertation: The Role of Age and Model Severity on Cortical Vascular Response Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Benjamin Okyere

Receives Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) F31 Fellowship to study the mechanisms regulation Eph-mediated Restriction of collateral remodeling after ischemic stroke

Yeonwoo Lebovitz

Receives the Spring 2017 Graduate Research Development Program (GRDP) award to study Role of maternal gut microbiome in neuroimmune development  

2016 Achievements and News

Dr. Theus

Receives ICTAS Junior Faculty Award, $60,000 per year for 2 years, effective July 2016.


Research featured in Virginia Tech News: Virginia Tech team investigates vascular health and traumatic brain injury with $1.7 million grant, March 2016.


Featured on Pulse of the Planet, a radio series providing two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth, nature, culture, and science worldwide.

  • Surviving Strokes, Airdate: Feb 11, 2016
    Why is it that some patients are able to survive a stroke and others are not?
  • Strokes - Collaterals, Airdate: Feb 12, 2016
    After a stroke, a specialized network of blood vessels redirects the flow of blood in the brain.
  • Drugs to Prevent Strokes, Airdate: Feb 15, 2016
    Scientists are trying to develop a drug that could help stroke patients maximize whatever bypass arteries they may have.

Yeonwoo Lebovitz

Wins 2016-17 Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research (VTCAR) Student Award

Kisha Grisham

Awarded 3-year Diversity Supplement grant to study connexin and Eph receptor signaling in the hippocampal neurogenic niche with relation to cognitive dysfunction following traumatic brain injury.

Benjamin Okyere

Wins Best IMSD Graduate Presentation, 2016 Mid-Atlantic PREP/IMSD Research Symposium, Richmond, VA, May 2016.

Thomas Brickler

Wins Outstanding PhD student presentation award, VA-MD Vet Med's 27th Annual Research Symposium, March 2016.

2015 Achievements and News

Thomas Brickler

Wins American Society of Neural Therapy and Repair travel award, May 2015.


Wins Outstanding PhD student poster award, VA-MD Vet Med's 26th Annual Research Symposium, March 2015.


Wins Outstanding CVM Doctoral student award, March 2015.

Benjamin Okyere

Wins Silver Poster Presentation Award, Virginia Tech Research Symposium, April 2015.

2014 Achievements and News

Dr. Theus

Research featured in Virginia Tech News: Neuroscientist investigates how brain repairs itself after a stroke, March 2014.


Named Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week, Oct. 2014.

Thomas Brickler

Is Virginia Tech’s featured graduate student, March 2014.

2013 Achievements and News

Thomas Brickler

Wins competitive travel award to attend Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology’s Neurodevelopmental Workshop in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 2013.


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