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<h1 class="page-heading">Virginia Tech B.E.S.T. Program Leadership</h1>
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<div><a href="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/michael-j-friedlander" target="_blank"><strong>Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. </strong></a></div>
<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>
<div>Executive Director, VTCRI</div>
<div>Associate Provost for Health Sciences, Virginia Tech</div>
<div>Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech</div>
<div>Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, VTCSoM</div>
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<div><a href="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/audra-van-wart" target="_blank"><strong>Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.</strong></a></div>
<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>
<div>Director of Education and Training, VTCRI</div>
<div>Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, VTCSoM</div>
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<h1 class="page-heading">Advisory Board:</h1>
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<strong>Dennis Dean, Ph.D.</strong>, Executive Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Director Fralin Life Science Institute; University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry

<strong>Karen Depauw, Ph.D.</strong>, Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education, Virginia Tech

<strong>Sam English, Ph.D.</strong>, CEO and Founder, Attention Point; President of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council

<strong>Derrick Maggard, M.S.</strong>, Owner, Vanquish Investments; Executive Director of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council

<strong>Kenneth Wong, Ph.D.</strong>, Director of Educational Programs of the Arlington Innovation Center: Health Research; Director of the Northern Virginia Center; and Associate Dean of the Graduate School

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