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<div><a href="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/employees/michael-j-friedlander" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D. </strong></a><strong><a href="http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-210" src="http://info.vtc.vt.edu/best/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150.jpg" alt="michael_friedlander_mugshot_1_crop_150x150" width="150" height="150" /></a></strong></div>
<div><strong>Co-Investigator, NIH BEST Award</strong></div>
<div>Executive Director, Virginia Tech Fralin Biomedical Research Institute</div>
<div>Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech</div>
<div>Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech</div>
<div>Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>
<div>Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine</div>
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<strong>Steven Culver, Ph.D.</strong></a></div>
<div><strong>Evaluation</strong></div>
<div>Assistant Provost of Assessment and Evaluation, Virginia Tech</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>Derick 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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