<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Program Leadership</span>

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Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator, BEST Award

Executive Director, VTCRI

Associate Provost for Health Sciences, Virginia Tech

Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, VTCSoM

Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.

Co-Investigator, BEST Award

Director of Education and Training, VTCRI

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, VTCSoM

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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Program Coordinator:</span>

Carrie Covey

BEST Program Coordinator

Faculty of Health Sciences Coordinator

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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Advisory Board:</span>

Dennis Dean, Ph.D., Executive Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Director Fralin Life Science Institute; University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry

Karen Depauw, Ph.D., Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education, Virginia Tech

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

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

Kenneth Wong, Ph.D., 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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