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

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Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.

Executive Director, VTCRI

Associate Provost for Health Sciences, Virginia Tech

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

Co-Investigator, BEST Award

Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.

Director of Education and Training, VTCRI

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, VTCSoM

Co-Investigator, BEST Award

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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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