Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Higher EducationVirginia, United States201-500 Employees
The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute combines Virginia Tech's strengths in basic sciences, life sciences, bioinformatics, and engineering with Carilion Clinic's clinical practice and medical education. It functions as both a medical school and a research organization, aiming to develop physician thought leaders through inquiry, research, and discovery within a patient-centered curriculum. The related research arm seeks to advance fundamental understandings of health and disease, train the next generation of biomedical scientists, and sustain a robust biomedical research environment through its partnership. Based in Roanoke, Virginia, the institution sits within the higher education sector as a collaborative, mid-sized biomedical education and research entity. Its primary beneficiaries are medical students, researchers, and clinical partners, who rely on its integrated education and investigation programs to bridge science and patient care.