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Outstanding Faculty Achievements

New Grants Announcement
The Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology is very pleased to announce that Dr. XJ Meng (PI) and his colleagues have been awarded two NIH RO1 grants worth more than $2.8 million. Please see the Research Awards page for more information about the grants and read the full story in Vital Signs. This is a MAJOR accomplishment, especially in this current funding climate. Congratulations to Drs. Meng, Huang, Halibur, Pierson, and LeRoth!

An Interview with Dr. XJ Meng in in-cites.com from Thomson Scientific
According to a recent analysis of Essential Science Indicators data, the work of Dr. XJ Meng has entered the top 1% by total citations in the field of Microbiology, with 31 original articles and review papers published in the past decade cited a total of 896 times to date. Dr. Meng is also in the top 1% of researchers in the field of Clinical Medicine. Dr. Meng’s full record in the Thomson Scientific database includes 68 papers cited a total of 1,842 times to date, which includes original articles and review papers from January 1997 to August 2007.
Read the interview

Dr. Bradley Klein, other VMRCVM professors, edit major textbook
Dr. Bradley G. Klein (Associate Professor of Neuroscience, DBSP) is Co-Editor-in-Chief, along with Dr. James G. Cunningham (Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine), of the recently published 4th edition of Textbook of Veterinary Physiology (Elsevier-Saunders). The book has previously been published in four languages and is the most widely used veterinary physiology text in the world. Drs. Gerhardt Schurig (Dean) and Ansar Ahmed (Interim Dept. Head, DBSP) contributed a new section of the book entitled The Immune System and Dr. Sharon Witonsky (LACS) served as Clinical Correlations editor. Dr. Klein also co-authored the extensive Neurophysiology section of the book.

Recent Department Activities & Announcements

Virginia Tech 2008 Grant Writing Institute
Co-sponsored by the Office of Vice President for Research, the College of Natural Resources, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Graduate School, the Grant Writing Institute is designed to increase the number and size of awards won by VT faculty. GWI has two key objectives:

  • To improve the ability of VT faculty to write high quality grant proposals that will succeed in an increasingly competitive environment; and
  • To engage participants in the culture of sponsored research via meetings with grant program officers and service on review panels.

Full program details: Word
Program flyer: PDF