From the Roanoke Times:
http://www.roanoke.com/business/columns_and_blogs/blogs/med_beat/vtc-med...
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors is expected this afternoon to agree to make the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine part of the university.
The medical school in Roanoke was formed as a public-private partnership between Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech and is operated by an independent board. It will now be integrated into the university as Tech's ninth college.
Tech and Carilion in 2008 formed an alliance to bring medical education and research to Roanoke. The research institute has always been part of Tech, while the medical school was set up as an independent entity. Medical students are required to do research and are accepted into the institute's labs.
Owczarski said with the medical school becoming a college of Tech, researchers can more easily serve as faculty, and students will be able to take part in research in Blacksburg.
Great move by the university. This is sure to raise our profile and provide medical students with outstanding clinical and research facilities, as well as spur research, education, and the economy in Roanoke.
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