Charting the Future of Pandemic Science: Highlights from the First Annual NSF COMPASS Center Meeting
Charting the Future of Pandemic Science: Highlights from the First Annual NSF COMPASS Center Meeting
The NSF COMPASS Center brought together researchers nationwide to celebrate year‑one progress and shape the future of pandemic science.
Students Selected for 2025 COMPASS Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
Students Selected for 2025 COMPASS Summer Undergraduate Internship Program
NSF COMPASS officially announces the selection of five undergraduate students for the COMPASS Summer Undergraduate Internship Program from Virginia Tech, University of Michigan, and Yale University.
National Dialogue on ethics in pandemic science brought researchers and community together
National Dialogue on ethics in pandemic science brought researchers and community together
Collaborators from the Virginia Tech-led National Science Foundation Center for Community Empowering Pandemic Prediction and Prevention from Atoms to Societies brought together dozens of scientists, scholars, and community partners.
Center Welcomes Erin Smith
Center Welcomes Erin Smith
Erin Smith began her work at the center as project coordinator for community engagement initiatives, a role that will boost the center’s mission to create and support experiences for scientists, engineers, scholars, and health professionals to build their muscles of connection, communication, and collaboration.
Virginia Tech researcher receives collaborative grant to improve cancer therapies
Virginia Tech researcher receives collaborative grant to improve cancer therapies
Chemical engineering Professor Padma Rajagopalan is designing 3D liver organoids to test the effects of chemotherapy. Developing more effective treatment options for various diseases, including cancer, has become a top priority for researchers today.
Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics
Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics
An $18 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant will establish a new Virginia Tech center to bring computer science, infectious disease, engineering, and the arts together to predict and prevent global pandemics.
T. M. Murali: Decoding pandemic potential: The intersection of genomics and machine learning
T. M. Murali: Decoding pandemic potential: The intersection of genomics and machine learning
The following story was written in April 2024 by Dhruv Shah in ENGL 4824: Science Writing as part of a collaboration between the English department and the Center for Communicating Science.
Virginia Tech researchers address the grand challenges of pandemic prediction and prevention
Virginia Tech researchers address the grand challenges of pandemic prediction and prevention
While COVID-19 is only one among many zoonotic viral diseases (those transmissible between animals and humans), its spread to pandemic proportions has highlighted important scientific, societal, and ethical aspects that require consideration for the successful prediction and prevention of further pandemics.