2014 Symposium
![Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine student Alice Chen discusses her research project with Research Day participants.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute is a unique organization as it folds fundamental research into the curriculum of medical students from the beginning of their education. Students learn to care for patients not only in a clinical setting, but also to explore and discover how aliments come to be and how they can be eradicated. The 2014 Research Day was the culmination of research work conducted by the medical students, under the supervision of faculty members.
![student Shervin Mirshahi examines his research project poster with his advisor, Dr. Puneet Puri.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_261190665/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_113255.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![student Shervin Mirshahi discusses his research project with his mentor, Dr. Puneet Puri](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_261190665/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![students Timothy Gall and Rebecca Kirschner discuss a research project.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_125063.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![students Rebecca Kirschner and Mina Lotfi discuss their research projects.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Student Robert Brown sharing his research project](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_628617659/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_164882.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![student Ashley Gerrish speaks with Carilion Clinic doctor, William R. Wellborn.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_628617659/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage_244439.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
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![student Donald Vile presents on his research project](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1203773516/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dr. William A Hazel, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia, gives the keynote address for the 2014 Research Day.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1203773516/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine student Sean Fletcher presents his research project](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_880825509/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![student Alice Chen presents her research project](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_880825509/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_351804.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine student Donald Vile presents on his research project](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_880825509/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine students watch their classmate's presentation.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/academics/value-domain-research/research-symposium/2014-symposium-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_880825509/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage_491146.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)