April 2026
Dr. Viviana Hernandez-Castanon receives a postdoctoral fellowship from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
April 2026
Alyssa Lyon receives a predoctoral fellowship from the National Ataxia foundation
Jan 2026
Dr. Van der Heijden receives CN/VT pilot award to study the cerebellum in Down syndrome
July 2025
Dr. Van der Heijden is appointed to the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation advisory council
July 2025
Dr. Van der Heijden joins Big Science, Small Pod podcast
Aug 2025
Annie Walls & Presley Pickeral win poster prizes at the FBRI summer undergrad research symposium
May 2025
Austin Fitzgerald wins a VTC/SOM summer research fellowship to continue her work on vocal dystonia
Mar 2025
Jonathan Coello wins a poster prize at the MA-SDB meeting
Jan 2025
Dr. Van der Heijden receives a Seale Innovation Fund grant for collaboration with Dr. Purcell
Aug 2024
Dr. Van der Heijden receives an NIH/NINDS grant to study developmental dystonia
April 2024
Dr. Van der Heijden receives a grant from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
Dec 2023
Dr. Van der Heijden opens the lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion
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