Former Army airborne medic jumped to biomedical research
November 08, 2024
November 08, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 8 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
The Army wanted Donato Rivas to drive a tank.
He wound up jumping out of planes instead. But Rivas' time as a paratrooper and combat medic provided an unlikely spark for his future career as a scientist studying physiology, bioenergetics, and exercise medicine research.
Rivas recently joined the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC as a research associate professor. He aims to c . . .
The Army wanted Donato Rivas to drive a tank.
He wound up jumping out of planes instead. But Rivas' time as a paratrooper and combat medic provided an unlikely spark for his future career as a scientist studying physiology, bioenergetics, and exercise medicine research.
Rivas recently joined the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC as a research associate professor. He aims to c . . .