Bickel and LaConte (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists led by Warren Bickel (left) and Stephen LaConte have received a $3.45 million National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health grant to study a new approach to understand the decision-making of alcohol use and abuse. Credit Virginia Tech Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.