Louisiana Research Day Program Book 2025

ON THE COVER: (left to right) Grace Lee, OMS-II; Berony Geneste, OMS-II

Agenda February 28, 2025

Erin Vasasquez OMS-II

7:30–8:30 a.m.

Registration, second floor Coffee service and refreshments, second floor

8:30–8:40 a.m.

Opening Remarks Lecture Hall 2, second floor

Welcome

8:40–9:00 a.m.

Plenary Lecture: “The State of Research at VCOM” P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO, FAOASM, FAAFP, FACOFP Lecture Hall 2, second floor

Delaney Yu OMS-IV

Welcome to the VCOM Via Research Recognition Day on the VCOM Louisiana Campus. Each year, the Via Research Recognition Day is a significant event for VCOM that supports the mission of the College to provide medical education and research that prepares globally minded, community-focused physicians and improves the health of those most in need. The Via Research Recognition Day offers a forum for health professionals and scientists in academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present and benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all humans. By attending the sessions with guest speakers, participants have the opportunity to learn cutting edge information in the physiological bases of osteopathic manipulative therapy efficacy, new trends in physician-based research networks, and how to develop innovative research projects with high impact for human health. Poster sessions allow participants to learn about the biomedical, clinical and education-simulation research activities at VCOM-Louisiana and its partner institutions. This year, the Biomedical Research category at the VCOM-Louisiana Research Day event has been expanded to include two sections: Section 1 will feature presenters primarily from VCOM, while Section 2 will showcase contributions from our partner institutions. This change reflects rapidly growing interest and participation in this event.

9:00–10:00 a.m.

Keynote Lecture: “Host Metabolic Status as a Key Determinant of Viral Disease Progression and Transmission” James Weger-Lucarelli, PhD Virginia Tech Lecture Hall 2, second floor

10:00–11:30 a.m.

Brunch, appetizer buffet First floor hallway between rooms 107 and 132

10:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Poster Competition Rooms-107, 129-132, first floor

1:00–1:30 p.m.

Award Ceremony and Final Remarks Lecture Hall 2, second floor

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2025 Research Recognition Day