VCOM 2016 Annual Report

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Alba J, McGuire E , Steed R, Sahhar HS. Comparison and Evaluation of

Syncytial Virus Hospitalizations Following Implementation of Updated Palivizumab Treatment Recommendations. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2015 Dec;115(12):e84. Januchowski R, Patrick KC . Radiotherapy Induced Tissue Injury: Mechanisms, Symptoms and Management. Osteopathic Family Physician. 2015 Nov/Dec;7(6):35-9. Kirby K . How to advocate nationally as a student. The Fast Track. 2016 Spring:10-11.Kilgore T, Townsend AS , Ables AZ. Update on stroke management. Osteopathic Family Physician. 2014 Feb; 6(1). Klosterman S, Crenshaw W . Office based spirometry. Osteopathic Family Physician. 2014 Feb; 6(1). Martingano D , Cannon MD, Williams S, Stoner A. An Osteopathic Approach to the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer. Osteopathic Family Physician Journal. 2016;8(1).

stroke in coal and tobacco dependent communities in Virginia. Presented at: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 10-11; Blacksburg, VA. Meacham S, Meisha D , Buchanich J, Talbott E, Goessl C , Whitener C. Access to care and lifestyle behaviors associated with health differ in coal and tobacco dependent counties in Virginia. Presented at: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 10-11; Blacksburg, VA. Palmieri JR, Meacham SL , Geers Childers K, Stoner AM, Ables AZ , Stokes S, Warehime J, Janie Ogle J , Bax M, Leto D. Determination Of Weaning Foods Used In The Dominican Republic, El Salvador And Honduras And The Impact They Have Upon Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections In Children. Presented at: Joint Meeting of the Southeastern Society of Parasitologists and the Helminthological Society of Washington. 2015 Apr 9-11; Blacksburg, VA. Snyder A, Meacham S , Buchanich J, Talbott E. Identifying environmental factors imparting varying diabetes mellitus mortality rates in coal and tobacco dependent counties in southwest and southside Virginia. Presented at: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 10-11; Blacksburg, VA. Sutphin D, Meacham S, Hill B, Garcia M , Coleman C, Meisha D . Methods of delivering public health messages to children in underserved areas of Honduras. Presented at the Virginia Osteopathic Medical Conference. 2014 Oct 18-20; Roanoke, VA. Taber T, Meacham S . Poverty and variable coal production in counties in Appalachia southwest Virginia. Presented at: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 10-11; Blacksburg, VA. West D , Prater R . Assessment outcomes to improve teaching and learning. Abstract and poster presented at: Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy, Virginia Tech; 2014; Blacksburg, VA. Wyeth RP, Meisha D, Powers J . e-Mail of board review questions in osteopathic medical school education – preliminary evaluation of an asynchronous learning tool, “The Weakly Bored”. Poster presented at the 2015 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. 2015 Feb 4-6; Blacksburg, VA. Student Publications Abiria SA, Williams TV, Munden AL, Grover VK, Wallace A, Lundberg CJ , Valadez JG, Cooper MK. Expression of Hedgehog ligand and signal transduction components in mutually distinct isocitrate dehydrogenase mutant glioma cells supports a role for paracrine signaling. J Neuro- oncology, 2014 Sep; 119(2):243-51. PMID: 24867209.

Immunofluorescence Assay and Polymerase Chain Reaction methods in detecting Respiratory Viruses in Pediatric Patients. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2015 Dec;115(12):e104. Augustyniak RA, Guilford P , Ables AZ, Lujan HL, Cortright RN, DiCarlo SE. Early intervention is preferable to remediation; the level of intrinsic motivation predicts academic success for male but not female medical students. FASEB J. In press. Baigrie D , Tjiattas-Saleski LR. Pediatric Nasal Rash [clinical image]. Osteopathic Family Physician. 2016 Jan/Feb;8(1):51-3. Bungarz W, Little L, Rohloff M, Thomas R , Bendyk H, and Ables AZ. The Relationship of Pediatric Obesity and Non-Pandemic Influenza. Osteopathic Family Physician. 2016; 8:12-14. Chaudhry - Waterman N , Coombs S, Porras D, Holzer R, Bergersen L. Developing tools to measure quality in congenital catheterization and interventions: The Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes (C3PO). Methodist

“ Being a pharmacologist by education and training, and by realizing the costs and adverse effects of drugs, I strive to establish OMM as an evidence-based mainstream treatment strategy for various disorders. VCOM is an excellent place for my research. ” - Blaise M. Costa, PharmD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, VCOM–Virginia

DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal. 2014 Apr-Jun;10 (2):63-7. PMID: 25114756. Davy BM, You W, Almeida F, Wall S, Harden S, Comber DL , Estabrooks PA. Impact of individual and worksite environmental factors on water and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among overweight employees. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 May 1;11:E71. PMID: 24784907. Geers Childers KA , Palmieri JR. Factors Contributing to High Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Children Ages 2 to 15

years in the Punta Cana Region of the Dominican Republic [commentary]. Reports in Parasitology. 2014 Dec 16;Volume 2015:4:1-5. Geers Childers KA, Palmieri JR, Sampson M , Burnet D. Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in children from Verón, a rural city of the Dominican Republic. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2014 Jul; 2014(5):45-53. doi: 10.2147/RRTM.S64948. Heltzel S, Jelinek L , Jaynes CD. Variation in the Caudal Branches of the External Carotid Artery: Comparison of Sex and Side. Med Res Arch. 2015 Jan;1. Hornack C . What nurses with you knew. The Fast Track. 2016 Spring;14-15.

Melin VE, Shanteau P, Melin TE, Dessify B, Nguyen C , Shea CS, Hrubec TC. Quaternary ammonium disinfectants cause subfertility in mice by targeting both male and female reproductive processes. Reproductive Toxicology. 2016 Jan;59:159-66. PMID: 26582257. Palmieri JR, McArtan II KR , Hendershot R, King S, Warehime J . Three Cases of Clinical Pediatric Erythema Migrans in Southwest Virginia. Austin J Microbiology. 2015;1(2):1006. Palmieri JR, Santo A, Johnson SE . Soil-acquired cutaneous nocardiosis on the forearm of a healthy male contracted in a swamp in rural eastern Virginia. International Medical Case Reports Journal. 2014 Mar 7; 7:41-7. PMID: 24634589.

Palmieri JR, Warehime J, Childers KAG , Meacham S. Relationships between Weaning

Ivanoff E, Budidi S , NeSmith B, Turner K, Steed R, Sahhar HS. Assessment of Respiratory

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