VCOM 2018 Annual Report

Carolinas Campus

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)/Department of Defense (DOD) (funding through Virginia Tech): DOD- NCAA Grand Challenge: Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) consortium. Dr. Brolinson is VCOM PI, and Mark Rogers, DO is a VCOM Investigator on this study. Over 30 universities are involved in this project. • National Science Foundation (funding to Virginia Tech): Acquisition of a force- measuring treadmill for biomedical experimentation and assistive device development. • American Osteopathic Association (AOA): Head impact biomechanics, concussion and osteopathic structural diagnosis and treatment. Mark Rogers, DO, Al Kozar, DO and Liang Sham PhD are investigators on this research. Blaise Costa, MPharm, PhD • American Heart Association: Development and pharmacological characterization of mechanistically distinct NMDA receptor allosteric modulators. Skip Garner, PhD • Via Bradley Engineering Foundation: Via Bioinformatics and Clinical Genetics Network. Ramu Anandakrishnan, PhD, Nick Kinney, PhD and Robin Varghese, PhD are investigators within this program. • Children’s Network Health System: Biomarkers for meduloblastoma. Nick Kinney, PhD is an investigator on this study. • Children’s Network Health System: Microsatellite genotype prediction of medulloblastoma risk and the germline foundation of predisposition. Nick Kinney, PhD is an investigator on this study. Rebecca Davis, PhD • National Cooperative of Health Networks: Building health networks for rural and small healthcare providers.

Jennifer Berglind, PhD • American Osteopathic Association: Use of the lymphatic pump technique as a novel therapy for IBD. Ron Januchowski, DO and Randy Gregg, PhD are study investigators. Chris Martin, EdD, MHS, CHS, Tim Kowalski, DO, FACN and Thim Corvin, MA • Fullerton Foundation: Simulation Center ultrasound equipment. Scott Ochs, PhD • American Association of College of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM): Development, implementation, and assessment of an interprofessional education program: Identification of best practices. Petra Warren, MD • Appalachian Regional Commission: The Cherokee and Spartanburg County outreach initiative (CSCOI). Alexis Stoner, PhD and JuliSu DiMucci-Ward, MPH are investigators on this project. Community partners on this prioject include the Senior Centers of Cherokee County (Gaffney),

• Carilion Clinic: Genetic markers for responders to dofetilide therapy in persistent atrial fibrillation. Dr. Garner is working in collaboration with investigators from Carilion Clinic. Pawel Michalak, PhD • Virginia Tech: Network dynamics and simulation science laboratory. Jim Palmieri, PhD • Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC) (funding through James Madison University and Virginia Tech): Nanotrap ® tick-panel test development. Dr. Palmieri is collaborating with faculty from Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and Ceres Nanosciences on this research. Ann Peton, MPH • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (funding through Virginia Rural Health Association): National Center for Rural Health Works. Chris Reilly, PhD • Acetylon Pharmaceuticals (funding through Virginia Tech): Inhibition of SLE with the HDAC-6 Inhibitor ACY-1083 in NZB/W female mice. • National Institutes of health (funding to Virginia Tech): Effect of maternal immune factors in shaping the infant gut microbiota. • National Institutes of health (funding through Virginia Tech): MicroRNA expression in the NZB/W lupus mouse. • National Institutes of health (funding to University of Oklahoma): Prolonged inhibition of pathologic neovascularization by catalytic antioxidants.

ReGenesis Healthcare and the Cherokee County Family YMCA.

• Fullerton Foundation (funding to the Gaffney Senior Center): The Cherokee County pre-medical clinic

Virginia Campus

Michael Breiner, MD • Ethicon US: VCOM advanced suturing course for residents III. P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO • National Institutes of Health (funding through Virginia Tech): Biomechanical basis of pediatric mTBI due to sports related concussion. Dr Brolinson is the VCOM PI of this study.

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