VCOM 2019 Annual Report

2019 Auburn Via Research Recognition Day Poster CompetitionWinners Graduate Student First Place 1. Matthew A. Romero, MS Honorable Mention 12. Jonathone Yang, OMS III Neurological Complications of Infective Endocarditis Clinical Research Medical Resident First Place

Caitlin Prather, PharmD (Not pictured) Impact of a community pharmacy-based comprehensive drug therapy management (CDTM) program supported by a medication synchronization program Second Place David Barnes, DO; Dale Segal, MD; Eric Shirley, MD (Not pictured) Rhabdomyolysis Secondary to Extended Video Game Play: A Case Report Third Place Devin Drummond, PhamD (Not pictured) Pharmacy student comfort with counseling on drug-nutrient interactions, pre- and post -interdisciplinary education Honorable Mention Ryan J. Mahoney, DO; David Barnes, DO; Douglas Pahl, MD (Not pictured) Perforated Ileus After L5-S1 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Wheel Running Alters LINE-1 Gene Expression Through DNA Methylation and Heterochromatin Formation in Rodent Skeletal Muscle Second Place 2. Petey Mumford, MS Aging increases LINE-1 Expression and Integration in Rodent Skeletal Muscle Tissue Third Place 3. Lydia Homandberg, BS Perceived Discrimination and Urinary Catecholamine Concentrations: A Longitudinal Study

First Place 13. Emily Grandprey, OMS III Discharge Against Medical Advice: a Rural Community’s Perspective

Second Place 14. Christopher Wyatt, OMS I

Diabetes in Southwest Virginia: Multifactorial Effects of Coal Mining, Mental Illness, Socioeconomic, Clinical and Lifestyle Factors Third Place 15. Lauren Mason, MBA, OMS I Comparison of observation versus vitrectomy for patients with hemorrhagic posterior vitreous detachment

Honorable Mention 4. Wei Yi, MS

Novel clinical diagnostic tool: rapid and convenient quantification of pathogenic bacteria in urine sample

Honorable Mention 16. Natalie Punal, OMS III Seizure? How can we HELLP? Educational Research

Medical Student Biomedical Research

Faculty Researcher of the Year

First Place 17. Nicolas Pinones-Haltenhoff, OMS II Diabetic Foot for the Medical Student

First Place 5. Joe Joe Williams, OMS II Mosquitoes and mosquito-borne disease in Auburn, Alabama

25. Wei Liu, MS, PhD, VCOM Associate Professor for Biomedical Affairs and Research

Second Place 18. Luther Etheridge, OMS II; 19. Tram-Anh Huynh, OMS II; 20. Christopher McNair, OMS II The Impact of Laparoscopic Training on Medical Student Confidence and Anxiety

Second Place 6. Caroline Clark, OMS I The use of magnetostrictive particle (MSP) biosensors as a rapid and convenient diagnostic tool, in a clinical setting, for the detection of common bacterial pathogens in urine samples

Third Place 21. Abigail York, OMS II Bleeding Control for the Medical Students

Third Place 7. Vincent DeGregory, OMS II

Honorable Mention 22. Yen-Chung Wang, OMS II A Survey of Osteopathic Lab Practical Testing Styles Simulation Research

The effect of macronutrient cycling on respiratory quotient in a high-fat Western diet-induced rat model of obesity

Honorable Mention 8. Justyn Nakashima, OMS II

First Place 23. Dominique Saturno, OMS II

The effect of diet quality on sleep and activity in a high-fat Western diet induced rat model of obesity Clinical Case Report First Place 9. Kyle Tomasini, OMS III Primary Pleomorphic Liposarcoma of the face in a 52-year-old male Second Place 10. Brandon Bowers, OMS III A Case of Vestibular Schwannoma in Pregnancy Third Place 11. Ernest Philon, OMS III Pneumocystis Pneumonia in an HIV-Positive, Antiretroviral-Naïve Patient

Creating An Interactive Map of All Emergency Medicine Residencies with VCOM Graduates: Using Historical Alumni Data to Help Answer the Question, “Which Residency Programs Do You Recommend?”

Second Place 24. Kyle Nielsen, OMS III

The Wearable Critical Task Trainer Project: Blending What is Real with What is Not for a Better Simulation Experience

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