VCOM 2019 Annual Report

Carolinas Campus Student Award

distinct NMDA receptor allosteric modulators.

Virginia Tech): Development of an eDNA protocol for detecting candy, variegate, and Kanawha darters. • Virginia Museum of Natural History (funding through Virginia Tech): Genomics of two tree squirrels: Sciurus niger and S. carolinensis. • Army Contracting Command (funding through Virginia Tech): Integrative genomics approach to computational assessment of threats. Dr. Michalak is a Co-PI on this project. Administration (HRSA): National Center for Rural Health Works. Subaward from the National Rural Health Association. Govindarajan Rajagopalan, PhD • National Institute of Health (funding through Virginia Tech): HLA class II transgenic mouse models for S. aureus infections and superantigens. Ann Peton, MPH • Health Resources and Services

Rebecca Davis, PhD • National Cooperative of Health

Elexander Atkinson, Class of 2020 • American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Student Research Training Grant: Role of LPT in wound healing of colitis. Jennifer Berglind, PhD served as faculty mentor on this project.

Networks: Building health networks for rural and small healthcare providers.

Skip Garner, PhD • Office of Research Integrity:

Identifying and quantifying the level of questionable “abstract publications” at scientific meetings. • 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. Pawel Michalak, PhD • US Geological Survey (funding through Virginia Tech): Hawaiian hoary bat conservation genetics: diet composition and population structure. • Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (funding through

Virginia Campus

Michael Breiner, MD • Ethicon US: VCOM advanced suturing course for residents IV. P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO • American Osteopathic Association (AOA): Head impact biomechanics, concussion and osteopathic structural diagnosis and treatment. Mark Rogers, DO, Al Kozar, DO and Lauren Leslie, DO are investigators on this research. • 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. • 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.

Blaise Costa, MPharm, PhD • American Heart

Association: Development and

pharmacological characterization of mechanistically

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