VCOM 2019 Annual Report

Skip Garner, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Bringing precision medicine to anatomy lab. John Anstrom, PhD is Co-PI and Robin Varghese, PhD is an investigator on this study. Terry Hrubec, DVM, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Research Center Award: Balancing the maternal microbiota-perinatal neuroimmune axis: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Hrubec is serving as Co- PI with a collaborator from VMCVM. Teresa Johnson, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Development of a point-of-care diagnostic kit for bacterial and viral pneumonia. Renee Prater, DVM, PhD is the Co-PI on this project and two Carilion Medical Center physicians are involved as investigators. • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Research Center Award: Developing a lamb model for the study of human and bovine RSV disease. Renee Prater, DVM, PhD and a researcher from VMCVM serve as Co-PIs on this study along with Dr. Johnson. Nick Kinney, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Using known genetic variants to enhance cancer prevention in the US and abroad. Skip Garner, PhD is an investigator on this work. Al Kozar, DO • VCOM REAP Award (matching funds from VT ICTAS): Acquisition of a real-time shear wave ultrasound elastography system for translational musculoskeletal research. Dr. Kozar

Pawel Michalak, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Integrative genomics platform for osteopathic medicine. Skip Garner, PhD is an investigator on this study. • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Research Center Award: Integrative genomics of small noncoding RNAs in host- associated bacteria. Dr. Michalak is collaborating with a Co-PI from Virginia Tech’s VMCVM. Jim Palmieri, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Research Center Award: Improved diagnosis of acute and chronic Lyme disease in humans and dogs. Christina Kozar, DO; Al Kozar, DO, Lindsay Call, DO and Pawel Michalak, PhD are VCOM Investigators on this project. A collaborator from VMCVM serves as CO-PI with Dr. Palmieri, and there are three VMCVM investigators involved with the work. Renee Prater, DVM, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Development of a point-of-care diagnostic kit for bacterial and viral pneumonia.

• VCOM & VMCVM One Health Research Center Award: Developing a lamb model for the study of human and bovine RSV disease. Teresa Johnson, PhD and a researcher from VMCVM serve as Co-PIs with Dr. Prater on this study. Chris Reilly, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Research Center Award: Early growth response protein 2 (EGR2)-mediated epigenetic regulatory network in lupus. Dr. Reilly is Co-PI along with a colleague from VMCVM. In addition, two investigators from VMCVM are also collaborating on this project. Mark Rogers, DO • VCOM REAP Award (matching funds from VT ICTAS): Reconstructions of concussive impacts in football. Dr. Rogers serves as Co-PI with a collaborator from Virginia Tech’s Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics. Robin Varghese, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Whole exome sequencing reveals microsatellite markers for atrial fibrillation. Two physicians from Carilion Medical

Teresa Johnson, PhD is the Co-PI on this project and two

Center serve as Co-PIs on this project, and Skip Garner, PhD is an investigator.

Carilion Medical Center physicians are involved as investigators.

serves as Co-PI along with a colleague at Virginia Tech’s Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics.

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