VCOM 2019 Annual Report

2019 Virginia Via Research Recognition Day Poster CompetitionWinners Medical Student

Residents Clinical Research

Second Place 9. Ramu Anandakrishnan, VCOM Rationally Designing Targeted Combination Therapies For Treating Cancer Third Place Charles Joseph, MD, Liberty (Not pictured) Novel Method Utilizing Arterial Spin Labeling Single Acquisition 3D Echo Planar Imaging For Determining CNS Waste Clearance By The Glymphatic System Medical Student In Vitro And In Vivo Evaluation Of Ruxolitinib, A Selective JAK1/2 Inhibitor, For The Treatment Of Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Second Place Joseph Carter, Liberty (Not pictured) Vaping Condensate Exposure To In Vitro Mouse Embryos Using CRISPR/CAS9 Gene Editing To Investigate The Role Of Specific Mutations In Carcinogenesis Graduate Student First Place 12. Kellie King, One Health, Virginia Tech Discovery Of New Regulatory Small RNA In Brucella Abortus RNA-sequencing to Dissect the role of Selective HDAC6 Inhibition on B cell Signaling and Germinal Formation in Lupus Nephritis Third Place 14. James Budnick, One Health, Virginia Tech Characterization Of VRSA, A Novel Small RNA In Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Undergraduate Student First Place 10. Henry Carnes, VCOM Third Place 11. Jessica Kim, VCOM Second Place 13. Jingling Ren, REAP, Vet School

First Place 18. Danial Khan, VCOM Beta Lactam Allergy De-Labeling Project

First Place 1. Katy Sanderson, MD, Carilion

Second Place 19. Anthony Allsbrook, VCOM Surgical Techniques And Outcomes On Intramedullary Nailing Of Humerus Fractures, Using Two Different Nail Designs Third Place 20. Janine Appleton, VCOM Preparticipatory EKG Exam Use In Detecting Cardiac Anomalies In College Athletes Graduate Student First Place 21. Jessica Aviles, Virginia Tech Overview Of A Low Cost Lower Limb Prosthesis Implemented In Tegucigalpa, Honduras Educational Research Students First Place 22. Gianna Blundo, VCOM Neurophysiology Of PTSD: Terraced Brain Dissections Elucidating Gross Anatomy Of Altered Circuits Of The Brain In Response To Profound Stressors Second Place 23. Karen Hayde, REAP, VCOM Exploration Of The Human Hand: An Appreciation Of The Flexor Pulley System Third Place 24. Jacob Greenberg, VCOM Parotidectomy: Key Clinical And Anatomical Considerations Educational Research Graduate Students First Place Ruoding Shi, Virginia Tech (Not pictured) Communicating Science, Telling The Story A 90 Second Video “Poster” Of VCOM-VT Research Outcomes Influencing Factors For High Respiratory Mortality In Coal-Mining Counties

Impact Of Adjunctive Azithromycin At Cesarean Delivery On Infectious Morbidity; A Retrospective Cohort Study Second Place -TIE 2. Christine Pavelko, DO, Sovah Health Danville Procalcitonin Level Predicts Gam Positive Or Gram Negative Bacteremia In Sepsis Second Place -TIE 3. Jennifer Fuh, DO, Sovah Health Danville Characterizing Clinical Demographics, Appropriate Antibiotic Therapy And Susceptibility To And Use Of Nitrofurantoin In Patients With Urinary Tract Infections With Extended Spectrum Beta Lacatamse Producing Organisms In Southern Virginia Third Place 4. Jessica Maracoe, DO, Sovah Health Danville Improving Central Line Patient Safety: The 2017 Resident Central Line Registry Compared To 2016 Case Reports First Place 5. Charles Danish, DO, Lewis Gale Montgomery Seizures In A Patient With Brugada Syndrome Possible Association With Cerebral Na-Channels Second Place Michael Sheflo, DO, Lewis Gale Montgomery (Not pictured) Refeeding Syndrome induced Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease Third Place 6. Robert Bee, DO, Sovah Health Danville Erythrodermic Psoriasis Educational Research First Place 7. Cara Rogers, DO, Carilion Cut The Chatter And Turn Up The Music! The Effect Of Ambient Noise On Surgeon Dexterity, Cognition, And Mood

First Place 15. Holly Giovinco, REAP, Virginia Tech Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Improve Lifespan Of Stored Blood

Second Place 7. Cara Rogers, DO, Carilion

VCOM Researcher of the Year

Clinical Faculty

How To Maintain Focus In A World Of Distractions: The Effect Of Distraction On Surgeon Dexterity, Cognition, And Mood

25. Pawel Michalak PhD, VCOM Associate Professor for Cell Biology and Physiology

First Place 16. Susan Meacham, PhD, RD, VCOM−VCOM Nutritional Status In VCOM International Service Areas; A Comparative Analysis Pilot Study Progress Second Place 17. Amber Stephens, DO, SOVAH Health Danville Methadone Overdose In A Nursing Home Setting

Biomedical Research Faculty

First Place 8. Runjuan Dai, PhD, One Health, Virginia Tech EGR2-Mediated Epigenetic Regulatory Network In Lupus Development

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