VCOM 2020 Annual Report

Vikas Sehdev, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Impact of the Eustachian Tube Traction Technique on Post-Tonsillectomy Otalgia and Inflammation. Co-Investigators are from Winthrop University and Thomas Jefferson University. Funded Research and Grants 2019-2020 Carolinas Campus (continued) Alexis Stoner, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: A Mental Health and Wellness App for Osteopathic Medical Students. Natalie Fadel, PsyD, is the Co-PI on this project. Skip Garner, PhD, serves as an investigator on the project. Ramu Anandakrishnan, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: OR2T7: A prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target for glioblastoma. Robin Varghese, PhD, serves as Co-PI and a faculty member from VTC School of Medicine serves as investigator. P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO • VCOM REAP Award (matching funds from VT ICTAS): Development of an image-guided focused ultrasound system for the non-invasive treatment of injured tendons. A collaborator from VT Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics serves as Co-PI along with Dr. Brolinson. Brad McCrady, DO, and a faculty member from VT Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics serve as investigators. • VCOM REAP Award (matching funds from VT ICTAS): REAP Mechanisms Virginia Campus

Al Kozar, DO • VCOM REAP Award: The effects of light on platelet activity. Beverly Rzigalinski, PhD, is the Co-PI on this study. Pawel Michalak, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Program Award: Genomic characterization of the invasive Longhorned tick and its microbiota including the known pathogen, Theileria orientalis. Dr. Michalak is Co-PI on this project with a collaborator from VMCVM. • VCOM REAP Award: IGPOHOM: An integrative genomics platform for one health and osteopathic medicine. Lin Kang, PhD, serves as an investigator on this project. • VCOM REAP Award: REAP Third- generation DNA sequencing approaches to rapid characterization of drinking water contamination in El Salvador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Dean Sutphin, PhD, serves as Co-PI. Lin Kang, PhD, and Skip Garner, PhD, serve as investigators. Chris Reilly, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Program Award: Microbiotic regulation of lupus nephritis. A collaborator from VMCVM serves as Co-PI with Dr. Reilly on this project. Beverly Rzigalinski, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Improving blood storage with cerium oxide nanoparticles. A faculty member from Harvard University is an investigator on this project.

of mild traumatic brain injury in snow sports. Dr. Brolinson is Co-PI on this project with a collaborator from VT Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics. Blaise Costa, MPharm, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Program Award: Mechanisms and neuroprotective effects of triheteromeric NMDA receptor modulators. A collaborator from VMCVM serves as Co-PI with Dr. Costa on this project. to solve medical communication gaps in the dermatology offices. Dr. Cashman is a Co-PI on this project with a colleague from the Georgia Skin Cancer Clinic. Terry Hrubec, DVM, PhD • VCOM & VMCVM One Health Program Award: Epitranscriptome dynamics upon neuronal activation: Novel clues for Autism pathology and treatment. Dr. Hrubec is Co-PI on this project with a collaborator from VMCVM. Two investigators from VMCVM are also involved in this project. Katherine Jamison, PharmD • VCOM REAP Award: Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staph aureus over time in resident physicians. Scott Gutovitz, MD, is the Co-PI on this project. Faculty from Orange Park Medical Center and Memorial Health University Medical Center are investigators. Skip Garner, PhD • VCOM REAP Award: Event tracking

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