VCOM 2020 Annual Report

RESEARCH

an educational event that stimulates collaborative research networking and facilitates learning opportunities within the VCOM system. This year, 115 attendees from

across the four VCOM campuses, as well as colleagues from clinical partners and associate institutions of higher learning, were in attendance, making 2019 the largest VCOM Research Retreat to date. This retreat was an excellent occasion for all faculty to learn about and contribute to the ever-expanding scientific environment at VCOM. Keynote Addresses: Complementary and Integrative Health Research Helene Langevin, MD, Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH The Intersection of Medicine and Engineering: Current Project and a Roadmap for Future Modeling of OMT Stefan Duma, PhD, Director, ICTAS, Virginia Tech Joel Stitzel, PhD, Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Panel Discussions: VCOM Resources by Campus VCOM-Auburn: Kenny Brock, DVM, PhD VCOM-Carolinas: Skip Garner, PhD VCOM-Louisiana: Randy Aldret, EdD VCOM-Virginia: Jim Mahaney, PhD Engaging and Involving Students in Research Moderator: P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO Jillian Bradley, PhD Annie Kirby, PhD, RD Skip Garner, PhD Joshua Hollingsworth, PharmD, PhD Terry Hrubec, DVM, PhD

Presentations: Using a Different Lens to Examine Anti-inflammatory Actions of Exercise: Bench to…Big Data? Michael Flynn, PhD, Director of GME Research, HCA Healthcare, South Atlantic Division C’mon Man! Compliance Pitfalls Debbie Geiger, BS P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO Skip Garner, PhD Conducting Education Research for the Medical Field Cliff Shaffer, PhD, Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science

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