VCOM 2020 Annual Report

RESEARCH

Auburn Via Research Recognition Day 2020

T he third annual was held on February 14, 2020. The event featured two keynote speakers, while the research poster presentation and competition featured 66 academic poster submissions. Prior to the Keynote speaker presentations, Gunnar Brolinson, DO, VCOM Vice Provost for Research, spoke about the state of research at VCOM. Auburn Via Research Recognition Day VCOM-Auburn welcomed orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, MD, as the morning speaker. Dr. Andrews is one of the founding members of Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, and is noted for his scientific and clinical research contributions in knee, shoulder and elbow injury prevention and treatment. He has mentored

more than 314 orthopedic/ sports medicine fellows and more than 84 primary care sports medicine fellows. The afternoon speaker at Research Day was Kevin McQuade, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of the Human Motion Analysis Research Lab at the University of Washington. Dr. McQuade currently teaches biomechanics and kinesiology to rehab medical students and DPT students, as well as a course in critical thinking. He also supervises PhD student research and is involved in several collaborative projects to develop automated objective musculoskeletal examination protocols using marker-less camera sensors and works internationally with researchers in Spain, Chile and Brazil. McQuade’s presentation at VCOM-Auburn’s Research Day was titled “Arthrokinematics

and Joint Translation Stiffness as an Outcome Measure for OMT.” At the award ceremony, VCOM-Auburn researcher Darren Beck, PhD, Associate Professor for Cell Biology and Physiology, won the campus Researcher of the Year award. Guest Speakers PLENARY LECTURE: The State of Research at VCOM P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO Vice Provost for Research, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine KEYNOTE LECTURE: My Life in Sports Medicine and Success in Your Medical Careers James Andrews, MD Founding Member and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham, AL KEYNOTE LECTURE: Research Update on Arthrokinematics and Joint Translation Stiffness as an Outcome Measure for OMT Kevin McQuade, PhD Staff Clinician Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Director of the Human Motion Analysis Research Lab, University of Washington Medicine

OPPOSITE TOP: Left to right: Darren Beck, PhD, VCOM-Auburn Researcher of the Year; Kenny Brock, DVM, PhD, MS, Associate Dean for Biomedical Affairs and Research. ABOVE LEFT: P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO. ABOVE CENTER: James Andrews, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Specialist. ABOVE RIGHT: Kevin McQuade, PhD, Associate Professor at University of Washington.

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