VCOM 2021 Annual Report

VCOM Funded Seed Grants (continued)

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the Co-PI on this project. Skip Garner, PhD, serves as an investigator on the project. This is a two -year project and will continue into 2021. Skip Garner, PhD • VCOM REAP: Event tracking 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. • VCOM REAP: Evidence-based optimization of the Bredesen protocol for diminished mental capacity. Selen Olgun, MD, PhD; Nick Kinney, PhD; Robin Varghese, PhD and a clinician at a private health clinic are investigators on this project. Zoltan Hajdu, MD • VCOM REAP: Origin of the left common carotid artery from the brachiocephalic trunk results in increased endothelial thickening facilitated by bone marrow-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells. This is a two- year project and will continue into 2021.

an investigator as are faculty from Clemson University and Nova Southeastern University.

Stephan Brown, MD, PhD • VCOM REAP: Effects of Tolylfluanid on differentiating Cardiomyocytes: Can exposure to the environmental endocrine disruptor Tolylfluanid during cellular differentiation significantly reduce the glycolytic capacity of fully differentiated cardiomyocytes Health Program: Elucidating Mechanisms Modulated by NIK and Non-Canonical NF- kB Signaling In Colorectal Cancer. Dr. Brown serves as Co-PI in partnership with his collaborator at VMCVM. during hypoxic stress? • VCOM & VMCVM One

Bethany Powers, DO • VCOM REAP: Impact of the Eustachian Tube

Traction Technique on Post- Tonsillectomy Otalgia and Inflammation. Tom Lindsey, DO, is Co-PI on this research. Jillian Bradley, PhD, is an investigator as are faculty from Clemson University and Nova Southeastern University.

Vikas Sehdev, PhD • VCOM REAP: M3 receptor inhibition synergistically enhances the anticancer

activity of Cisplatin in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers. Co- Investigators are from Winthrop University and Thomas Jefferson University.

Jeff Cashman, DO • VCOM REAP: Closed Loop

Referral System. Dr. Cashman is a Co-PI on this project with a colleague from the Georgia Skin Cancer Clinic.

Alexis Stoner, PhD, MPH • VCOM REAP: 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. This is a two- year project and will continue into 2021.

Natalie Fadel, PsyD • VCOM REAP: A Mental

Health and Wellness App for Osteopathic Medical Students. Alexis Stoner, PhD, MPH is

Tom Lindsey, DO • VCOM REAP: Impact of the Eustachian Tube

Traction Technique on Post- Tonsillectomy Otalgia and Inflammation. Bethany Powers, DO, Serves as Co-PI on this project. Jillian Bradley, PhD, is

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