VCOM 2022 Annual Report

Louisiana Campus

Severity and Transmission. Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award and Dr. Kang is the VCOM PI. • U.S. Geological Survey: Hawaiian hoary bat conservation genetics: diet composition and population structure. Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award. Pawel Michalak, PhD is the Virginia Tech PI and Dr. Kang, PhD is the VCOM PI. John Lipka, MD • Butterfly Network, Inc.: Sideline Sonography for Ankle Fracture Evaluation (SSAFE): A Pilot Study. Dr. Lipka serves as Co-PI along with Jacob Turnbull, DO; Randy Aldret, EdD; Travis Smith, DO and Stephanie Aldret, DO. Pawel Michalak, PhD • U.S. Geological Survey: Hawaiian hoary bat conservation genetics: diet composition and population structure. Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award. Dr. Michalak serves as the Virginia Tech PI and Lin Kang, PhD is the VCOM PI. • Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries: Development and testing of environmental DNA protocols for detection of Yellowfin Madtom in Virginia. Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award and Threats (IGACAT). Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award and Dr. Michalak is an investigator. Travis Smith, DO • Butterfly Network, Inc.: Sideline Sonography for Ankle Fracture Evaluation (SSAFE): A Pilot Study. Dr. Smith serves as Co-PI along with Jacob Turnbull, DO; Randy Aldret, EdD; Stephanie Aldret, DO and John Lipka, MD. Jacob Turnbull, DO • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM): Dr. Michalak serves as the PI. • Federal Agency: Integrative Genomics Approach to Computational Assessment of

• Butterfly Network, Inc.: Sideline Sonography for Ankle Fracture Evaluation (SSAFE): A Pilot Study. Dr. Turnbull serves as Co-PI along with Stephanie Aldret, DO; Randy Aldret, EdD; Travis Smith, DO and John Lipka, MD. Virginia Campus Michael Breiner, MD • Ethicon US: VCOM Advanced Suturing Clinic for Residents & Medical Students. This is an ongoing program that has supplied suture equipment since 2015. P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO • Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Seed Fund: Transcriptomic changes induced by eccentric muscle-tendon loading using a murine model of Achilles tendinopathy. Dr. Brolinson is an investigator on this project run through Virginia Tech. • National Institutes of Health: Biomechanical basis of pediatric mTBI due to sports related concussion. Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award and Dr. Brolinson is the VCOM PI. • National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)/Department of Defense (DOD): DOD-NCAA Grand Challenge: Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) consortium: Parts 1 and 2. Virginia Tech is the prime recipient of this award. Dr. Brolinson is VCOM PI, and Mark Rogers, DO is a VCOM Investigator on this study. Blaise Costa, MPharm, PhD • National Institutes of Health, R15: To Study Mechanisms of a Non Pharmacological Treatment Strategy for Alzheimer’s disease. Hope Tobey, DO, P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO and several VMCVM collaborators are investigators on this project. • American Osteopathic Association (AOA): Clearance of brain metabolic waste in a natural animal model of Alzheimer’s disease by cranial osteopathic manipulation. P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO and Hope Tobey, DO are investigators on this project.

Randy Aldret, EdD • Butterfly Network, Inc.: Sideline Sonography for Ankle Fracture Evaluation (SSAFE): A Pilot Study. Dr. Aldret serves as Co-PI along with Jacob Turnbull, DO; Stephanie Aldret, DO; Travis Smith, DO and John Lipka, MD. Stephanie Aldret, DO • Butterfly Network, Inc.: Sideline Sonography for Ankle Fracture Evaluation (SSAFE): A Pilot Study. Dr. Aldret serves as Co-PI along with Jacob Turnbull, DO; Randy Aldret, EdD; Travis Smith, DO and John Lipka, MD. Carrie Baker, DO • LA Board of Regents Support Fund (BoRSF): Creating a rubric for measuring pharmacy adherence to best practices when dispensing liquid medications for children. University of Louisiana Monroe was awarded this grant and Dr. Baker is an investigator and VCOM PI. Colleen Cheverko, PhD • American Association for Anatomy: Bringing Precision Medicine into Anatomy Education at VCOM Louisiana. Larissa Collier, PhD; Savannah Newell, PhD and Pawel Michalak, PhD are investigators on this research. Zakaria Elmageed, PhD • National Institutes of Health: Targeting PCSK9 Axis for Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Recurrence Suppression. This grant was awarded to University of Louisiana Monroe; Dr. Elmageed is the VCOM PI. • Louisiana Clinical & Translational Science Center: miR-145/MMP9 ratio for prediction of recurrence in differentiated thyroid cancer patients. Lin Kang, PhD • National Science Foundation: Integrating Genotype, Phenotype, and Environment to Identify Biomarkers of Coronavirus Disease

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