VCOM 2024 Annual Report

Research Recognition Day Winners VCOM-Louisiana

Faculty Researcher of the Year Randy Aldret, EdD, ATC, LAT, CSCS*D

Student Researcher of the Year Navid Salim, Class of 2025

Poster competition winners, by category, were: Biomedical Research:

Third place Md Saqline Mostaq, PhD Candidate

Second place Kason Goss, Class of 2025 A Cerebral Challenge: Navigating the Complexities of Pseudotumor Cerebri - A Comprehensive Case Study Third place Madison Cox, Class of 2025 Renal Angiomyolipoma: A Case Report Education, Simulation and Best Practices First place Sara Carroll, Class of 2025 Second place Rebecca Peters, Class of 2025; Maham Khan, Class of 2026; Emma Barham, Class of 2026 Investigating the Change in Empathy Throughout Traditional Osteopathic Medical Education Third place Tiffani Najadifar, Class of 2026 AIRX: A Dose of A.I. for Smart Medical Education Utilizing Gamification to Teach Pain Management: A Quality Improvement Study

Section 1 First place

Inhibition of Ceramide Glycosylation Reverses Anticancer Drug Resistance of Colon Cancer Cells Carrying P53 Mutation Clinical Research First place Austin Bordelon, Class of 2024 Syntax Error: Variations in Verbiage Between Prescriber and Pharmacist Prescription Labels for Pediatric Liquid Medications Second place Ebony Griffin, Class of 2025 Assessing Practical Competence: An In-depth Examination of Preclinical Medical Students’ Performance in Detecting Fractures Through Ultrasound Practical Exams on Cadavers Third place Cameron Driskell, Class of 2025 A Continuation of Cadaveric Exploration Case Studies First place Yaroslav Zuyev, Class of 2025 Typical Exertional Angina with No Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease and Analysis of Variation in the Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus

Annie Pham, Class of 2026 Exoy Intoxication Suppresses Lung Endothelial TAK1 to Promote Tauopathy Second place Lucia Conlon, Class of 2026 Exploring the Potential Protective Role of the Bacterial-Derived Metabolite Indole-3-Propionic Acid Against Obesogenic Insults in Placenta Cell Lines Third place Rachita Gupta, Class of 2026 Investigating the Function of the Bacterial-Derived Metabolite Indole-3 Propionic Acid in Endometrial Cancer Dalal Dawud, PhD Candidate Investigating the Therapeutic Efficacy of Combined Treatment of Chlorpromazine and Enzalutamide on Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells: A Comprehensive In Vitro and In Vivo Study Second place Md Towhidul Tarun, MS (-)-S-Oleocanthal Attenuates the Progression and the Recurrence of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer Through Downregulation of the Protein Lysine Methyltransferase SMYD2 Biomedical Research: Section 2 First place

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