VCOM 2024 Annual Report

Research Recognition Day Winners VCOM-Virginia

Faculty Researchers of the Year Harsha Bhagtani, MD, and Blaise Costa, MPharm, PhD

Poster competition winners, by category, were: Biomedical Faculty First place

Second place The Long-Term Relationship between α -Klotho with All-Cause and Cause Specific Mortality Cynthia J. Avila, MBS; Nargiza Sadr, BSN; Waleed Kassabo, MD; Ayeman Basith, MD; Hannah Chung, BA; Simrah Siddiqui; BA; Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS Third place Enhanced Microbiome, Skin Health, and Autoimmune Status After Exercise Intervention in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Taylor Kaye; Olivia Silveri; Hiba Mohammed; Noah Oakland; Dao Xu; Rana Estaleen; Xin Luo; Christopher M. Reilly Tlr5 Deficiency Excarbates Lupus-Like Disease In The Mrl/Lpr Mouse Model Razan Alajoleen; David N. Oakland; Rana Estaleen; Aida Shakeri; Ran Lu; Michael Appiah; Sha Sun; Jonathan Neumann; Shimako Kawauchi; Thomas E. Cecere; Ryan P. McMillan; Christopher M. Reilly; Xin M. Luo Second place Remission Lupus Warrior: Cx3cr1 Fights To Push Back Lupus-Like Disease By Prolonging Remission In Lupus-Prone Mice Rana Estaleen; Pavly Amin; Razan Alajoleen; Noah Oakland; Ran Lu; Hilary Montano; Aida Shakeri; Christopher M. Reilly; Xin Luo Third place Cranial Osteopathic Manipulation Changes Spatial Learning Behavior in Alzheimer’s Disease Rat Model De’Yana Hines; Hope Tobey; Nakia Phillip; Seth Boehringer; Pamela VandeVord; Blaise Costa Biomedical Graduate Student First place

Biomedical Undergraduate Student First place Assessing Expressional Changes In Glutamatergic Signaling Proteins Following Repeated Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury In A Preclinical Model Soham Desai; Caiti-Erin Talty; Pamela VandeVord Second place CNS4 preferentially potentiates hypoglutamatergic disease-causing mutant GluN1/2A subtype of NMDA receptors. Seth Boehringer; Nakia Phillip; Patrick Rafael; Tullia Johnston; Alyssa Ingram; Jennifer Davis; Pamela VandeVord; Blaise Costa Clinical Research Faculty First place Rock Hard Hamstring Marina Sendek, DO; Matthew Chung, DO Clinical Research Medical Student First place Dupilumab Safety And Efficacy In Moderate To Severe Atopic Dermatitis In Children Ages ≥6 Months To 17 Years: A Systematic Review Allyson V. Billings; Hanling Chang; Minaal Khan; Nicholas L. Rider, DO Second place Assessing the Efficacy of Prophylactic and/or Active Treatment on Invasive Fungal Infections using Anti-Fungal Therapy in Chronic Granulomatous Disease: A Systematic Review Oscar Chatain; Alexis Caccavale; Juan Cotton; Nicholas Rider

Developing A More Clinically Relevant Model Of TBI: Examining Stress As A Pre-Existing Condition Jessica Strickler, PhD; Natalia Bowyer; Kathryn Athanasaw; Susan Murphy, PhD; Pamela VandeVord, PhD Research Resident First place Does Resetting The Hips Change An Innominate Somatic Dysfunction Diagnosis? Tori Tschantz, DO; Nicole Fremarek, DO, MBA; Elizabeth Hammond OMS IV; Shaunak Digambar OMS II; Emma Vargas OMS II; Hope Tobey, DO, FAAP, FACOP; David Harden, DO; David Redden, PhD; Albert Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK Second place Ultrasound Assessment Of OMT On Diaphragm Motion Xavier DiSabato, DO; Elexander Atkinson, DO; Albert J Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK; Luke Robinson, DO, DABMA Third place Effects Of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment On The Thoracic Duct Via Ultrasound Imaging Elexander Atkinson, DO; Xavier DiSabato, DO; Sophiah Kawachi, BS, OMSII; Albert Kozar, DO Biomedical Medical Student First place Selective Activation Of M1 Muscarinic Receptors Attenuates Human Colon Cancer Cell Proliferation Margaret H Sundel; Natalia Sampaio Moura; Kunrong Cheng; Oscar Chatain; Shien Hu; Cinthia B. Drackenberg; Guofeng Xie; Jean-Pierre Raufman

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