VCOM 2024 Annual Report

Extramural Funding Portfolio (continued) DO; Kristine Lombardozzi, MD; Raymond Romano, DO; Steven Lewis, MD; Delores Muro; Gail Pittman; Michael Parks; and Stacey Stokes. This program has both an Parks; and Stacey Stokes. This program has both an educational component and a mobile health unit component. • The Spartanburg County Foundation and another South

was administered by Leann Bond. Funding from ARPA supported the acquisition of the mobile units.

Virginia Campus

educational component and a mobile health unit component. • Delta Dental: Utilizing

Carolina private foundation: Award for a medical-grade 3-D printer and body scanner. Tom Lindsey, DO, is also involved in the oversight and use of this equipment.

Harsha Bhagtani, MD • Network of the National Library of Medicine, Health Information Outreach award: Feed, Read, and Grow: Pediatric Anxiety Management. This project is funded through an NIH National Library of Medicine Baltimore. Dr. Bhagtani is the PI and VCOM co-Investigators are Ed Magalhaes, PhD; David Redden, PhD (VCOM Auburn); and Elaine Powers, MSLS. • American Academy of Pediatrics: Catch Award: Feed, Read, and Grow Program. P. Gunnar Brolinson, DO • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH: Cranial Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Enhances Brain Fluid Flow Alleviating Neuroinflammation. Dr. Brolinson serves as the PI on this R01. David Redden, PhD (VCOM Auburn) is a co-investigator, and Virginia Tech’s Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics (BEAM) is a subcontractor to VCOM. • Uniformed Services University, DOD: Syndromic Surveillance to Address (continued) grant awarded to The University of Maryland

primary care physicians to improve oral cancer

screenings in underserved populations. Dr. Stoner is the Program Director of this grant project and Lisa Caroll, MD and Jaime Foushee, PharmD also are involved. • South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: Mobile Medical Unit: Infrastructure Support to Improve Access to Quality Medical Care in Rural and Medically Underserved Areas. Matthew Cannon, DO co directs this program with Dr. Stoner. Other faculty and staff involved are Lisa Carroll, MD; Jeff Cashman, DO; Doralyn Jones, DO; and Delores Muro. Tammy Whaley • South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare. Addressing Health Inequity In South Carolina By Increasing Access To Primary Care. Ms. Whaley is Co-PD along with Alexis Stoner, PhD. Others involved in this project are Matt Cannon, DO; Lisa Carroll, MD; Doralyn Jones, DO; Tom Lindsey, DO; Lindsay Tjiattas Saleski, DO; Jeff Cashman, DO; Kristine Lombardozzi, MD; Raymond Romano, DO; Steven Lewis, MD; Delores Muro; Gail Pittman; Michael

Louisiana Campus

Stephen DiGuiseppe, PhD • Center for Applied Immunology and Pathological Processes (CAIPP): Poxviruses co-opt ribosomes to promote viral protein

synthesis and subvert the innate immune response. Dr. DiGiuseppe is the PI on a pilot project funded

through an NIH COBRE grant awarded to Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport. • American Osteopathic Association: A Molecular Approach to Examining the Immune Stimulatory Impact of Lymphatic Pump Technique. Dr. DiGiuseppe is the PI and Rebekah Morrow, PhD; Christopher Clark, DO; Lin Kang, PhD; and Kasia Michalak, MS are investigators. Mark Sanders, DO, JD, MPH • State of Louisiana, Ouachita Parish Police Jury: Mobile Medical Units. Dr. Sanders oversees this program, which

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