VCOM 2024 Annual Report

VCOM Seed-Funded Research July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025

Auburn Campus

this research with colleagues from AU Harrison College of Pharmacy and AUCVM. Annie Kirby, PhD, RD • REAP: Nourish Moms and Babies Through Nutrition Education. Dr. Kirby is Co-PI along with Katie Wolter, MD. Bill Pearson, PhD • REAP: Medical Education and Research in Compassionate Integration (MERCI) Chronic PhD, RD; Josh Hollingsworth, PharmD, PhD; Mary Piscura, PhD; Daniel Cawley, DC; Kevin Hayes, DO; and Phillip Snider, DO. Mary Piscura, PhD • REAP: Enhancing STEM Access: Summer Enrichment Experiences and Mentorship for Rural High School Students. Mary Ann Taylor, PhD • REAP: A Pilot and Feasibility Study of a Yoga Intervention in Heart Failure Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Dr. Taylor and a colleague from AU are Co-PIs, and Darren Beck, PhD is an investigator on this project. Katie Wolter, MD • REAP: Nourish Moms and Babies Through Nutrition Education. Dr. Wolter and Annie Kirby, PhD, RD serve as Co-PIs. Pain Clinic. Investigators on this project are David Redden, PhD; Annie Kirby,

Smith, MD and David Redden, PhD. Joseph Edison, DO

Darren Beck, PhD • REAP: The Combined Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation and Resistance Exercise to Improve Vascular Health in Older Adults. Dr. Beck serves as Co-PI with a collaborator at Auburn University. Daniel Cawley, DC • VCOM/AUBE: Unraveling the Mechanism of OMT on Brain Structure and Function in Primary Headache Patients: A Pilot Study. Dr Cawley serves as a PI along with a faculty member from the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Kevin Hayes, DO and David Redden, PhD are investigators on this research. Nathan Douthit, MD • VCOM/AUBE: Advanced Gel Models for Ultrasound Education. Dr Douthit serves

• REAP: A feasibility and pilot study of a multiple component mobile-aid pain reduction intervention to decrease myofascial pain syndrome. Dr. Edison serves as Co PI in partnership with his collaborator at AU. Kenneth Harris, MD • REAP: ​ Comparing the small intestinal and fecal microbiomes in preeclamptic and normotensive patients using the Small Intestinal Microbiome Aspiration capsule. Dr. Harris is Co-PI on this project along with Kari Dugger, PhD. R. Kraig Smith, MD and David Redden, PhD are investigators. Joshua Hollingsworth, PharmD, PhD • REAP: Development and Pilot Testing of Specific, Automated, and Personalized Virtual Health Behavior Change Programs in Primary Care Clinics and Community Pharmacies. Annie Kirby, PhD, RD; Rekha Lall, MD; Johnny Stackhouse, DO; Katie Wolter, MD; and Phillip Snider, DO serve as investigators on this project. Melanie Hyte, PharmD • VCOM/HCOP Program: Investigation of antimicrobial resistance in dog urinary pathogens: Implications for One Health. Dr. Hyte is Co-PI on

as a PI along with a faculty member from the Auburn

University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Kari Dugger, PhD • REAP: ​ Comparing the small intestinal and fecal

microbiomes in preeclamptic and normotensive patients using the Small Intestinal Microbiome Aspiration capsule. Dr. Dugger is Co-PI on this project along with Kenneth Harris, MD. Investigators are R. Kraig

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