VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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RESEARCH

Research That Advances Health Key Areas of Scientific Inquiry

Musculoskeletal Research • Injury prevention • Rehabilitative care • Kinesiology • Sports medicine • Nature-derived compounds • Lupus and autoimmune disease OMM/OMT • Opioid pain management alternativ es • Neuromusculoskeletal health • Biomechanically derived studies • Medical imaging derived studies • Quantitative and functional outcomes st udies Neuroscience • Neurodegenerative disease including Alzheimer’s • Aging and neurological research • Nanomedicine and neurologic health • Concussion and traumatic brain injury including blast injury Cancer Research and Genetics • Precision medicine • Computational biology and bioinformatics solutions • Biomarker and drug target discovery • Genomics • Genetic basis of disease • Translational research

Population, Community Health, and Healthcare Delivery • Fitness a nd health behaviors • Nutrition a nd obesity • Women’s health • International water quality studies • Health in international disadvantaged populations • International environmental toxicology Educational Research • Simulation, educational models, and graduate medical education • Interprofessional education • Educational technology • Teaching methods and assessment tools General Medicine/Other • Military research on combat casualty care • Cardiopulmonary • Free radicals and antioxidants • Birth defects • Diabetes • Immunotoxicology • Pharmacology • Artificial intelligence and machine learning in medicine • Syndromic surveillance for emerging biothreats service-based learning • Medical education and