VCOM - Auburn 2017 Yearbook

faculty & staff awards/honors

“Objective Pupil Function Measurements Among Collegiate Athletes” 3. Research Poster presentations at AOASM Annual Conference and AMSSM Annual Conference “Objective Pupil Function Measurements Among Collegiate Athletes” 4. Case Presentation Poster at AOASM Annual Conference “Is that blood or Gatorade? A case of hemoptysis” 5. Case Presentation Poster at AMSSM Annual Conference “Sibling Rivalry and Wrist Pain”

• Orthotopic versus ectopic tumor perfusion during exercise: Implications for host tissue vasoreactivity. Emmanuel Garcia, Veronika Becker, Elizabeth Gittemeier, Danielle McCullough, Alexander Opoku-Acheampong, and Brad Behnke – Experimental Biology Conference, 2016 • Chronic Endurance Exercise Attenuates Impairments in VO2 max in Rats with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. A. Vang, D.J. McCullough, and G. Choudhary – American Thoracic Society Conference, 2016 Abstracts and Presentations: • Pulmonary hypertension-induced exercise intolerance is improved with exercise and correlates with expression of skeletal muscle respiratory chain proteins. Kue N., Vang A., McCullough D.J., Mancini T., Clements R.T., Choudhary G. Am J Respir Care Med 2017;195:A6768 Grants: • Co-Investigator Role of bone blood flow in bone loss following spinal cord injury. Small Projects in Rehabilitation Research (SPiRE) – Gainesville VA Medical Center (Gainesville, Fla.). Publications: (See more about Dr. McCullough’s publications and grants at www.vcom.edu/ publications-and-presentations/auburn) 1. Spaceflight on the Bion-M1 biosatellite alters cerebral artery vasomotor and mechanical properties in mice. 2. Effects of hindlimb unloading and ionizing radiation on skeletal muscle resistance artery vasodilation and its relation to cancellous bone in mice. 3. Blood flow responses to mild-intensity exercise in ectopic versus orthotopic prostate tumors; dependence upon host- tissue hemodynamics and vascular reactivity. 4. Blood flow responses to mild-intensity exercise in ectopic vs. orthotopic prostate tumors; dependence upon host tissue hemodynamics and vascular reactivity. 5. Effects of a ketogenic diet on adipose tissue, liver and serum biomarkers in sedentary rats and rats that exercised via resisted voluntary wheel running. Service on a committee/board/council:

• Alabama Pharmacy Association: Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors • Boshell Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Program member • Faculty Senate Secretary

Josh Hollingsworth, PharmD, PhD • Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award – 2016 – Alabama Pharmacy Association (APA) • PhD degree completion

– Spring, 2016 • Dissertation title: Differences in Participant Recall and Preference Based on Patient Medication Information Format • Hollingsworth J.C., Gamston C.E. Implementation of Team-Based Learning in an Osteopathic Medical School Pharmacology Course. Poster presented at: Conversations in Celebration of Teaching. January 29, 2016; Auburn, Ala. Publications In 2017: • Fox, B. I., Umphress, D. A., & Hollingsworth, J. C. (2017). Development and delivery of an interdisciplinary course in mobile health (mHealth). Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 9(4), 585–594. • Westrick, S. C., Hohmann, L., Hastings, T., McFarland, S., & Hollingsworth, J.C. (In Press). Implementing a Medicare Plan Selection Assistance Program through a Community Partnership. • Hollingsworth J. C., Fox B. I. Pharmacy Informatics: Enabling Safe and Efficacious Medication Use. In Malone PM, Kier KL, Stanovich JE, Malone MJ (Eds), Drug Information - A Guide for Pharmacists, 6th edition. McGraw Hill. In Press.

Cinzia Mastrorilli, DVM, PhD, DACVP Serves as Chair for Immunology and Microbiology Serves as co-director of the microbiology and research laboratory

at VCOM-Auburn Committee/Board Service: Promotion Board Committee Curriculum and Assessment Block Subcommittee

Danielle McCullough, PhD Awards: • Two VA Small Projects

in Rehabilitation (SPiRE) Grants:

Role of Bone Blood Flow in Bone Loss

Following Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Role of Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Supercomplexes in Exercise Intolerance in Pulmonary Hypertension (2016-2018) Posters: • Ketogenic versus Western and standard chow diets favorably alters fat deposition and serum biomarkers in rats. A.M. Holland, W.C. Kephart, R.P. Lowery, P.W. Mumford, C.B. Mobley, A.E. McCloskey, J.J. Shake, P. Mesquita, J.S. Martin, A.N. Kavazis, D.J. McCullough, M.D. Roberts, and J.M. Wilson - International Society of Sports Nutrition Conference, 2015 • Peripheral Vascular Dysfunction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. A. Vang, D.J. McCullough, and G. Choudhary – American Thoracic Society Conference, 2015

John Jones, DO 1. Concussion Collaborative Science Symposium: Objectively Tackling Concussion through Vision, Science, Radiology and Engineering. Objective Pupil Findings in Football Players vs.

Other Athletes 2. VCOM-Carolinas Research Day 2017 3rd place - Clinical Research Oral Presentation

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