VCOM - Carolinas 2017 Yearbook

Faculty and Staff Awards and Honors H ighlighted below are VCOM administration, faculty and staff members who were recipients of awards and honors, and were participants in other professional activities within their discipline.

ADMINISTRATION

virus glycoprotein on macrophage differentiation, polarization, and function” • “The effect of Ebola virus glycoprotein on macrophage differentiation, polarization, and function”

Board for St. Luke’s Free Medical Clinic in Spartanburg, SC, and as Secretary- Treasurer for the South Carolina Osteopathic Medical Society (SCOMS).

Timothy Kowalski, DO, FACN, represents the VCOM Carolinas Campus on the Board of Deans of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Lindsey Ridgeway, PhD, served as the 2016- 2017 COSGP Liaison, Council for Student

Jack Caldwell, PhD, had two publications in 2017: • Jirikowski, G.F., Ochs, S. and Caldwell, J.D., Chapter 12: Oxytocin and Steroid Action.

Affairs for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), and was named chair-elect for 2017-2018. She serves on the Clemson University Higher Education and Student Affairs Advisory Board, as treasurer for the Junior League of Spartanburg, as a board member for the United Way Young Leaders Society, and as a Spartanburg Day School Mentor. Dr. Ridgeway presented the following in 2016-2017: • Ridgeway, L.M., & Paul, M.F. (2017, April). Hidden/Implicit Bias: A barrier to advocacy work. Presented for 2017 Council for Student Affairs, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD. • Ridgeway, L.M., & Helbling, E. (2017, June). Preparing Students for the Medical School Application and Interview Process. Presented for 2017 Southern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions Annual Conference. Charleston, SC. FACULTY

(AACOM); the Medical Education Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; the Internal Review Committee of the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Portfolio and Expanded Assessments Task Force (PEATF) of the COMLEX-USA Program for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME); as an Evaluator of Clinical Education for the Commission of Osteopathic Accreditation (COCA); and as the AACOM representative on the Federation of State Medical Board’s Workgroup on Education About Medical Regulation. the University of New England in June 2017. Dr. Ables also participated in the following research publications: • Rosati R, Ables AZ, Warren P, Meisha D. Improving Diabetic Retinopathy Screening for an Indigent Population. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2017; 28(2): 635-42. • Augustyniak R, Ables AZ, Guilford P, Lujan H, Cortright R, and DiCarlo S. Intrinsic Motivation: An Overlooked Component for Student Success. Adv in Physiol Educ. 2016; 40:465-466. Adrienne Ables, PharmD, earned a Master of Science degree in Medical Leadership from

Invited chapter in Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (7854) Volume Editor(s): Rene Hurlemann and Valery Grinevich; Volume title: Behavioral Pharmacology of Neuropeptides: Oxytocin; Buchkapitel 2017 • Jirikowski, G.F., Rodewald, A. and J. D. Caldwell. Corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG) in central, systemic and cellular stress response. Trends in Endocrinology in press, 2017

Jeff Cashman, DO, was elected to the South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA) Board of Trustees as Young Physician Representative. Randal Gregg, PhD, received the Best Clinical Lecturer Award from VCOM students

during Block Five of 2016-2017, and was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Cellular Immunology in January 2017. Dr. Gregg was awarded a Research Eureka Accelerator Program Grant in 2016-2017 for his project, “Effect of Zaire Ebolavirus soluble proteins upon the functions of innate immune cells.” He also presented “Ebola virus soluble proteins operate to diminish natural killer cell function,” at the American Society for Microbiologists (ASM) South Carolina Branch Spring Meeting in 2017.

Rebecca Bowers, DO, is the 2017 President- Elect for the South Carolina Osteopathic Medical Society (SCOMS). Jillian Bradley, PhD, presented the following at the 2017 VCOM- Carolinas Research Day: • “The effect of Ebola

Matthew Cannon, DO, was awarded “Osteopathic Mentor of the Year” for 2016- 2017. He served as Vice Chairman of the

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