VCOM - Carolinas 2018 Yearbook

VCOM-Carolinas Administration

Faculty

cardiomyopathy model created by CRISPR editing of LAMP2 in iPSC or Fibroblasts,” at ASHG national meeting Published: CE McKinney and K Baumgarner, “CRISPR Engineering Cardiometabolic Disease Models Using Human iPSCs” Cell and Tissue Engineering 2018, (in review) “Modeling Neurodegeneration in iPSC derived Patient Neurons,” Neural Regeneration Research 12: 1062-1067, 2017 Sarko, D. and C. McKinney, “Exosomes: Origins and therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative disease”, Frontiers in Neuroscience,11:1-7, 2017. Cashman, J. Tebalt SR. (2018) “An Interprofessional Approach to Improving Social Determinants of Health: Osteopathic Medical Students as Case Manager Extenders” at the Sixth Annual Emswiller Interprofessional Symposium Published: Ochs SD, Martin C, Ables AZ. (2018) “Development, Implementation, and Assessment of an Interprofessional Education Program” at the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Conference: P36 Jirikowski GF, Ochs SD, Caldwell JD. (2018) “Oxytocin and Steroid Action. In: Behavioral Pharmacology of Neuropeptides: Oxytocin.” Hurlemann R and Grinevich V, editors. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 35: chapter 12; Caldwell JD, Londe K, Ochs SD, Hajdu Z, Herbert Z, Dőlz W, Rodewald A, Gebhart V, Jirikowski, GF. (2017) “Three Steroid-binding Globulins, Their Localization in the Brain and Nose, and What They Might be Doing There.” Steroids. In press. Scott Ochs, PhD, Promoted to the Discipline Chair of Pharmacology Presentation: Stoner AM, Ochs SD,

Jillian Bradley, PhD Awards: American Osteopathic Association grant for the study “The Effect of Facial Effleurage on Acute Rhinosinusitis”

Timothy Kowalski, DO, FACN Board of Deans of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)

Published: “Ebola virus secreted glycoprotein decreases the anti-viral immunity of macrophages in early inflammatory responses, Cellular Immunity” (2017), Jillian H. Bradley, Ametria Harrison, Ashley Corey, Nathan Gentry, Randal K. Gregg, 10.1016/j. cellimm.2017.11.009

Medical Education Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Internal Review Committee of the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners

Portfolio and Expanded Assessments Task Force (PEATF) of the COMLEX- USA Program for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Evaluator, Clinical Education for the Commission of Osteopathic Accreditation (COCA) AACOM representative on the Federation of State Medical Board’s Workgroup on Education About Medical Regulation

Presented “The effect of Ebola Virus secreted glycoprotein on activated

macrophages” at the American Association of Immunologists Conference in Austin Texas in May, 2018

Zoltan Hajdu, MDII Identified the hematopoietic- derived progenitor cells in human heart valves and presented his findings at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference in

AACOM Task Force on Ethics and Professionalism

Portland, OR

COCA Task Force on Ethics and Professionalism

Organized third annual VCOM-Carolinas Research Recognition Day, March 2018 Teresa Kilgore, DO, FACOI

Adrienne Z. Ables, PharmD, MS Completed Master of Science degree in Medical Education Leadership from the University of New England, 2017

Presented at the Fall Research conference for VCOM held at the Biltmore

Awarded “Legacy Award” from

Member, Board of Directors

the Columbia Free Clinic

for Partners for Active Living (PAL)

Chris Martin, EdD Earned Doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction for the University of Florida Member, Certification Council for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Cindy McKinney, PhD 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Review Panel

Poster presentation: “Faculty Vitality in Osteopathic Medical School Faculty: A Pilot Study,” at the annual AACOM conference in Washington, DC in April, 2018 Lindsey Ridgeway, PhD

Hanna S. Sahhar, MD, FAAP, FACOP Awards: Best Oral Presentation-Clinical Research: “A retrospective analysis of the impact of FilmArray respiratory panel

Chair-Elect, Council for Student Affairs, AACOM

Chair, Council for Student Affairs, AACOM

utilization on the management of pediatric asthma exacerbations” at VCOM-Carolinas Research Day, March 30, 2018 ACOP-Pediatric Research & Education for Students (PRES) 2018 Fund Award for “PLAY - Promoting Lifelong Activity in Youth - an Osteopathic Approach to Engage Children in Physical Activity While Incorporating Step Tracking Devices,” with A.M. Stoner, L. Shan, and VCOM-Carolinas Class of 2020 students H. Carroll, K. Freund and E. Von Har

Treasurer and President-Elect, Junior League of Spartanburg

Associate Guest Editor, Frontiers in Neuroscience special topics issue entitled “Exosomes: Role in Cell Function, Neurodegeneration and Therapeutics.”

Presentation: “Danon Disease: A lysosomal hypertrophic

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