VCOM-Louisiana - 2024 Graduation Book - Inaugural Class

& Scholarships A ustin Bolay was dedicated to promoting equality and inclusivity for the LGBTQIA+ community. While serving on VCOM Louisiana’s Diversity and Inclusion Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, LGBTQ+ Pride Educational Scholarship First Recipient of the Award American Osteopathic Foundation

Board, he collaborated with students and state groups to advance healthcare equality. Bolay’s efforts earned him the American Osteopathic Foundation’s Jeffrey S. Grove, DO, LGBTQ+ Pride Educational Scholarship, which enabled him to advocate for LGBTQIA+ representation.

T he following inaugural Class of 2024 students were selected for the Health branches of the military. These students are promoted upon receipt of their degree from VCOM. We thank them for their dedication and service to our country. Health Professions Scholarship Program Five Recipients Professions Scholarship Program and have been commissioned into their respective

Ariana Faraji

Faith Sharp

S cabies, though common, is under case numbers, timing, patient ages and clinical sites, along with weather data, discovering higher scabies rates in poverty-stricken areas with poor living conditions. Sharp noted that improving these conditions and using preventative strategies could help eradicate such diseases. Their research, “Effects of Weather Patterns on the Incidence of Scabies,” won first prize in the Research Abstract category at the BIOM International Seminar in October 2022. Research Abstract Category Winner First Place Award BIOM International Seminar researched. Ariana Faraji and Faith Sharp used VCOM’s CREDO patient database to study scabies cases. They analyzed

HPSP recipients are, from left to right: Maroutcha Mouawad, Air Force; Marti Gay, Air Force; Heather Addison, Navy; Jackson Stogsdill, Air Force; Benjamin Lewis, Air Force.

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