VCOM Louisiana Research Day Program Book 2024

ON THE COVER: (left to right) Randy Nguyen, OMS-II; Wasif Syed, OMS-II

Kareem Abdelhamid OMS-II

Welcome

Naved Salim OMS-III

Welcome to the VCOM Via Research Recognition Day on the VCOM Louisiana Campus. Each year, the Via Research Recognition Day is a significant event for VCOM that supports the mission of the College to provide medical education and research that prepares globally-minded, community-focused physicians and improves the health of those most in need. The Via Research Recognition Day offers a forum for health professionals and scientists in academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present and benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all humans. By attending the sessions with guest speakers, participants have the opportunity to learn cutting edge information in the physiological bases of osteopathic manipulative therapy efficacy, new trends in physician-based research networks, and how to develop innovative research projects with high impact for human health. Poster sessions allow participants to learn about the biomedical, clinical and education-simulation research activities at VCOM-Louisiana and its partner institutions. This year, the Biomedical Research category at the VCOM-Louisiana Research Day event has been expanded to include two sections: Section 1 will feature presenters primarily from VCOM, while Section 2 will showcase contributions from our partner institutions. This change reflects rapidly growing interest and participation in this event.

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