Summer 2013 COM Outlook | NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

18 COM Outlook . Summer 2013 Research/Scholarly Activity - Faculty and Student Achievements 22 David Thomas, M.D., J.D. , professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and the Division of Correctional Medi- cine, presented a lecture on “Us- ing a Disease Entity to Change the Culture of an Entrenched Bureaucracy” at the Southern Region of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care event for physicians held March 6 in St. Petersburg, Florida. 23 Jacqueline Thomas, D.O. , assistant professor of derma- tology, was recently invited to serve as a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Osteo- pathic Association . In April, she was also selected to serve as a peer reviewer for Clinical Interventions in Aging , Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Der- matology , and the International Medical Case Reports Journal . 24 Kallidaikurichi Ven- katachalam, Ph.D. , professor of biochemistry, received the 2013- 14 NSU-COM Kenyon Cancer Research Grant for a study entitled “Cancer Therapeutics: Targeting Cancer Metabolism Through Gene Therapy.” NSU-COM has offered this grant program since 2001 as a result of an endowment created by the late Franklin Kenyon and Frances Kenyon Agneski, which provides support to faculty members who engage in cancer-related research. Dr. Venkatachalam’s research will be supported by a $15,000 grant for the period July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014. Drs. Leonard Levy and Kallidaikurichi Venkatachalam. On May 15, a number of NSU-COM faculty members, in collaboration with other NSU faculty researchers, were awarded cash endowments in the university’s 14 th Annual President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) and 11 th Annual Quality of Life Awards ceremony. George Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president and chief executive officer, and Gary Margules, Sc.D., vice president for the Office of Research and Tech- nology Transfer, recognized 37 research projects that received PFRDG awards of up to $10,000 each for fiscal year 2014. They also recognized the dedi- cation and innovation of 122 faculty members and 82 students from the 15 academic units that sub- NSU-COM Faculty Members Receive President’s Research and Development Grants and QOL Award mitted a total of 62 PFRDG proposals. Following are the projects that feature NSU-COM participation: President’s Faculty Research and Development Grants “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Nups: Understanding What Is Bugging Patients” Paula Waziry, Ph.D., Nancy Klimas, M.D., and Dylan Dimesh “Regulation of the Metabolic Changes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Role of CNV” Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D. Nancy Klimas, M.D. “Impact of Yoga Therapy on Veterans with PTSD” Nancy Klimas, M.D. Quality of Life Grant “The Use of a Patient-Centered Relationship Enrichment Training Program to Improve Quality of Life for Caregivers and Stroke Survivors” Michelle Gagnon Blodgett, Psy.D. Attendees at the award ceremony included Dylan Dimesh, Dr. Paula Waziry, Dr. George Hanbury, and Dr. Leonard Levy. NSU-COM Shines at AACOM Annual Meeting - ORAL PRESENTATIONS - Barry A. Doublestein, D.S.L. “A Medical Educator’s Perspective” Marti Echols, Ph.D., M.Ed. “AACOM’s Core Competencies for Students Defined: Now What?” Janet Hamstra, Ed.D. (facilitator) “Course Faculty Assessment,” “The For-Profit Experiment: An Innovative Approach to Medical Education,” “A Mixed Methods Approach to Competency Tracking,” and “Developing Preclinical Faculty Expertise in the Instruction of the Core Competencies:” James Howell, M.D., M.P.H. “The Relationship Between Student Participation in International Electives and the Decision to Enter Primary Care Residencies” Leonard A. Levy, D.P.M., M.P.H. “Preparing Future Primary Care Physicians for the Coming Revolution in Medical Genomics” Stacey Pinnock, M.S.W. Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., RD “Faculty Development in Interprofessional Education and Lessons Learned: Where Do We Go from Here?” Dianna L. Silvagni, J.D. “Art Observation Skills Development Leading to Enhanced Patient Care” OMS-IV Stephanie Stephens, M.S. “Preparing for Licensure Examinations” - POSTER PRESENTATIONS - Nadine Chipon-Schoepp, D.O., Janet Hamstra, Ed.D., Victor Jaffe, D.O. “Training in Emergent Hospital Procedures: Bridging the Gap Between OMS-IV and PGY1” Leonard A. Levy, D.P.M., M.P.H. Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., RD “Integrating Primary Care and Public Health: A Primer for Success in a Changing and Uncertain Health Care Environment” Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., RD “Incorporating the Thread of Interprofessional Education and Practice Throughout the Curriculum” Elliot Sklar, Ph.D. Kristi Messer, M.P.H., M.S.W. “Medical Education for Special Populations: A Way to Integrate a Focus on Special Populations” April 24-27 - Baltimore, Maryland