Research and Grants Furthering the Pursuit of Innovation and Exploration in Healthcare and Education
An important resource for students, faculty and staff, the Office of Research and Scholarly Activity provides support and guidance for research activities, such as statistical consulting, an intramural grant program, and a searchable database of extramural grant opportunities. Congratulations to all faculty and students with scholarly achievements! Please continue to communicate any achievements to Dr. Amanda Brooks, Director of Research and Scholarly Activity Benjamin Brooks, PhD, Assistant Director for the MSBS Program, published a manuscript, entitled, “Characterizing Epitope Binding Regions of Entire Antibody Panels by Combining Experimental and Computational Analysis of Antibody: Antigen Binding Competition" as part of the special issue "Computational Approaches: Drug Discovery and Design in Medicinal Chemistry and Bioinformatics" in the journal Molecules. The manuscript proposes a process to use computational and experimental data to identify the epitope for monoclonal antibodies to improve drug and vaccine discovery. Dr. Brooks also completed a study and published a manuscript entitled “Localization of the interaction site of herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D (gD) on the membrane fusion regulator, gH/gL" in the Journal of Virology. The manuscript details how herpes simplex virus fusion protein interface at the molecular level. We would like to congratulate Dr. Ben Brooks for his service on two National Institute of Health special emphasis panels for COVID-19 R01/R21 and Small Business (SBIR) grants. Susan Carter, MD, FACOG, FACS, Director of the Office of Simulation in Medicine and Surgery, was a speaker at the American College of Surgeons "Sim Centers' COVID-19 Responses on Inventive and Supporting Initiatives Implemented During Quarantines" webinar. Dr. Carter presented "The Move to Virtual and Mixed Reality at Rocky Vista University." She commented, "It was a great opportunity to highlight RVU's early and rapid adaptation universitywide." Read more on Page 11.
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William (Tyler) Crawley, OMS IV, spoke at the International Association of Medical Science Educators Virtual Conference in June. He presented, "Diversity in Healthcare Education: How Confronting Biases Starts in the Classroom," in which he discussed ways to better integrate diversity into the education of medical professionals. Patrick Flannery, OMS II, published research in ACS Chemical Neuroscience titled, "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Regulations Cripple Potentially LifeSaving Research of Illicit Substances." This research discusses how the scientific community is unable to acquire illicit substances for research purposes, due to regulations of illicit substances. It posits that a reclassification of illicit substances would allow for extensive testing in research settings. The work of a team of human factor and trauma experts including Anthony J. LaPorta, MD, FACS, Professor of Clinical Surgery and Military Medicine, and his students has culminated in Congressional approval for four "Expeditionary Medical Ships" that are a direct result of the last five years of their research. In addition, the team has also contributed new chapters in Trauma Team Dynamics, a training book. Nena L. Mason, PhD, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Ultrasound, published research in BMC Medical Education titled, "Using Formalin Embalmed Cadavers to Teach Fracture Identification with Ultrasound." The objective of the study was to assess the utility of using formalin-embalmed human cadavers to teach first-year medical students to use ultrasound to identify skeletal fractures.
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