VOLUME 6, ISSUE 2, 2013 From the Office of the Vice President and Dean
Volume 5 Issue 1
Jay A. Gershen, D.D.S., Ph.D.
President, Northeast Ohio Medical
University
In This Issue
From the Office of the Vice
1
President and Dean
Researcher Highlight
1
Recent Awards
3
Sponsor News
6
Compliance News
6
Summer Research Program 7
ORSP News
10
College of Graduate Studies 10
The Office of Research
and Sponsored Programs
Walter E. Horton Jr., Ph.D.
Vice President for Research,
Dean of the College of
Graduate Studies
Beth Cline, M.S., M.L.S., CRA
Executive Director
Jennifer Pitz, M.P.A., CRA
Sponsored Programs Administrator II
Debbie Severt
Executive Administrative Assistant
Margaret Weakland
Sr. Administrative Assistant,
College of Graduate Studies
Cindy Widuck, M.P.H.
Sponsored Programs Administrator II
Trish Wilson, CRA
Sponsored Programs Administrator I
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the Fall 2013 edition of the
NEOMED Research Matters Newsletter. Inside
you will learn about a new faculty member in
the department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
who not only is a world-class scientist but is
also very handy with power tools! We also
highlight the great work of our medicine,
pharmacy and graduate students as well as
share with you the tremendous success of our
scientists in garnering funding for their important
work. Finally you will meet a new member of
the ORSP team and keep up to date on
information important for researchers.
Thank you for reading!
Walter E. Horton Jr., Ph.D., Vice
President for Research, Dean of
the College of Graduate Studies
Researcher Highlight
Meet Rebecca German, Ph.D.
Oropharyngeal Researcher
Please describe your area of research and why
it is important.
My research focuses on the interactions that
exist
among
anatomy,
biomechanics,
neuroscience and physiology. I am particularly
interested in how the brain controls the
muscles and bones involved in feeding and
swallowing. There are a number of clinical
impairments that result from either neurologic
problems, such as stroke and Parkinson’s
disease, or birth defects. Currently, I am
working on the problems that infants have in
feeding. But, it is impossible to collect data on
human infants, so I have developed an animal
model that looks at how changes in sensation
change muscle function. Ultimately, I want to
design and test specific rehabilitation strategies
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Professor, Anatomy and
Neurobiology
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for people of all ages who have trouble eating.
Where did you receive your education/training?
I’ve had a lot of schooling, but it hasn’t gotten in the way of my love of science. I was an undergraduate
mathematics major at University of Chicago, have a master’s degree in geology from the University of Rochester,
and finally settled down to do a Ph.D. degree at Harvard in biology. I hold the unofficial record for the shortest
thesis in the shortest period of time in that department (now Organismic and Evolutionary Biology). I was assisted
in this feat by the fact my thesis advisor got mesothelioma and was given six months to live. This was a successful
strategy to get malingering students to finish their degrees.
Why did you decide to come to NEOMED?
I am totally committed to mentoring young scientists, particularly women and under-represented minorities. One of
the minorities I am passionate about are people with physical disabilities, the physically challenged in our society.
We frequently forget such folks. One of the exercises that I have seen done is to put able bodied people in a
wheelchair and tell them to go do a certain number of tasks (especially in a hospital) such as get a cup of coffee,
use the bathroom, find a magazine and make a Xerox of the cover.
So what the heck does this have to do with coming to NEOMED? I wanted to be in a place where I could make a
difference. I wanted to be in a place that clearly cared about underrepresented people, students, faculty and staff.
When I interviewed here, I told Dean Jeff Susman that I hoped he realized that if I came I would try and organize
the women. When he replied “we are counting on you to do that,” I knew I found a good home.
Who are your role models?
My mother was my first mentor. She was a gerontologist in public health who worked tirelessly to make the medical
system more responsive to specific problems of the elderly. Her CV is twice as long as mine. She talked to me
about NIH grants and surviving in academia. I hope I can do half of what she did for me for other young faculty.
Another role model is my friends Peter and Sarah Smith. They have a farm in the bush of Western Australia. I have
learned more about teaching, tolerance for mistakes (therefor mine), and when it is time to call a project finished.
They also indulge my obsession with power tools.
Please feel free to share anything about your life/interests outside of the laboratory.
Please see the pictures below!
2 Recent Awards
Grant and Contract Awards
Received in ORSP from 3/1/13 to 8/31/13
Last Name
First
Name
Depart.
Project Name
Sponsor
Aultman
Julie
FACM
Capabilities of a Developing Kenyan Healthcare Clinic for
the Underserved: A Clinical and Ethical Analysis of
Achieving Justice
Awad
Magdi
PHARMPRA
Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Service on Clinical Measures in Consortium of Eastern OH
an Underserved Population
Master of Public Health
Chen
YeongRenn
IMS
Myocardial Injury Associated with Mitochondria-Derived
Oxygen Free Radicals
NIH National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
Chiang
John
IMS
Molecular Biology of Bile Acid Synthesis- Year 4
NIH National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
Chiang
John
IMS
Regulation of Bile Acid Synthesis by Nuclear Receptors
- Year 4
NIH National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
Chilian
William
IMS
Reactive Oxygen Species in Coronary Collateral Growth
NIH National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
Chilian
William
IMS
Mechanisms of Coronary Vasomotor Control
NIH National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
Crish
Samuel
PHARMSCI
Axonopathy in Glaucoma- Year 2
NIH National Eye Institute
Crish
Samuel
PHARMSCI
Axonopathy in Glaucoma
NIH National Eye Institute
Crish/Wilson
Sam/Gina PHARMSCI
Cytoskeletal Changes in Glaucoma
Prevent Blindness Ohio
Fellowship Award
Francl
Jessica
IMS
Effects of Sleep Deprivation and High Fat Diet on Human
CYP7A1 Circadian Rhythm- Fellowship
NIH National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
Galazyuk
Alex
ANATNEUR
German
Rebecca ANATNEUR
German
Rebecca ANATNEUR
Neural Mechanism Underlying Sound Evoked Suppression NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
of Tinnitus: Residual Inhibition- Year 3 (additional funds)
Communication Disorders
Dysphagia and Recovery After Vagal or Laryngeal Nerve
NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Injury- Year 3
Communication Disorders
Dysphagia and Recovery After Vagal or Laryngeal Nerve
NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Injury- Year 2 (additional funds)
Communication Disorders
German
Rebecca ANATNEUR
Dysphagia and Recovery After Vagal or Laryngeal Nerve
Injury- Transfer
3 Arnold P Gold Foundation
NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Communication Disorders
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Last Name
First
Name
Depart.
Project Name
Sponsor
German
Rebecca ANATNEUR
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ABI Innovation: A Novel
Database and Ontology for Evolutionary Analyses of
Mammalian Feeding- Transfer
National Science
Foundation
Haqqi
Tariq
ANATNEUR
Mechanisms of Chondroprotection by Pomegranate Fruit
Extraction- Transfer
Haqqi
Tariq
ANATNEUR
Suppression of MMP-13 Expression in Arthritis by
Pomegranate- Transfer
Haqqi
Tariq
ANATNEUR
Suppression of MMP-13 Expression in Arthritis by
Pomegranate- Transfer- Year 2
Labuda Schrop
Susan
FACM
Physician Faculty Development in Primary Care- Year 4
Lee
Amy
FACM
Residency Training in Primary Care Grant
Mayorga
Maritza
IMS
Critical Role for DAB 2-Mediated B Catenin Regulation in
Stem Cells and Endogenous Myocardial Repair
NIH National Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
NIH National Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
NIH National Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
Health Resources and
Services Administration
Health Resources and
Services Administration
through St. Elizabeth
Health Center
American Heart
Association
Mellott
Jeff
ANATNEUR
Cholinergic Inputs to Excitatory and Inhibitory Midbrain
Auditory Circuits- Year 2 Fellowship
Longenecker
Ryan
ANATNEUR
Differential Pathologies Resulting From Sound Exposure:
Tinnitus vs. Hearing Loss- Fellowship
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
Ohio Cross-Systems Mapping Initiative
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
NEOMED Community Psychiatry Program
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
Ohio Crisis Intervention Team CY 13
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health- Year
3
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
MEDTAPP Healthcare Access Grant Continuation and
Expansion
Munetz
Mark
PSYCH
Mental Health Court Improvement Mental Health Services
Project
US Department of Justice
through Wood County
ADAHMS Board
Porfeli
Erik
DeanCOM
St. Luke's Medical Education
Saint Luke's Foundation
Porfeli
Erik
DeanCOM
Urban Universities for Health: NEOMED-CSU Partnership
Porfeli
Erik
DeanCOM
Dissemination of Evidence-Based Health Disparity
Interventions
National Institutes of
Health through Cleveland
State University
National Institutes of
Health through Case
Western Reserve
University through
Cleveland State University
4 NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Communication Disorders
NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Communication Disorder
US Department of Justice
through Ohio Office of
Criminal Justice Services
Ohio Department of
Mental Health
Ohio Department of
Mental Health
US Department of Justice
through NAMI
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration
Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services through
Ohio State University
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Last Name
First
Name
Depart.
Project Name
Sponsor
Ritter
Christian FACM
Rapid Risk of Violence Screen (RROVS) Field Testing
Study
Ohio Department of
Mental Health
Ritter
Christian FACM
Rapid Risk of Violence Screen (RROVS) Field Testing
Study Additional Stipends
Ohio Department of
Mental Health
Rosen
Merri
ANATNEUR
Effects of Developmental Conductive Hearing Loss on
Hearing Health
Communication Processing: Perceptual Deficits and Neural Foundation
Correlates in an Animal Model
Rosenthal
Kenneth
IMS
Evaluation of Nanovirucides in Tissue Culture and Animal
Model
Nanovirucides
Safadi
Fayez
ANATNEUR
The Role of Osteoactivin in Osteoblast Development and
Function- Transfer
Schofield
Brett
ANATNEUR
Functional Anatomy of the Auditory System- Year 4
(additional funds)
Southern
Alison
ER
Simultaneous Code Simulation Education
NIH National Institute of
Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases
NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Communication Disorders
Society for Academic
Emergency Medicine
Vinyard
Chris
ANATNEUR
The Genetics and Evolution of Extreme Body Size in Mice
from Gough Island- Year 2
Vinyard/ Thompson
Chris/
Cynthia
ANATNEUR
Climate Change and Thermoregulation: Developing an
Advance Warning "System for New World Monkeys"
Weisblat
Gina
DeanCOM
21st Century Community Learning Centers– Brown Local
Schools
Ohio Department of
Education
Weisblat
Gina
DeanCOM
Greater Cleveland Partnership MC2 Program Evaluation
Greater Cleveland
Partnership
Weisblat
Gina
DeanCOM
Health Professions Affinity Community - Community Service Martha Holden Jennings
Funding Bank
Foundation
Weisblat
Gina
DeanCOM
AmeriCorps Rural Health Care Corps with HPAC
Wenstrup
Jeffrey
ANATNEUR
Auditory Information Processing in the Amygdala- Year 3
(additional funds)
Young
Jesse
ANATNEUR
Natural Selection on Growth and Locomotor Performance in National Science
Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Foundation
Young
Jesse
ANATNEUR
The Biomechanics of Arboreal Stability: An Integrated
Analysis- Year 4
National Science
Foundation
Zhang
Yanqiao
IMS
Regulation of Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism by Nuclear
Receptors
NIH National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
Zhang
Yanqiao
IMS
Identification of Novel Genes/Pathways that Regulate Lipid NIH National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive
and Glucose Metabolism
and Kidney Diseases
5 NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Communication Disorders
Conservation International
AmeriCorps Rural Health
Care Corps with HPAC
through Ohio Commission
on Service and
Volunteerism
NIH National Institute on
Deafness and other
Communication Disorders
Sponsor News
NIH Encourages Institutions to Develop Individual Development Plans for Graduate Students and
Postdoctoral Researchers, NOT-OD-13-093
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) encourages institutions to
assist graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to achieve
their career goals within the biomedical research workforce through
the use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs). Therefore, NIH
encourages grantees to develop institutional policies requiring an IDP
be implemented for every graduate student and postdoctoral
researcher supported by any NIH grant by Oct. 1, 2014. At that time,
NIH will begin to encourage grantees to report the use of those IDPs
on the progress report, regardless of the type of NIH grant that is used
for support.
Extension of eRA Commons User IDs to Individuals in Graduate
and Undergraduate Student Project Roles with Measurable Effort
on an NIH Annual Progress Report (PHS2590 & RPPR), NOT-OD13-097
Over the next year the NIH will start requiring an eRA Commons ID for
all individuals in graduate and undergraduate student roles who participate in NIH-funded projects for at least
one person month or more. That information will be used on NIH progress reports, including the Research
Performance Progress Report (RPPR). Beginning on Oct. 18, 2013, a warning will be generated when an
RPPR is submitted that lists individuals in a graduate or undergraduate student role who have not established
an eRA Commons ID. Also beginning on that date, graduate students and postdocs who complete their eRA
Commons Profile will be required to answer certain demographic questions related to their date of birth,
gender, race, ethnicity, disabilities, US citizenship status and country of citizenship; and where applicable,
they will need to indicate their highest educational degree and the institution where it was earned, in order to
complete the data collection. For items that request information on gender, race and ethnicity, and disability
one of the acceptable responses will be “I Do Not Wish to Provide.”
Beginning in October 2014, RPPRs lacking the eRA Commons ID for graduate and undergraduate students
will receive an error and the RPPR will not be accepted by the NIH without this information. Please refer your
graduate and undergraduate students working on your NIH grants who do not yet have a Commons ID to
Debbie Severt at x6499 or das@neomed.edu and she will create a Commons ID for them.
Reminder to Comply with NIH’s Public Access Policy
NIH-funded investigators are reminded that compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy has been a statutory
requirement and a term and condition of all grant awards since 2008. Researchers submitting an application,
proposal or report to the NIH must include the PMC reference number (PMCID) when citing applicable papers that
they author or that arise from their NIH-funded research. Remember that the PMCID is not the same as the
PubMed Central reference number (PMID). Please contact Beth Cline at x6498 or ecline@neomed.edu if you
need a list of publications that are listed as noncompliant according to the Public Access Compliance Monitor.
Compliance News
Upcoming Education Session– Mark Your Calendar!
Working with the NEOMED IRB
Please join NEOMED Institutional Review Board (IRB) administrators for an
afternoon of informative discussion on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 4:00 p.m. in Olson
Auditorium. Topics of discussion will include the following:

The difference between quality improvement, program evaluation and human subjects research.

Review of the new IRB Application form.

Faculty mentoring of students conducting human subjects research.

Non-compliance issues to avoid.
A questions and answers session will follow the approximately one hour presentation. If you would like to attend,
please RSVP to Trish Wilson at paw@neomed.edu.
6 Summer Research Fellowship Program
Students Participate in Summer Research Experience
The NEOMED Summer Research Fellowship Program is one of the jewels in our University’s efforts to link our
research and education missions. Through this program, medicine and pharmacy students are able to receive a
stipend to carry out research in the summer after their first year of classes. This is an excellent opportunity for
health professions students to gain first-hand experience in conducting hypothesis-based research. These skills
are very much related to evidence-based decisions that are critical to the practice of pharmacy and medicine.
Below are the names of students and mentors that displayed their work during Summer Research Poster Day
2013:
NEOMED – PROJECTS SPONSORED BY THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS
(ORSP)
Orphan Receptor SHP and Hepatic Inflammation
Michelle Barrord; Chunki Kim; Jinsoo Kim; Ryan Schafer; Yoonkwang Lee, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Effect of Chromium on Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in a 'Diabetic Milieu' in
vitro: A Potential Atheroprotective Mechanism
Brooke Boyer; Priya Raman, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Role of RacGTPase in TRPV4 Mediated Endothelial Cell Migration
Rahul Damania; Charles Thodeti, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Analysis of Retrovirus-Induced Spongiform Neurodegeneration in
Mouse Brains and Treatment With Nimodipine
Donald DeSanto; William P. Lynch, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical
Sciences
Omega Hydroxylase CYP4F2 in the Prevention of
Inflammation in a Mouse Ear Model
Danielle Fontaine; Aaron Kuntz; Daniel Dang;
Katie Eckman; James Hardwick, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical
Sciences
Analysis of Family Physicians' Use of the Ohio
Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS)
Radhika Takiar; Akaansha Ganju; Rebecca
Fischbein, Ph.D., NEOMED, Department of Family
and Community Medicine
Effect of Acute vs. Gradual Pressure Load on Cardiac Function on WT and Kv 1.5 KO Mice
Jacqueline Graham; Vahagn A. Ohanyan, Ph.D.; Jordan Luli; Christopher L. Kolz; Suzanna Logan; Kelly
Stevanov; Molly Enrick; Liya Lin, Ph.D.; William Chilian, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Prevalence of Pre-hospital Electrocardiograph ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Mimics
William Hardy1; Francis Mencl2; Jennifer Yee2; Christopher Myers2; Jennifer Frey2; Mary Colleen Bhalla, M.D.1,2
1
NEOMED, College of Medicine, 2Summa Akron City Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine
Characterization of Mandibular Corpus Cross-Sectional Variation Across 43 Inbred Mouse Strains
Timothy Jaykel; Christopher Vinyard Ph.D.
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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Vitamin D on Diet-Induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Patrick Kane; Jessica Francl; Shannon Boehme; John Chiang, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
ROS-Induced Membrane Lipid Peroxidation Down Regulates TRPV1 Channels
Brittany M. Klarich; Daniel J. DelloStritto; John G. Kmetz II; Ian N. Bratz, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrated Medical Sciences
Effect of Intravenous vs. Subcutaneous Phytonadione on Length of Stay in Patients in Need of Emergent Warfarin
Reversal
Elizabeth Legros2; Brandon Mottice, Pharm.D.1,3; Mate Soric, Pharm.D., BCPS1; 2
1
University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Chardon, Ohio; 2 NEOMED, Department of Pharmacy Practice;
3
Medina Hospital, Medina, Ohio
Information Seeking Behaviors of Third Year Medical Students
Yahui Li; Manasa Mallapudi; Susan Labuda-Schrop, Ph.D., NEOMED, Department of Family and Community
Medicine; Beth Layton, NEOMED, OORMIC
Osteoactivin Promotes Osteoblast Adhesion through HSPG and αvβ1 Integrin
Ethan Scott1; Fouad M. Moussa1; Gregory R. Sondag1; Israel Arango1; Nagat Farah2; Samir Abdelmagid MD/
Ph.D.1; Fayez F. Safadi, Ph.D.1
1
NEOMED, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology; 2Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa
Refining Strategies for Stem-Cell Induced
Coronary Collateral Growth
Megan Reber; Suzanna Logan; Liya Yin,
MD, Ph.D.; William Chilian, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical
Sciences
Analysis of Palliative Care Team
Interventions to Identify Trends in Successful
Symptom Management
Aleta Smithbauer; Jessica Boss, Pharm.D.,
BCPS, CGP
NEOMED, Department of Pharmacy Practice
A Refined Method for Inducing Mild Stress in
Mouse
Neil Vallabh, B.S.; Jasmine Grimsley, Ph.D.;
Jeff Wenstrup, Ph.D., NEOMED, Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology
NEOMED – OTHER PROJECTS
Induction of CYP4A14 During Steatosis Leads to Increased ROS and Lipid Peroxidation
Daniel Dang; Aaron Kuntz; Danielle Containe; Katie Eckman; James Hardwick, Ph.D. NEOMED, Department of
Integrative Medical Sciences
The Role of ADAM10 as a Sheddase of Osteoactivin in MC3T3
Kory Schrom; Ethan Scott; Jared Ankerman; Greg Sondag; Fayez Safadi, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Insight into Microvescular Control Mechanism from studies of Pharmacology
Frances Shuk Kwan Fu; William Chilian, Ph.D.; Chris Kolz
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
An Evidence-Based Malignant Melanoma Checklist.
Andrew Koogler; Eliot Mostow M.D., M.P.H,
NEOMED, Department of Dermatology
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The Effect of Application of All-Trans Retinoic Acid on Expression of 4F and 4A Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in the
Mouse Ear Model
Aaron Kuntz; Danielle Fontaine; Katie Eckman; Daniel Dang; James Hardwick, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Antitumor Efficacy of Novel AXL Kinase Inhibitors on Gallium-Sensitive and -Resistant Human Lung Cancer Cells
Sophia Liva1; Adnan Alazizi, M.S.2; Li Lin, M.S.2; Werner Geldenhuys, Ph.D.2; Moses Oyewumi, Ph.D.2
1
Muskingum University, New Concord, Ohio; 2NEOMED, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Investigating the Antimicrobial Effects of Copper on S. Aureus and Pseudomonas Following Dry Application
Joseph Sikon; Ken Rosenthal, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
Therapeutic Trial: Treating Uterine Cervical Cancer with Rapamycin and Natural Products
Andrew Volcheck; Angelo DeLucia, Ph.D.
NEOMED, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences
LEROY RODGERS SUMMER
PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM
Why are Family Medicine Patients Utilizing
the ER and/or STAT Care Over Their
Primary Care Physicians?
Alexander Barlekamp; Mark Lehman;
Anthony Weber; Dr. Sheridan, Aultman
Family Practice, Canton, Ohio
Health Maintenance Screening Project
Lesley Booher; Rebecca Fredrick, M.D.,
Southwest General Strongsville Family
Medicine
Improving AEMR Data Entry By Triaging
Sinusitis Symptomatic Patients Via
Pre-screening Questionnaire: A
Community Project
Carlynn Fulp (COM), NEOMED,
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Family Medicine Summer Experience at Beavercreek Family Medicine
Lauren Sagaria, NEOMED, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Community Mental Health Service in Primary Care
Luke Shivers, Dr. Mike Sevilla
Patients' Impressions of Nurse Practitioners and their Expanding Role in Health Care
Emily Wey; Cynthia B. Zelis, M.D., Family Medicine Center of Strongsville
OUTSIDE OF NEOMED CONSORTIUM
Can Ultrasound Be Used to Predict Malignancy in Patients with a Thyroid Nodule and An Indeterminate Fine
Needle Aspiration Biopsy?
Sarah M. Khoncarly*,Yiping Li,* Stephen W. Tamarkin, M.D.**, Christopher R. McHenry, M.D.*
NEOMED; MetroHealth Medical Center; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Department of Surgery* and Radiology**
An Immunologic Approach to Treat Melanoma
Andrew Koogler; Pawel Kalinski, M.D., Ph.D., UPMC, Department of Surgical Oncology and Immunology,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Melanoma Program
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NEOMED is an affirmative action/
equal opportunity employer
and educator.
NEOMED Welcomes Cindy Widuck, M.P.H.
My name is Cindy Widuck and this past
July I began as the new sponsored
programs administrator II in the Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs. I
received a Bachelor of Science degree
from Kent State University; I then earned
a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
degree from The University of Akron
through the M.P.H. program here at
NEOMED. For the past nine years I
worked as a project director for various
research projects in the Psychology
department at Kent State University. In
addition, I taught Public Health Research
Methods. I have worked in numerous
roles on various research projects as an
interviewer, records researcher and field
Cindy Widuck, M.P.H.
manager. I am excited to bring my
Sponsored Programs Administrator II,
experiences to the NEOMED community
Office of Research and Sponsored
and am looking forward to the challenges
Programs
that come with expansion and growth. I
am here to help you navigate the process of budget construction and proposal
preparation. I will do my best to interpret the ever changing guidelines AND
process your awards! I look forward to meeting you. I can be reached at ext.
6318 or cwiduck@neomed.edu.
College of Graduate Studies
NEOMED Young Investigators Win Awards
The Cardiovascular Forum for Promoting Centers of Excellence and Young
Investigators was held recently in Louisville, Ky. This event was sponsored by
the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences. The way the symposia/
forum were structured, junior faculty had easy access to senior/
established scientists, thus making it easy to establish dialogue,
relationships and hopefully future collaborations. The forum was
also used to encourage the training of cardiovascular clinical and
biomedical scientists. Attending from NEOMED were Ian Bratz,
Ph.D., Gary Meszaros, Ph.D., Priya Raman, Ph.D., and graduate
students Rituparna Ganguly (Dr. Raman’s student) and Daniel
Dellostritto(Dr. Bratz’s student).
The forum consisted of scientific symposia sessions on state of the art research
in cardiovascular medicine and science. These sessions were divided into two
faculty sessions and two award competitions for young investigators as well as
four poster/mentoring sessions. Seven awards were presented to young
investigators/students. Of those seven, two were awarded to
NEOMED Integrated Medical Sciences graduate students,
Rituparna Ganguly and Daniel Dellostritto. We are very proud of
the hard work of these two exceptional students.
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