COM Outlook - Winter 2016

24 Nova Southeastern University Student COMmunications News Briefs Third-year students Debra Cheng and Nhan Do were awarded National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarships to help them pursue primary care in underserved areas. The NHSC received more than 5,100 applications in 2015 and made 196 offers to future health care professionals who plan to work in disadvantaged areas for at least two years. The scholarship covers two years of tuition and provides a modest living stipend. Third-year student Devin Collins and second-year student Oliver Fowler had their video project, “Iliopsoas Tendon Release Following Total Hip Arthroplasty: Surgical Tech- nique,” accepted for presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 83rd Annual Meeting, which will be held March 1–5, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. The video will be presented as part of the symposium’s Orthopaedic Video Theater. Third-year students Tiffany Crider and Karin Hwang were appointed as national committee chairs to the Student Association of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians’ Clinical Preparations and Research committees, respectively. In August, third-year student Sofia A. Funes and first-year student Samantha Stewart were recipients of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) 2015 Sherry R. Arnstein Minority Student Scholarship. Awardees are selected based on a rigorous evaluation of their credentials, applications, and personal essays. Named after former AACOM executive director and minority civil rights leader Sherry R. Arnstein, this scholarship program aims to recognize and support underrepresented minority students at AACOM’s member colleges of osteopathic medicine. Second-year student Leanne M. Iorio , M.S., and fourth- year student Jason A. Levy , M.S., had their article, “Effects of Stem Cell Treatment in Human Patients with Peyronie Disease,” published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association . Iorio and Levy found statistically significant results in treating Peyronie’s patients with placental matrix–derived mesenchymal stem cells. Third-year student Hassan Iqbal , M.S., who began his one- year NSU-COM Predoctoral Research Fellowship studies in July, received a $4,910 Health Professions Division Research Grant for his project titled, “Osteopathic Medical Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Toward Health Information Technology.” Third-year student Zaid Rana is serving as the grant’s coinvestigator. Third-year student Ariel S. Lee coauthored an article, “The Long Tail and Rare Disease Research: The Impact of Next-Generation Sequencing for Rare Mendelian Disorders,” that was published in the September issue of Genetics Research . Second-year students Romeena Lee and Estefania Niewialkouski presented a poster, “International Medical Outreach Mission Trips: Parallels to Caring for the Under- served on the Homefront,” at the 17th Annual Bureau on International Osteopathic Medicine International Seminar held in conjunction with the American Osteopathic Association’s Annual Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition on October 17 in Orlando, Florida. Fourth-year student Daniel F. Leiva , M.S., was awarded a $1,500 scholarship to attend the National Outdoor Lead- ership School Wilderness Medicine Institute’s Medicine in the Wild wilderness medicine elective—a 26-day expedition focusing on effective medical education and leadership in wilderness medicine and expedition skills. Second-year students Jennifer Maning , Amy Tran , Claudia Vallin , Stephanie Montarroyos , Stephanie Cardona , and Loan Lee joined third-year students Hassan Iqbal , M.S., and Zaid Rana in presenting three posters at the 17th Annual Bureau on International Osteopathic Medicine International Seminar held October 17 in Orlando, Florida.