COM Outlook - Winter 2016

30 Nova Southeastern University Research/Scholarly COMmunications ( cont. ) Elizabeth Hames , D.O. (left), and Kenya Rivas , M.D., presented a lecture, “Adult Immunization Up- date,” at the Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Annual Convention in Orlando on July 30. Janet Hamstra , Ed.D., M.S., was invited to serve as a peer reviewer for the 2015 Student Poster Competition at the American Osteopathic Association’s Osteopathic Medical Conference and Exposition (AOA-OMED). Hamstra and David Boesler, D.O., M.S., received an NSU Health Professions Division Research Grant for a five-year longitudinal study, “The Development of Empathy: Peering into the Black Box of Osteopathic Medical Education.” In addition, Hamstra and 2013 NSU-COM alumnus Adam Quinney, D.O., coauthored a paper, “Unipolar and Bipolar Disorder: A Primary Care Perspective,” that was published in the September issue of the Osteopathic Family Physician Journal. Robin J. Jacobs , Ph.D., M.S.W., M.S., presented her project, “Mentoring Osteopathic Medical Students to Be Physician-Scientists Through Meaningful Student Projects,” on October 22 at the Mentoring Institute 2015 Mentoring Conference—New Perspectives in Mentoring: A Quest for Leadership Excellence and Innovation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition, she coauthored a paper with Raymond Ownby, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., “Motivational Factors Related to Medication Adherence in Spanish-Dominant Hispanics Living with HIV,” that was published in the Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services . Doris Newman , D.O. , FAAO, presented a lecture and hands-on OMM demonstration, “Osteopathic Consid- erations in the Lower Extremity… for Health” in July at the 2015 American Podiatric Medical Association’s Annual Scientific Meeting held in Orlando, Florida. She also presented a second lecture, “The Upper Half of the Body: Headaches and Their Relationship to Sinuses, TMJ, Neck Pain, and Posture,” at the American Osteopathic Association’s Regional Osteopathic Medical Education conference held in Mashantucket, Connecticut, in August. Naushira Pandya , M.D., CMD, FACP, was invited to join the National Quality Forum Physicians Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. In addition, she gave the keynote address, “Diabetes Management in the Elderly,” at the University of Missouri Columbia Caring for the Frail Elderly conference on August 14 in Columbia, Missouri. Janet Lynn Roseman , Ph.D., M.S., R-DMT, was the guest speaker for a conference on Joan of Arc sponsored by Loyola University’s Department of Medieval Studies in New Orleans, Louisiana, in September. In addition, she presented a workshop for staff physicians and nurses at the Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans and a workshop for female survivors of breast cancer.