Page 13 - COM Outlook - Spring 2013

13 COM Outlook . Spring 2013
Research/Scholarly Activity - Faculty and Student Achievements
1 Steve E. Bronsburg, Ph.D.,
M.H.S.A., assistant professor
of biomedical informatics,
served as a peer reviewer for
the International Institute for
Applied Knowledge Manage-
ment’s Knowledge Manage-
ment Conference 2013. The
conference will be held in
Novi Sad, Serbia, June 26-28.
The conference is a platform
of current research and in-
vestigation concentrating on
knowledge management used
in academia, industry, and
government to improve upon,
advance, and sustain quality.
2 OMS-II’s Mai Dang and
Jacob Triplet were selected
to participate in the college’s
2013-14 Predoctoral Research
Fellowship Program. During
their fellowship year, which
will commence on July 1,
Dang and Triplet will have the
opportunity to develop an in-
dividualized training program,
engage in all aspects of the
research process, and collabo-
rate with others involved in
the research field.
3 M. Isabel Fernandez,
Ph.D., OMS-IV Aditya Vora,
OMS-IV Nathan Maltezos,
Nilda Hernandez, and Lauren
Alfonzo, B.A., coauthored a
study entitled “Predictors of
Scoring at Least 600 on COM-
LEX-USA Level 1: Successful
Preparation Strategies,” which
was published in the February
issue of the Journal of the Ameri-
can Osteopathic Association.
4 Jay M. Fleisher, Ph.D.,
M.S. , associate professor of
public health, has become a
team leader for Statistics With-
out Borders—a volunteer orga-
nization that helps researchers
in developing countries.
5 Patrick Hardigan, Ph.D.,
clinical professor of public
health and executive director
of Health Professions Division
research, has been elected pres-
ident of the Association for the
Behavioral Sciences in Medi-
cal Education (ABSAME)—a
national association of interdis-
ciplinary educators focused on
the behavioral side of medicine
and health care education.
6 Robin J. Jacobs, Ph.D.,
M.S.W. , associate professor
of psychiatry and behavioral
medicine, preventive medi-
cine, biomedical informatics,
and public health and director
of international medicine,
authored an article entitled
“Attributions of Autonomy
and Competence of Older and
Younger Homeless Mentally
Ill” in the February edition
of Health & Social Work. She
also coauthored an article
with Raymond Ownby, M.D.,
Ph.D., M.B.A., professor and
chair of the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral
Medicine, entitled “Cost Ef-
fectiveness of a Computer-
Delivered Intervention to
Improve HIV Medication
Adherence” in the February
issue of BMC Medical Infor-
matics and Decision Making .
In addition, she served as a
grant reviewer for the Patient-
Centered Outcomes Research
Institute in Washington, D.C.,
and coauthored an article with
Dr. Ownby entitled “Develop-
ment and Initial Validation
of a Brief Computer-Admin-
istered HIV-Related Health
Literacy Scale” that was pub-
lished in the February edition
of AIDS and Behavior.
7 Kenneth Johnson, D.O., FA-
COOG, associate professor and
chair of the Department of Ob-
stetrics and Gynecology, was
selected to serve on the Journal
of the American Osteopathic As-
sociation Editorial Board.
8 OMS-IV Kristopher Kline,
was awarded first place in the
Medical Student Competition
for Case Vignette at the Florida
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Chapter of the American Col-
lege of Physicians Associates
Meeting held March 2-3 in
Orlando for his project entitled
“The Cumbersome Lymphoma:
A Strange Neurologic Presenta-
tion of a Rare Lymphoma.”
9 Linda E. Maurice, direc-
tor of the NSU-COM Lifelong
Learning Institute, presented
the topic “It’s Not Your
Grandparents’ Retirement:
The New Reality of Mature
Adults” at the 39th Annual
Meeting of the Association of
Gerontology in Higher Educa-
tion held February 28-March 3
in St. Petersburg, Florida.
10 Naushira Pandya, M.D.,
CMD, professor and chair of
the Department of Geriatrics,
coauthored an article entitled
“Use of Warfarin Therapy
Among Residents Who Devel-
oped Venous Thromboembo-
lism in the Nursing Home,”
which was published in the
December 2012 issue of the
American Journal of Geriatric
Pharmacotherapy. She also
was named a reviewer for the
Journal of Palliative Care and
coauthored an article entitled
“Efficacy and Safety of Insulin
Glargine Compared to Other
Interventions in Younger
and Older Adults: A Pooled
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