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11 COM Outlook . Winter 2013
Research Highlights - Faculty and Student Achievements
1 Steve E. Bronsburg, Ph.D.,
M.H.S.A., assistant professor of
biomedical informatics, accept-
ed an invitation to serve on the
editorial review board for the
Knowledge Management Con-
ference to be held at the Higher
Educational Technical School
of Professional Studies in Novi
Sad, Serbia in June 2013. The
conference will showcase cur-
rent research in practice and
pedagogical topics in knowl-
edge management focused
on sustaining and improving
quality in organizations.
2 Nicole Cook, Ph.D.,
M.P.A., assistant professor
of public health, coauthored
a poster entitled “Reducing
Disparities and Improving
Outcomes in Unmanaged Pa-
tients with Diabetes Mellitus
Cared for at a Large Commu-
nity Health Center in Miami,
Florida” at the 140th American
Public Health Association
Annual Meeting and Exposi-
tion held October 27-31 in San
Francisco, California.
3 OMS-I Paul Farnsworth co-
authored a case report entitled
“Persistent Complete Molecu-
lar Remission After Nilotinib
and Graft-Versus-Leukemia Ef-
fect in an Acute Lymphoblastic
Leukemia Patient with Cytoge-
netic Relapse After Allogeneic
Stem Cell Transplantation” that
was published in the Septem-
ber 17 edition of Experimental
Hematology & Oncology.
4 Jay M. Fleisher, Ph.D.,
associate professor of public
health, has joined the editorial
advisory board of the Ameri-
can Journal of Cancer Review,
the American Journal of Cancer
Epidemiology and Prevention,
and the Journal of Water Re-
sources and Ocean Science .
5 OMS-II Andrew Garrett au-
thored a book chapter entitled
“Bioactive Foods in Aging:
The Role in Cancer Prevention
and Treatment” in Bioactive
Food as Dietary Interventions for
the Aging Population .
6 Janet Hamstra, Ed.D., direc-
tor of preclinical education and
associate professor of inter-
nal medicine, discussed the
topic “Communication in the
Electronic Age: EMR and Social
Media in Medical Education”
at the 2012 Annual Clinical
Assembly of Osteopathic Sur-
geons held September 30-Octo-
ber 3 in Chicago, Illinois.
7 Robert Hasty, D.O., FACOI,
associate professor of internal
medicine and program direc-
tor of the NSU-COM/Palmet-
to General Hospital Internal
Medicine Residency Program,
presented a lecture entitled
“Prevention of Medical Er-
rors” at the Southwest Florida
Osteopathic Medical Society’s
37 th Annual Seminar in Family
Practice held October 18-21
in Sanibel, Florida. He also
was featured on Grand Rounds
Nation on ReachMD in the
program segment “ACOFP
– Advancements in Stroke
Prevention: Anticoagulation
for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibril-
lation. ReachMD is a health
care communications and
education network dedicated
to helping busy health care
professionals stay abreast of
clinical research, treatment ad-
vances, expert opinions, and
patient-care strategies.
8 T. Lucas Hollar, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of public
health, presented three papers
during the 140 th American Pub-
lic Health Association Annual
Meeting and Exposition held
October 27-31 in San Francisco,
California. His presentations
included: “Connecting Health
Administration Theory to Prac-
tice: Competing Public Health
Narratives and Their Conse-
quences for Health Research,
Policy, and Administration;”
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“Maintaining the Relevance
of Public Health Within the
Wake of the Affordable Care
Act: How the Socio-Ecological
Model Might Just Save Us,”
and “Controlling the Per Capi-
ta Rate of Growth in Medicare
Spending: The Independent
Payment Advisory Board, the
Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission, and Congress.” In
addition, he recently graduated
as one of the 12 members of the
Health Policy Fellowship class
of 2011-12 after presenting his
final health issue analysis brief
entitled “Public Health Preven-
tion Interventions and Health
Care Costs” in Washington,
D.C. Dr. Hollar also became an
invited lecturer for the Training
in Policy Studies program that
instructs osteopathic residents
who are preparing for leader-
ship roles in the profession.
9 Robin J. Jacobs, Ph.D.,
M.S.W., associate professor
of psychiatry and behavioral
medicine, preventive medicine,
biomedical informatics, and
public health and director of in-
ternational medicine, authored
a number of articles that were
published in a range of jour-
nals. They are: “Condom Use,
Disclosure, and Risk for Un-
protected Sex in HIV-Negative
Midlife and Older Men Who
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