New Faculty:
Brent J. Bauer, MD, has joined the Department of Orthopaedics. An Assistant Professor, he will also serve as the Director of Orthopaedic Traumatology at University of Maryland Capital Region Health (UMCRH). Dr. Bauer completed an orthopaedic traumatology fellowship at the University of Maryland in 2009 and for the past decade has been practicing orthopaedic trauma and serving in progressively increasing leadership roles throughout the State of Texas. Dr. Bauer earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Texas (UT) and then a Doctor of Medicine degree from the UT Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. He subsequently trained in orthopaedics at the UT Southwestern program at Parkland in Dallas prior to completing his fellowship here. In addition to his focus on orthopaedic trauma, Dr. Bauer will work to develop an elective arthroplasty practice in Prince Georges County. These moves will ideally position UMCRH to provide safe, effective and reliable orthopaedic trauma care to a broad spectrum of patients with a broad spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions in the context of the opening of the new Regional Medical Center in Largo anticipated for next spring.
Junliang Xu, PhD, joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as an assistant professor in the Division of Medical Physics. He comes to Maryland from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pa., where he completed his three-year medical physics residency. His research interests are in radiation dose delivery optimization for rotating gamma systems, 2D-array dosimetry for patient-specific plan verification, and clonogenic assay of normal cell lines treated by pulsed low-dose-rate radiotherapy.
Recent Appointments:
Sarah Edwards, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, has been appointed Division Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Edwards currently serves as the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry clinical services where she oversees and provides direct pediatric mental health treatment in the inpatient, ambulatory, and consultation programs at the University of Maryland Medical Center. As the Fellowship Training Director, she also supervises medical residents and students during their clinical rotations as well as lectures on childhood mental health disorders, psychopharmacology, and infant psychiatry. Her research interests involve early childhood mental health, youth suicide screening and prevention, and pediatric delirium. She is a member of the American Psychiatry Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where she serves as president for the Maryland Regional Council. Vedrana Hodzic, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, will begin her new role as Medical Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) on July 1, 2020. Dr. Hodzic hopes to continue the tradition of excellence in patient care as well as in resident and medical student education. She looks forward to working with the Department's outstanding staff, trainees, and the Adult Emergency Department to ensure that patients receive the best comprehensive care in a timely manner, all while keeping safety for both staff and patients a priority.
Presentations, Events, Lectures & Workshops:
Kay Connors, LCSW-C, Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, recently led two presentations on COVID-coping techniques and resources. The first, "Not All Wounds Are Visible: A Community Conversation About Mental Health and COVID-19," ranges from discussing the pandemic with children to finding free summer meals. The second is entitled, "Parent Resources During COVID Outbreak and Recovery."
Feyruz Rassool, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, presented a lecture on “Epigenetic Therapy Activation of the Inflammasome and Therapeutic Ramifications for the Tumor Microenvironment,” as part of a virtual session on “Rewiring of the Tumor Microenvironment Epigenome,” which was held on June 24 during the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research.
The Department of Emergency Medicine presented its seventh annual Critical Care Symposium as a livestream on June 24. More than 2,500 people from 70 countries registered to watch the conference. Mike Winters, MD, Professor, led the symposium, with Michael Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Associate Professor, and Doreen Lucadamo, CMP, HMCC, Conference Planning Specialist, facilitating. Two lecturers represented the department:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, presented “The Critical Care Literature 2020”
- WanTsu Wendy Chang, MD, Assistant Professor, presented “A Brain Too Good to Die: Critical Components of Cerebral Resuscitation”
The BHIPP team (Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care), a collaboration in part with the Department of Psychiatry, has been providing monthly interactive virtual learning sessions on practices, strategies, and resources to support patient, family, and provider resilience during COVID-19.
The American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) House of Delegates held its annual meeting in a virtual format this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. Typically held prior to the NEXT conference, which was to be held in Phoenix, Ariz. from June 3-6, this was a historic event as the House of Delegates went virtual for the first time. The Maryland Delegation includes Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science faculty members Roy J. Film PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor, and Linda B. Horn, PT, DScPT, MHS, Assistant Professor. Dr. Horn is the Chief Delegate for Maryland and Dr. Film is a Central District Delegate. Maryland sponsored RC 21-20, Zero Preventable Patient Harm, which is a position statement about patient safety. This was passed by the House of Delegates. The next meeting of the House of Delegates will be in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the APTA centennial activities, scheduled for September 2021.
The Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science on May 11 hosted Research Day. This annual event showcases significant research projects and activities led by faculty and students within the department. The audience included attendees from all sectors of the rehabilitation science field, as well as faculty, staff and students from the department. It offered opportunities for collaboration and learning about emerging ideas.
This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, adjustments were made to host the event virtually. More than 300 people interacted in the event, which included the following lectures:
Nesreen Alisa, MSc(PT), PhD student: "To Protect or Counterbalance? Arms and Trunk Response to Imbalances in Aging"
Mei Zhen Huang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow: "Robot-guided Ankle Training for Acute Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study"
Simon Ho, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, PhD student: "Exploring Physical Function Performance in Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Pre and Post Extended Pleurectomy-Decortication"
Brian Johnson, OTR/L, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow: "Modulation of Sensorimotor Skill Consolidation in Individuals With and Without a History of Stroke."
Kyung Koh, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow: "Abnormal movement coordination of spastic arms post stroke"
The graduates of the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Class of 2020, were recognized with a virtual Hooding and Awards Ceremony held on May 12. Douglas Savin, PT, MPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, served as the Master of Ceremonies. Speakers included: E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor and Dean of the School of Medicine; Victoria Marchese, PT, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair; Jonathan Hermansen, President, Class of 2020; Kaitlyn Boyer, Class of 2020, who presented the Clinical Instructor of the Year Award; Eric Hamilton, Student Services Representative, Class of 2020, who presented the Faculty Member of the Year Award and the Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year Award; and special messages from PTRS faculty.
Grants & Contracts:
Sarah Clark, PhD, Instructor, and Todd Gould, MD, Associate Professor, both with the Department of Psychiatry, were recently awarded $275,000 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for their two-year R21 grant, "Mechanisms of Sustained Anti-neuroinflammatory Actions of (2R, 6R)-hydroxynorketamine (HNK)." . Depression and anxiety are often reported in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases and the anti-depressant ketamine has known anti-inflammatory properties. The goal of the project is to assess the anti-inflammatory properties of its metabolite, (2R, 6R)-hydroxynorketamine (HNK). This project will further advance development of (2R, 6R)-HNK for the treatment of complex inflammatory diseases, while also exploring the underlying mechanisms that promote protection against neuroinflammation.
James Gold, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, was recently awarded a five-year R01 grant by the National Institute of Mental Health entitled “1/5 CAPER: Computerized Assessment of ProdromE Risk.” The aim of the study is to improve accessibility and broaden the impact of high-risk screening by testing brief computerized measures, ultimately to be administered on the Internet, and to improve prediction by focusing on tasks specific to underlying mechanisms driving emerging psychotic symptoms.
Britta Hahn, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, was recently awarded a two-year R21 grant the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her project, "Nicotine Insensitivity and Cue-Controlled Smoking Behavior in People with Schizophrenia." The project will test whether people with schizophrenia are less sensitive to the subjective effects of nicotine and prone to stimulus-controlled habitual tobacco smoking. If confirmed, this would have implications for tailoring successful treatment interventions for smoking cessation in schizophrenia.
Simon Ho, PT, DPT, CCS, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, has been awarded a one-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The project title is: "Understanding and Facilitating Remote Triage and Rehabilitation During Pandemics via Visual Based Patient Physiologic Sensing."
Sharon Hoover, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and her team were awarded a five-year $3 million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services grant to operate a National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Category II Center, titled the "Center for Safe Supportive Schools (CS3)." UMB will be leading the effort in partnership with colleagues from Boston, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Only seven Cat II grants were awarded nationally. Also notable is that UMB was the only institution awarded two NCTSN grants this round; Dr. Sarah Edwards and Kay Connors also received a Cat III award.
Brian M. Polster, PhD, Associate Professor and co-investigators Drs. Bogdan Stoica, Rebecca Henry, James Barrett, and Marta Lipinski, all from the Department of Anesthesiology, were awarded a five-year, $2.9 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/ NINDS) for “Reprogramming Proinflammatory Microglia by Restoring Mitochondrial Function.”
Chamindi Seneviratne, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, was recently awarded a two-year $50,000 R13 grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). As co-PI on a project entitled, "3rd International conference of The Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies - SIPS - Harnessing Placebo Mechanisms for Optimal Pain Management and Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorder." The collaborative effort involves investigators from the School of Nursing, School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy.
The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) is partnering with the Maryland Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) to complete Maryland’s third five-year SAMHSA-funded Healthy Transitions (HT) grant. Healthy Transitions is part of SAMHSA’s Now Is the Time Initiative and provides services to young people ages 16-25 with behavioral health disorders to assist them in successfully transitioning from youth to adulthood. Overarching HT goals include promoting physical and mental health, building positive relationships with communities and peers, and supporting education and employment. Sharon Hoover, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, is the UMB Principal Investigator, and the NCSMH team provides an outreach and education lead, as well as an evaluation team of clinical research staff.
Pivot Health Solutions has been awarded $250,000 to fund the Pivot Health Solutions Physical Rehabilitation Science PhD Education Endowment. This important gift will be used as a critical resource for PhD students in Physical Rehabilitation Science in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (PTRS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Honors & Awards:
As part of the graduation ceremony for senior residents and fellows that took place on June 11. the following members of the Department of Emergency Medicine were honored with awards:
- Megan P. Donohue, MD, Resident, received the Shira Kansas, MD, Outstanding Professionalism Award, presented to a resident who carries on Shira’s model of enthusiasm and professionalism in the practice of emergency medicine.
- Sarah Dubbs, MD, Assistant Professor; David Gatz, MD, Assistant Professor; Angela Smedley, MD, Assistant Professor; Mimi Lu, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor; and Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Assistant Professor, received faculty teaching awards, bestowed by the residents for showing exemplary commitment to education and teaching.
- Cheyenne Falat, MD, Resident, received the Robert J. Doherty, MD, Exemplary Teaching Resident Award.
- Naillid Felipe, MD, MPH, Resident, received the Barry S. Gold, MD, Memorial Award, presented by the VA faculty to a resident who demonstrates the qualities admired in Dr. Gold: compassion in the delivery of medical care, a sustained quest for knowledge, and a commitment to excellence in providing medical care to veterans.
- Laura Pimentel, MD, CPME, Clinical Professor, received the inaugural Betty Tso Legacy Award for being a great mentor, an exceptional role model, and a leader in the department.
Gregory Barber, MD, a PGY-2 resident of the Department of Psychiatry, was selected for the 2020 American Psychiatric Association (APA)/APA Foundation (APAF) Leadership Fellowship Program as one of 15 recipients.
Brendan Bui, MD, PGY-2 resident, Department of Psychiatry, was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society in recognition of his dedication in placing human interests, values, and dignity at the core of teaching and practice.
Vincent Conroy, PT, DScPT, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (PTRS), has been elected to the UMB Faculty Senate. Dr. Conroy will join the Faculty Senate for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Faculty Senate plays an important role in campus shared governance and Dr. Conroy will serve a three-year term on this important campus entity, representing the School of Medicine, and PTRS.
Crystal Han, MD, a PGY-3 resident of the Department of Psychiatry, has been awarded the 2020 American Psychiatric Association (APA)/APA Foundation (APAF) SAMHSA Funded Minority Fellowship Program. Only 28 fellowships are issued per year.
Mark Kvarta, MD, PhD, PGY-3 resident of the Department of Psychiatry, was recently awarded "Poster of the Year" by the Maryland Psychiatric Society for his work, entitled "Accounting for Effects of Lifetime, Current, and Community Stressors on Depressive Symptoms in Genetics Studies of Depression."
Dr. Jooyoung Lee, a PGY2 resident of the Department of Psychiatry, received the best published paper award by a resident or fellow from the Maryland Psychiatric Society for his paper, entitled "Search Trends Preceding Increases in Suicide: A Cross-correlation Study of Monthly Google Search Volume and Suicide Rate Using Transfer Function Models," which was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Rachel Skolky, PT, DPT, GCS, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, has been nominated to serve on the Education Leadership Partnership's (ELP) reactor panel for competency-based physical therapy education (CBPTE). The reactor panel consists of approximately 200 individuals who represent many stakeholder groups and the partnership is intended to foster a more global perspective than that of any one organization represented or any one stakeholder.
In the News:
Jonathan Chow, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, is featured in U.S. News & World Report for working with devices to help keep health care workers safe while treating the sickest COVID-19 patients. The article focuses on how Dr. Chow’s and a half dozen other clinicians – nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists - conduct rounds in the intensive care unit’s biocontainment section using robots. The two robots named “Blue Bertha” and “Red Randy” are controlled by Dr. Chow using a few keystroke movements to help examine seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
Zachary Dezman, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed on the Louie b. Free Radio Show on 21 WFMJ of Youngstown, Ohio, on June 24, 2020, discussing “Notes from the Field: High Prevalence of Fentanyl Detected by the Maryland Emergency Department Drug Surveillance System — Baltimore, Maryland, 2019,” an article he and Bradford Schwartz, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on May 28, 2020.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and President of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) was interviewed by Applied Radiology on “SNMMI Goes Virtual: An interview with Vasken Dilsizian, MD, President, SMNMI,” by McKenna Bryant on July 11, 2020.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, and President of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) was interviewed by HealthCare Business News on “Five Minutes in Healthcare - Featuring Dr. Vasken Dilsizian”, by Philip F. Jacobus, CEO, on July 10, 2020. In his roles as COVID-19 Incident Commander, University of Maryland Medical System and member of the Maryland Coronavirus Response Team, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan, David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by:
- WBAL NewsRadio for the article, “350 Tested at Convention Center COVID-19 Testing Site,” published on June 17, 2020
- Fox 45 News for the article, “Maryland’s Path Forward: Don’t Let Your Guard Down,” published June 25, 2020
- WBAL NewsRadio on June 25, 2020, regarding his recent Baltimore Sun op-ed, “Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force Member: Don’t Let Reopenings Fool You and Stop Protecting Against the Spread”
- The Maryland Daily Record, for an article entitled, “Organizer of ‘Reopen Maryland’ Protests Says He Has COVID-19,” published on June 26, 2020
Patents:
Feyruz Rassool, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, received a European patent UMB Docket Number: FR-2013-075 (EP) for “Therapy Regimen and Methods to Sensitize Cancer Cells Treated with Epigenetic Therapy to PARP Inhibitors to Ovarian Cancer."
Publications:
Gregory Alexander, MD, Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Brain Extraction on MRI Scans in Presence of Diffuse Glioma: Multi-Institutional Performance Evaluation of Deep Learning Methods and Robust Modality-Agnostic Training,” which was e-published on June 27, 2020, ahead of print in Neuroimage.
Garrett Cavaliere, DO, Resident; Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident; and Reem Alfalasi, MBChB, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of the article, “Feeling Nervous? Recognition and Management of Nerve Agent Exposure,” which was published in EM Resident on June 11, 2020.
Shifeng Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Machine Learning for Radiation Outcome Modeling and Prediction,” which was published in the June issue of Medical Physics.
Wengen Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, and Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, published an Editorial comment entitled “Molecular Imaging of Amyloid Deposits for Early Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis and Monitoring Treatment Response,” in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, is a co-author on a paper entitled “A Cardiac Imaging in the Post ISCHEMIA Trial Era - A Multi Society Viewpoint,” which was published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, is the senior author on a paper entitled “Impact of the ISCHEMIA Trial on Stress Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging,” which was published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, is a co-author on a paper entitled “Safe Reintroduction of Cardiovascular Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance from North American Societies,” which was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, is a co-author on a paper entitled “Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ramping up Safely to a New Normal,” which was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of the article, “The Curtain Between US,” which was published in Journal of Emergency Medicine on June 11, 2020.
Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, and David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of the article, “Development of a Logic Model to Guide Implementation and Evaluation of a Mobile Integrated Health Transitional Care Program,” which was published in Population Health Management on June 23, 2020.
Vicki Gray, MPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, is the lead author on a paper recently published the journal Physical Therapy entitled" Lateral Perturbation-Induced and Voluntary Stepping in Fallers and Nonfallers After Stroke."
Meizhen Huang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, is the lead author on the article entitled, "The Effect of Support Surface and Footwear Condition on Postural Sway and Lower Limb Muscle Action of the Older Women," which was recently published in Public Library of Science (PLOS) One.
Isabel L. Jackson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Down-Regulation of miR-23a-3p Mediates Irradiation-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis,” which was published online on May 24, 2020, ahead of print in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, recently published recommendations for clozapine use during COVID-19 with an international consortium in The Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience in April 2020. Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic for reducing symptoms, hospital admissions, and death among patients with schizophrenia.
Narottam Lamichhane, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Colorectal Cancer and Probiotics: Are Bugs Really Drugs?” which was published in the May 5 issue of Cancers.
Javed Mahmood, PhD, Assistant Professor, Angel Zhang, Research Specialist, Ali Saeed, MD, PhD, Resident, Hem Shukla, PhD, Assistant Professor, Amit Sawant, PhD, Associate Professor, and Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD, Professor, all from the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “RhoA/ROCK Pathway Inhibitor Ameliorates Erectile Dysfunction Induced by Radiation Therapy in Rats,” which was e-published on June 18, 2020, ahead of print in Radiotherapy and Oncology.
David Marcozzi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was sole author of the commentary, “Governor’s COVID-19 Task Force Member: Don’t Let Reopenings Fool You and Stop Protecting Against the Spread,” which was published in the Baltimore Sun on June 18, 2020.
Michael McCurdy, MD, FAAEM, FCCM, Associate Professor, and Kami Hu, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of the chapter, “Vascular Emergencies,” which was published as part of the book Emergency Department Critical Care on June 20, 2020.
Lena McLaughlin, PhD Student, Lora Stojanovic, Laboratory Volunteer, and Feyruz Rassool, PhD, Professor, all with the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “Pharmacologic Induction of Innate Immune Signaling Directly Drives Homologous Recombination Deficiency,” which was e-published on July 9, 2020, ahead of print in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Tying Reimbursement to Best Early-Stage Breast Cancer Oncologic Practice,” which was published online on June 12, 2020, ahead of print in JCO Oncology Practice.
Taylor Miller, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was first author of the article, “Critical Care Alert: Dexamethasone Treatment for ARDS [Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome],” which was published in EM Resident on May 7, 2020.
Arezoo Modiri, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, is the PI of a $206,049 Sponsored Research Agreement with Varian Medical Systems for “Risk-Model-Based Radiotherapy Treatment Planning to Optimize Individual Overall Survival.”
Pranshu Mohindra, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was the lead author of “Proposed Brachytherapy Recommendations (Practical Implementation, Indications, and Dose Fractionation) During COVID-19 Pandemic,” which was published online on May 1, 2020, ahead of print in Brachytherapy.
Christa Nelson, PT, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor; Victoria Marchese, PT, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair; Odessa Addison, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor; Kelly Rock, PT, DPT, PhD Student; all from the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, are co-authors on, "Alterations in Muscle Architecture: A Review of the Relevance to Individuals After Limb Salvage Surgery for Bone Sarcoma" in Frontiers in Pediatrics.
Teodor Postolache, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, recently published several publications, including a book chapter for Springer Nature Switzerland, entitled "An Introduction to Circadian Endocrine Physiology: Implications for Exercise and Sports Performance." He also published "Increased Brain Vitamin D Receptor Expression and
decreased Expression of Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide in Individuals Who Died by Suicide" in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, as well as "Periodontal Pathogens and Neuropsychiatric Health" in Current Topics in Medicine Chemistry.
Jill S. Remick, MD, Resident, Emily Kowalski, MD, Resident, Kai Sun, Statistician, Yannick Poirier, PhD, Assistant Professor, Narottam Lamichhane, PhD, Assistant Professor, Stewart Becker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Shifeng Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Akshar Patel, MD, Visiting Assistant Professor, Young Kwok, MD, Professor, Elizabeth Nichols, MD, Associate Professor, Pranshu Mohindra, MD, Associate Professor, William F. Regine, MD, Professor and Chair, and Mark V. Mishra, MD, Associate Professor, all from the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “A Multi-Center Analysis of Single-Fraction Versus Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastasis,” which was published in the May 28, 2020, issue of Radiation Oncology.
Katharina Richard, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Stefanie N. Vogel, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology were among the co-authors of "Dissociation of TRIF Bias and Adjuvanticity," which was published in Vaccine on June 2, 2020.
Giovannino Silvestri, MS, PhD, Research Associate of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology, Division of Infectious Agents and Cancer, was the second author of “PI3Kδ Inhibition as a Potential Therapeutic Target in COVID-19,” which was published in Frontiers in Immunology, section Vaccines and Molecular Therapeutics on August 3, 2020.
Elisabeth Vicente, Program Manager, Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD, Professor, and Isabel L. Jackson, PhD, Associate Professor,all in the Department of Radiation Oncology,were the authors of “A Systematic Review of Metabolomic and Lipidomic Candidates for Biomarkers in Radiation Injury,” which was published in the June 20, 2020, issue of Metabolites.
Esther Vicente, PhD, Research Associate, Arezoo Modiri, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pranshu Mohindra, MD, Associate Professor, and Amit Sawant, PhD, Associate Professor, all with the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “Functionally Weighted Airway Sparing (FWAS): A Functional Avoidance Method for Preserving Post-Treatment Ventilation In Lung Radiotherapy,” which was e-published on June 23, 2020, ahead of print in Physics in Medicine and Biology.
Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, received a five-year $12 million U19 awardfrom the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for “Intercollaborative Radiation Countermeasure (INTERACT) Consortium for Advanced Development of Medical Countermeasures to Mitigate/Treat Acute and Delayed Radiation Syndromes.” As part of the award, the University of Maryland School of Medicine becomes a member of the NIAID Centers for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation Consortium. Eric Weintraub, MD, Associate Professor; Aaron D. Greenblatt, MD, Assistant Professor; Joy Chang, MD, Assistant Professor; Christopher J. Welsh, MD, Associate Professor; Alexandra P. Berthiaume, MD; Shelby R. Goodwin, MPS; Rachel Arnold; Melanie E. Bennett, PhD, Professor; and Annabelle M. Belcher, PhD, Assistant Professor; all with the Department of Psychiatry, in collaboration with former colleague Seth Himelhoch, MD, recently published "Outcomes for Patients Receiving Telemedicine-delivered Medication-based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Retrospective Chart Review." The article highlighted telemedicine-delivered medications for opioid use disorder that yielded retention as well as drug use outcomes comparable to in-person encounters.
Kelly Westlake, PT, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, is a co-author on the publication entitled, "Aging, Vestibular Function, and Balance: Proceedings of a National Institute on Aging/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Workshop" recently published in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A.
Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants in the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episodes: “Diastolic Shock Index,” which was published on June 15, 2020, and “Updates in the Critical Care Management of COVID-19 Patients,” which was published on July 2, 2020
Owen Woodward, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology, and Victoria Halperin Kuhns, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, were authors of “Sex Differences in Urate Handling,” which was published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences on June 16, 2020.
Dali Xu, PhD, Research Associate; and Li-Qun Zhang, PhD, Professor, both from the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, are co-authors on an article entitled, "EMG-Based Real-Time Linear-Nonlinear Cascade Regression Decoding of Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist Movements in Able-Bodied Persons and Stroke Survivors," which was recently published in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
Huijun Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Dosimetric and Planning Efficiency Comparison for Lung SBRT: CyberKnife vs VMAT vs Knowledge-Based VMAT,” which was e-published on June 10, 2020, ahead of print in Medical Dosimetry.
Weiguang Yao, PhD, Associate Professor, Nrusingh Biswal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Jerimy Polf, PhD, Associate Professor, and Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD, Professor, all from the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “Impact of Bowel and Rectum Air on Target Dose with Robustly Optimized Intensity-modulated Proton Therapy Plans,” which was published online on June 5, 2020, ahead of print in Acta Oncologica.
Chunyang Zhang, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Kyung Koh, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; and Li-Qun Zhang, PhD, Professor; all from the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, are co-authors on an article entitled, "A Calcar Collar is Protective Against Early Torsional/Spiral Periprosthetic Fracture of the Femur: A Paired Cadaveric Biomechanical Analysis," which will be published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.