ATSU-SOMA attends Virtual Research Fair
Posted: May 13, 2016
Faculty and students from A.T. Still University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona attended the first annual El Rio/The Wright Center Virtual Health Research Fair, a collaboration to support community-oriented primary care research, in Tucson on May 10. Thirty-eight posters were submitted, including five posters authored by ATSU-SOMA students and four The Wright Center (TWC) residents. ATSU-SOMA and TWC received awards for the following submissions:
- “A retrospective study of school based health centers on sexual health among adolescents in New York City” R. Ragasa, P. Saravia, P. Schneid, M. Vogt, I. Navarro, and J. Lewis.
- “Assessment of sexual health of patients 50 years and older in the El Rio Community Health Center population” C. Carney, L. Cong, C Dixon, A. Freitas, J. Hirschbaum, B. Pecotte de Gonzales, J. Lewis, R. Wagner, and K. Whelihan.
- “Developing osteopathic manipulative medicine as an adjunct tool for community health workers in four remote underserved Peruvian Amazon communities” J. Hirschbaum, J. Adams, D. Ebbs, S. Jasicki, J. Lovato, S. Waggoner, J. Lewis, and D. Heath.
El Rio Community Health Center is one of 12 health center campuses where ATSU-SOMA students train during their second, third and fourth years of medical school. It is also one of six training campuses for the TWC national family medicine residency program, established in partnership with ATSU-SOMA. “The collaborative efforts of El Rio Community Health Center, The Wright Center, and ATSU-SOMA resulted in a successful event that highlighted the impact of community-oriented primary care research by students, residents and faculty,” said Christine Morgan, EdD, assistant professor and Residency Development Manager, ATSU-SOMA. “Planning for the 2017 research fair is already underway.” 
