FORT BRAGG, N.C. (May 18, 2016) -- Medical professionals representing several regional institutions presented their research during Womack Army Medical Center's annual Research Symposium, May 4.
Researchers from WAMC, Campbell University, Fayetteville State University and Southern Regional Area Health Education Center presented their studies as podium and poster presentations. There were 16 podium presentations and 40 poster presentations, all covering a wide-range of research topics.
Each presentations highlighted current research being conducted to advance both Army Medicine and global medicine. Topics included gender disparities in screening for high cholesterol in young adults, evaluation of anemic pregnant patients to help prevent blood transfusions, suicide protective factors, intimate partner violence, headaches in Soldiers with mild traumatic brain injury and more.
Many of the speakers during the event are nationally recognized for their contributions in their fields.
Dr. Cristobal Berry-Caban, an epidemiologist at Womack, helped establish the symposium as an activity just within WAMC's Family Medicine department in 2010. The program opened to regional participants in 2012 and has continued to grow since than.
"An event like this is a great opportunity for people to have awareness of the great things others are uncovering in their research," said Berry-Caban. "This is the only event like this in the area and it's a great way to make connections and encourage collaboration."
Col. Lance Raney, commander, WAMC, said that the symposium helps everyone come together to focus on making not just the current patient better, but future patients better.
"We're all here because we love medicine," said Raney. "We love what we do. It's a service of service."
The top finishers for the poster and podium presentations were divided into two categories: those in a training program (including residents, interns and students) and institution faculty and staff.
Lt. Col. Jose Capo-Aponte, from WAMC, won top honors for his podium presentation, "Validation of visual objectives biomarkers for acute non-blast mild traumatic brain injury," in the faculty and staff category. Capt. Colin Hu, a resident at WAMC, placed first in the training category for his podium presentation, "Retrospective cohort study of rhabdomyolysis at Fort Bragg: biomarker analysis." Both Capo-Aponte and Hu received Army Achievement Medals for their accomplishments.
Jacques Arrieux and Wesley Cole received first place in the staff category for their poster presentation, "An examination of the differences between healthy controls and acute mTBI on ANAM$ TBI-MIL simple reaction time subtests." Kris Kindborg, Ashley Tinney and Timothy Hinson won the training category with their poster, "Providing diet-nutrition education in patients prescribed stantins."
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