Cade Robinson

Location: VCOM-Louisiana, 4408 Bon Aire Dr, Monroe, LA 71203
The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) – Louisiana Campus will hold its 2nd Annual Via Research Recognition Day on Friday, February 23, 2024. Research Day is a significant event for VCOM and supports the mission of the College to provide medical education and research that prepares globally-minded, community-focused physicians and improves the health of those most in need.
Registration is FREE and is required for all participants, including students and poster presenters. Registration opens on October 4, 2023, and the deadline to register is Monday, January 8, 2024.
With registration for this event, you get:
For any problems with registration, please email researchday-lc@ulm.vcom.edu
Dr. Jonathan Auguste, PhD
Associate Professor for Arbovirology at Virginia Tech
Dr. Albert Kozar, DO, FAOASM, R-MSK
Associate Professor for OMM and Sports Medicine at VCOM Virginia
Director of the Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (ONMM) Residency
Attendees are invited to share their research in poster format. Poster abstracts must be accepted for the event for posters to be displayed. The Via Research Recognition Day features an optional poster competition with distinct categories; Research by a medical resident can be in the following categories: Biomedical Research, Clinical Research, Clinical Case Reports, Educational Research and Simulation Research.
Guidelines for Writing Research Abstracts for Posters (DOC)
Abstracts must be submitted electronically using the Abstract Submission Form at the link above. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday, January 8, 2024.
Please note: In the interest of professionalism and fairness, no extensions for abstract submission will be granted.
For questions about abstract submissions or participation in the poster competition, please email the Research Day Committee at researchday-lc@ulm.vcom.edu.
When an abstract is accepted, the submitting author will receive further instructions on poster submission via email.
VCOM provides free poster printing for any meeting attendee with an accepted abstract. Details will be sent to submitting authors with the abstract acceptance email.
Poster Template (PPT) (Please save poster file name as: lastname,firstname-VCOM-RD24)
Poster Submissions are due by Friday, February 9th, 2024
The Via Research Recognition Day is a forum for health professionals and scientists at academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present or benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all humans. By attending the oral presentations and poster sessions, participants will have the opportunity to learn cutting edge information in the physiological bases of osteopathic manipulative therapy efficacy, new trends in physician-based research networks, and how to develop innovative research projects with high impact for human health. By attending the poster session, participants will also learn about the biomedical, clinical and educational research activities at VCOM and its partner institutions and will have an opportunity to identify new collaborative research opportunities.
Medical and pharmacology students, physicians, physician assistants, biomedical researchers, nurse practitioners, public health professionals, medical residents, and other health profession students and others interested in primary care issues and research.
It is the policy of the VCOM Medical Education Department to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the participants any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.
Dr Jenna Dittmar is a Biological Anthropologist who specializes in paleopathology (the study of ancient diseases). She earned a BSc from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2008), a MSc in Human Osteology and Palaeopathology from the University of Bradford (2011) and a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge (2016).
Her MSc and PhD research examined the history of anatomical training in Britain by analyzing the human skeletal remains of individuals that were dissected during the 17th-19th centuries in the United Kingdom.
From 2016-2020 she worked a Research Associate on the Wellcome Trust funded project entitled, ‘After the Plague: Heath and History in Medieval Cambridge’ at the University of Cambridge. This multidisciplinary project examined the historical and biological effects of the catastrophic plague epidemic, known as the Black Death. Archaeological, historical, isotopic and genetic (aDNA) data were combined to examine the previously unstudied consequences of this major pandemic by revealing how the plague affected human health and the genetic constitution of Europe.
From 2021-2023, Jenna was a Research Fellow in Osteoarchaeology at the University of Aberdeen. Working with Professor Marc Oxenham, she used demographic modeling to explore how northern communities in Scotland and Ireland biologically adapted to significant changes in climate, environment, technology, and economy from the Neolithic to the medieval period.
PhD, University of Cambridge
MSc, University of Bradford
BSc, University of Wisconsin-Madison
As a specialist in human osteology and paleopathology, Jenna utilises a multidisciplinary approach to explore questions about the evolutionary history and movement of diseases, and how health was impacted by environmental and social conditions.
Her current work is focused on exploring how the health and well-being of medieval and early modern populations from Scotland and Ireland were impacted by changes in climate, environment, and the political landscape.
She is also a Co-PI of a project entitled, ‘Health, Disease and Diet in the Chinese Bronze Age (2,300-1,700 BCE),’ which examines health and disease in Bronze Age China. In collaboration with the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, this project seeks to understand the impact of social, technological, and environmental factors on human demography, health, and lifeways during the Bronze Age.
Her other research interests include: