Faculty news rundown
Posted: February 23, 2010
Arizona School of Health Sciences
New leadership role for Parent-Buck
Audiology Chair Tabitha Parent-Buck, Au.D., has been installed as president of the board of directors for the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) at its 2009 convention in Clearwater Beach, Fla. She also served as chair of the 2009 convention committee.
“Dr. Parent-Buck’s dedication to ADA and to the profession of audiology has been exemplified in her service to the organization over the past several years,” said Stephanie Czuhajewski, ADA executive director. “Her exemplary leadership and attention to detail were instrumental to the success of ADA’s 2009 convention – and her independent spirit and keen vision make her the perfect person to lead ADA and its members into the future.”
Dr. Parent-Buck will serve as president until November 2010, after which she will serve her third and final year on the board as past-president.
Valovich McLeod published
Associate Professor Tamara Valovich McLeod co-authored “Balance Improvements in Female High School Basketball Players Following a 6-week Pre-Season Neuromuscular Training Program” in the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, and “Headache-related Disability Reported by Collegiate” in Athletic Training and Sports Health Care.
She also co-authored “Health-Related Quality of Life is Affected by Recent Injury in Adolescent Athletes” in the Journal of Athletic Training along with Associate Professor Alison Snyder, Ph.D., ATC; Associate Professor Curt Bay, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor John Parsons, MS, ATC, AT/L; and Chair Eric Sauers, Ph.D., ATC.
She is the author of “The Effectiveness of Various Assessment Techniques in Detecting the Effects of Concussion on Cognition, Postural Control, and Symptoms,” which was published in the Journal of Athletic Training.
Snyder published
Associate Professor Alison Snyder, Ph.D., ATC, published “Many popular shoulder pathology special tests have limited diagnostic ability”
in Athletic Training and Sports Health Care.
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Carlson receives grants, publishes work 
Professor of Physiology C. George Carlson, Ph.D., has received a two-year $60,000 euro grant from the Association Francaise contre les Myopathies on “Assessing the therapeutic utility of specific IkappaB-alpha kinase 2 (IKK2) inhibitors in treating muscular dystrophy.” He also has received a $201,967 grant from the NIH on “Preclinical trials of NFkappaB inhibition in the treatment of muscular dystrophy.”
Dr. Carlson is the co-author of “Treatment with inhibitors of the NF-kappaB pathway improves whole body tension development in the mdx mouse,” published in Neuromuscular Disorders, and “Increases in nuclear p65 activation in dystrophic skeletal muscle are secondary to increases in the cellular expression of p65 and are not solely produced by increases in IkB-a kinase activity,” published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences. He also co-authored, with Associate Professor Tim Geisbuhler, Ph.D., “Resting Ca2+ influx does not contribute to anoxia-induced cell death in adult rat cardiac myocytes,” published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology.
In addition, Dr. Carlson has been published in a peer-reviewed web publication. “Whole Body Tension Measurements” may be found online at www.treat-nmd.eu/research/preclinical/SOPs/.
Wilson and Cenedella honored by KOAA
Margaret Wilson, D.O., ’82, received the Kirksville Osteopathic Alumni Association’s Living Tribute Award, established in 1969 to honor outstanding KCOM faculty and administrators who have made significant contributions to the college and osteopathic profession.
Dr. Wilson, chair of Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, serves as project director on several grants, is actively involved in developing KCOM’s new curriculum, is a member of the Still-Well Committee, and is a sponsor for the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Club. In addition to her work at ATSU, Dr. Wilson is a staff physician at Northeast Missouri Family Health Clinic and medical director of the Northeast Missouri Health Council.
For the second time in his tenure at ATSU-KCOM, Richard Cenedella, Ph.D., has been recognized with the KOAA’s Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Cenedella, chair of Biochemistry at KCOM for 30 years, first received the award in 2003.
A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Cenedella has taught for 44 years, has enjoyed 40 years of support from the National Institutes of Health, and has authored more than 100 publications and an equal number of abstracts in his long career.
The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1991 to recognize alumni and friends of the college and KOAA who have provided outstanding service and/or financial support to the college.
American Osteopathic Association President Larry A. Wickless, D.O., ’67, also received a Distinguished Service Award from the KOAA.
School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
King presents in Oregon
Hollis H. King, D.O., Ph.D., FAAO, professor of osteopathic principles and practice, presented a 2-1/2 day OMM/OMT continuing medical education program at the annual convention of the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon.
Dr. Hollis also published “Assessment of Calvarial Structure Motion by MRI” in Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care, “Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment of Back Pain and Related Symptoms During Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial” in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and “Lymphatic Pump Treatment Mobilizes Leukocytes from the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue into Lymph” in Lymphatic Research and Biology.
School of Health Management
Samuels addresses public health conference
M.P.H. Program Chair Michael Samuels, Dr.P.H., presented “Tough time, tough choice: Health benefit for employees of county governments” at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference and Exposition in Philadelphia, Pa., in November. He described challenges facing county governments in providing health benefits to county employees in Kentucky and identified cost-effective alternatives.
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
ATSU-ASDOH dean pushes for “health home,” urges change 
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health Dean Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H., presented “The Family Centered Health Home – A Health Practice Model to Improve Total Health through an Innovative Dental Education Model” at the Missouri Coalition for Oral Health’s (MCOH) 2009 Oral Health Summit in Columbia, Mo., in November. The annual convention brings speakers from across the country to explain industry advancements and maps out MCOH’s plan for improving oral health in Missouri.
Dr. Dillenberg addressed the need of both medical physicians and dentists to cross cultures in order to treat and prevent diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, which can begin in the oral cavity. He minimized the idea of separating traditional medical and dental care and embraced the more comprehensive idea of a “health home.” Health homes are not only physical places, but also accessible, family-centered, and compassionate partnerships that improve total body health.
“It gives us a chance to identify illnesses earlier and create a comprehensive treatment plan to be healthy,” Dr. Dillenberg said.
However, with change often comes concern, and Dr. Dillenberg talked about the barriers that come with a new way of thinking. He said that subject clarity, oral health priority, and insurance reimbursement provide obstacles to the new way of thinking, but stressed that industry pioneers shouldn’t be afraid to take a risk and an active leadership role to transform society.
“Forums such as the Oral Summit are important because they bring together all the disciplines of medical, dentistry, and allied health,” Dr. Dillenberg said. “We all have to be part of the change.”
He explained how ASDOH is taking a proactive approach by teaching this method within the university setting, as well as lining up internships across the country at health clinics to practice in a less traditional dental environment.
“We are the only dental school in America that has health in its name, and there is a reason for that,” Dr. Dillenberg said. “The success of our school will help motivate other schools, and the health profession, to adopt an inter-professional approach to disease prevention and health promotion.”
Dr. Dillenberg is the inaugural dean of ASDOH, which graduated its first class of dentists in 2007.