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Welcome to the first quarter FCM Research Newsletter for 2026! We have exciting updates, bittersweet farewells, and two new published papers!
Congratulations, Dr. Mary King, for a successful thesis defense!
Congratulations Dr. Michelle Rockwell!
Congratulations on your new position!
Dr. Michelle Rockwell is transitioning from FCMRG's wonderful research director to the Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Health Innovation Research Consortium.
Dr. Rockwell will still continue her teaching position at VTCSOM.
Your efforts have been invaluable to FCMRG over the past 6 years. Thank you for everything! You will be truly missed.
Michelle Rockwell's Farewell Lunch
Know of anyone who might be interested in becoming FCMRG's new director of research? Please check out the current job posting
Congratulations M4's!
Congratulations Brianna Chang, Isaiah Yim and Snigdha Nandipati (VTCSOM class of 2026, and FCMRG student researchers) for matching to their residency programs!
Brianna Chang: Obestetrics-Gynecology at SW Healthcare Med Ed Consortium in Temecula, CA!
Isaiah Yim: Physical Medicine and Rehab at Texas Rehab Hospital in Fort Worth, TX!
Snigdha Nandipati: Family Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose, CA!
We are so proud of each of you for accomplishing your goals!
On March 3rd, Dr. Mark Fendrick, Director of Health Management at the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, visited Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to present a lecture to VTCSOM students
On March 3rd, Dr. Mark Fendrick, Director of Health Management at the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, visited Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine to present a lecture to VTCSOM students
Left to right: Dr. Leslie LaConte, Dr. Mark Fendrick, Dean Lee Learman, Dr. Michelle Rockwell
Fun fact: Dr. Fendrick was a medical school classmate with Dean Learman!
Learn more about Dr. Fendrick's lecture and Value Based Insurance Design
Posters and Presentations
Brianna Chang (M4, VTCSOM) presenting her work at the VTCSOM research symposium
Isaiah Yim, (M4, VTCSOM) speaking about his work in a video at the VTCSOM research symposium
Neeharika Yallayi (Virginia Tech graduate student) presented her project on optimizing bone health clinic referrals at the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH) poster session
Research Publications
FCMRG has two research publications this quarter!
From the Vaughn-Cooke lab
Authors: Carol Yen, John W. Epling, Michelle Rockwell, Monifa Vaughn-Cooke
From the Stein lab
Authors: Jeffrey S. Stein, Jeremiah M. Brown, Allison N. Tegge, Hailey S. Snyder, Megan N. Stuart, Warren K. Bickel, Michelle S. Rockwell, John W. Epling, & Leonard H. Epstein
Celebration!
To celebrate Dr. Rockwell's departure from FCMRG, we decided to hold a small celebration by having fun axe-throwing and enjoying an arcade!
Thank you, as always, to our wonderful and amazing research coordinator, Sonia, for putting together these great newsletters!
See you next quarter!
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