Recognition Through Research

Sherman College of Chiropractic

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Published quarterly, Recognition Through Research is designed to enhance awareness and foster participation from Sherman College faculty, staff, and students in research and other scholarly activities.

IN THIS ISSUE

• Publications
• Presentations
• New Projects
• Lyceum
• IRAPS

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Pengju (George) Luo, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Director of Research lpengju@sherman.edu

John Hart, D.C., MHS
Assistant Director of Research jhart@sherman.edu

Charlotte Babb, M.A., M.Ed.
Technical Editor cbabb@sherman.edu

Published or Accepted for Publication in Peer Review Journals

1. Hart J. Literature support for subluxation theory. Chiropractic and Osteopathy 2010. (Available from http://www.chiroandosteo.com/content/17/1/13/comments)

2. Slusher R, Shook B, Hozjan J, McCauley M, and Hart J. The Reliability of Visual X-ray Analysis of the Cervical Spine and Pelvis: A Preliminary Study. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR), February 2010. (Available from https://www.jvsr.com/abstracts/index.asp?id=391)

3. Luo, J. and Luo, P.G., A new method for multi-group cancer outlier differential gene detection, InterStat, January, 2010. (Available from http://interstat.statjournals.net/YEAR/2010/abstracts/1001001.php).

4. Hart J, Mean Cancer Mortality Rates in Low versus High Elevation Counties in Texas. Dose Response, March 2010

Abstracts presented or accepted for presentation in conferences

1. John Hart, D.C., MHS presented his research work, entitled “Cancer Mortality Rates and Land Elevations in the Carolinas” at the 6th annual SC Upstate Research Symposium

2. Research abstract “Application of Luminescent Bacteria and Bacterial Luciferase in Food Safety” by Wang, J-X., Lin, H., Zhu, L., Mei, C., Luo, P. G., Wang, J., and Wang, Y is accepted for poster presentation at the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Dr. George Luo will present this research in San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2010 http://e.ctt.bz/e.asp?e=4A1754A6-1F89-4C6D-8AC3-BEB5DD5D92
   
   Two research posters were presented at ACC-RAC by Sherman faculty and graduates.  ACC-RAC 2010 was held in Las Vegas, NV, March 18-20.
   
   

3. John Hart, D.C., MHS, Matthew Christopher, D.C., and Ralph Boone, Ph.D., D.C., presented “Asymmetry in Atlas Bone Specimens: A Pilot Study.”

   
   
4. Cindy Gibbon, D.C., John Hart, D.C., MHS, and Claudia Seay, D.C., presented a poster on “Intra- and Inter-examiner Reliability of Mastoid Fossa Thermal Readings Using Chiropractic Instrumentation.”

Drs. Gibbon (left) and Seay (right) presented their research at ACC/RAC, 2010, Las Vegas

New Research Projects

1. The Research Proposal "Agreement between Conventional and Digital Radiographic Analyses" by Bill Fehl, D.C., received approval by the college's research committee and the IRB.

Lyceum 2010 From Passion to Action! May 27-29

Presentations List:
http://www.sherman.edu/edu/ce/lyceum-presentations.asp

IRAPS October 9-10, 2010

Philosophical, Theoretical and Practical Considerations of Vertebral Subluxation Correction takes center stage at Sherman College, for the seventh annual International Research and Philosophy Symposium (IRAPS), which is presented on Sherman’s campus in South Carolina.
Call for IRAPS 2010 Abstracts Deadline extended to June 1, 2010