About the Department of Research

Research and scholarly activity is a robust cornerstone at OCOM and reflects one of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)’s top strategic priorities. The department’s commitment to research includes a wealth of resources including:

  • Research Seed Funding for medical students and faculty

  • Travel support to present scholarly works at national meetings

  • A state-of-the-art NIH level 2 biosafety lab

  • Dedicated Cureus publication channel

  • Assistance with manuscript preparation

  • Full-time research coordinator and grants manager

Journal Publications

OCOM Faculty are prolific scholars, having published over 275 pubmed-indexed articles in just the last 5 years.

Their publications span the breadth of medical journals, including the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, Archives of Dermatologic Research, Orthopedic Reviews, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, JACEP Open, Health Psychology Research, International Journal of Emergency Medicine, Case Reports in Neurology, Radiology Case Reports, BMC Psychology, Journal of the National Medical Association,  New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Preventative Medicine, BMJ case reports, Cureus, American Family Physician, Medical Science Educator, Pharmacological Research Perspectives, Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Academic Medicine & Surgery, Annals of Emergency Medicine.

OCOM’s Cureus Channel

OCOM has partnered with Cureus to have its own channel, which allows us to promote our brand, showcase our research, and much more. All OCOM students and faculty are welcome to publish in our channel. Our channel editors are Drs. Ganti & Wallen.

Research On Display

We invite all of our faculty and students, including our 1,000+ preceptors to the fall research soiree as a way for everyone to get to know one another’s areas of research expertise/interest, and learn about all that OCOM Research has to offer.

OCOM’s annual Spring Research Symposium is where students present their research. The event includes a keynote speaker, invited judges, and prizes for the best research presentations. All research abstracts are published in OCOM’s Cureus channel.

Institutional Board Review

Learn more about our Clinical Trials here.

The Research Lab

The research lab at OCOM comprises 1,200 square feet of wet and dry bench research laboratory space. This well-equipped multipurpose laboratory space includes wet and dry vacuum, centrifuge, cryogenic sample storage, spectrophotomter, and clinical point of care laboratory testing for common CLIA- waived tests such as CBC, CMP, UA, HIV, Coags, and respiratory viruses.

Laboratory Equipment

Research Committee Members