Student Doctors and Faculty Research Published in MDPI Journal of International Medical Education

A research manuscript titled, “Integration of Immunology in a Systems-based Osteopathic Medical Curriculum,” was published in the MDPI Journal of International Medical Education on August 1.

This project involved three CHSU-COM third-year student co-authors, Zian Shabbir, Layla Mazdeyasnan, and Naila Iqbal; two CHSU-COM faculty, Mahboob Qureshi, MD, MPH, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Assessment and Professor,and Reena Lamichhane-Khadka, MS, PhD,

Professor of Biomedical Education; and former CHSU-COM Department Chair, Dr. Samuel Kadavakollu as co-authors.

According to Dr. Lamichhane-Khadka, “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that provides a detailed curricular framework for the integration of immunology topics in a systems-based osteopathic medical education pre-clinical curriculum.”

The paper has been disseminated (through the publisher) to 20 faculty teaching at different osteopathic medical schools in the U.S. whom Dr. Lamichhane-Khadka networked with during her recent attendance at the AMSMIC (Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs) Meeting in July. Congratulations to all co-authors on these prestigious accomplishments!

Student Doctors Zian Shabbir and Layla Mazdeyasnan were awarded first place at the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians of California ACOFPCA ’48 Research Poster Competition held on August 10th at the Disneyland Hotel while presenting this research. Read article