Research MVP: Dr. Lon Van Winkle

Lon Van Winkle, PhD, Professor of Medical Humanities, has been involved in many research projects this year and has recently also contributed to the following published works. Note: only the first three authors are shown:

Published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health:

"Selecting and Performing Service-Learning in a Team-Based Learning Format Fosters Dissonance, Reflective Capacity, Self-Examination, Bias Mitigation, and Compassionate Behavior in Prospective Medical Students."

"Fostering empathy, implicit bias mitigation, and compassionate behavior in a medical humanities course."

"Implicit bias mitigation in healthcare professional education: implications for life-long learning."

"Consumption of a Branched-Chain Amino Acid (BCAA) During Days 2-10 of Pregnancy Causes Abnormal Fetal Growth in Mice: Implications for BCAA Supplementation in Humans."

"Changes in Dietary Protein, Amino Acids, Folate and Other Nutrients or Toxins Regulate Embryonic and Fetal Growth and Development: Implications for Transgenerational Metabolic Disorders in Adults."

Other Publications:

"Commentary: Fostering bias mitigation and compassionate behavior in dental and other healthcare professional students and practitioners." Published in Archives of Dentistry.

"Promoting implicit bias mitigation and compassionate behavior in healthcare professionals: implications for pharmacological treatment outcomes." Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology: Pharmaceutical Medicine and Outcomes Research.

"From Single Stem Cells to Organoids, Organ Repair, and Public Health. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology: Stem Cell Research and Frontiers in Genetics: Stem Cell Research.