KCOM faculty are listed in bold font; staff and students are identified in brackets.


Research Publications


Qi D, Huang S, Miao R, She ZG, Quinn T, Chang Y, Liu J, Fan D, Chen YE, Fu M. Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-induced Protein 1 (MCPIP1) suppresses stress granule formation and determines apoptosis under stress. J Biol Chem. 2011 Dec 2;286(48):41692-700. Epub 2011 Oct 4

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Raymond, R. Promising OMT pilot study points to difficulties with ‘sham’ treatment. The DO, Oct 2013
Quinn TA, The Feminine Touch – Women in Osteopathy, Truman State University Press, Kirksville, MO, 2011


Snider KT, Barotitis, AAOJ 2001: 20(2):27-28

Snider KT, Dowling DJ, Seffinger MA, Channell MK, Yao SC, Gustowski SM, Johnson JC,Martin Pryor JM. Effect of Table Trainer Ratios on the Outcomes of Student Assessments of Cervical Muscle Energy Techniques. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2015;115(9):556-564.

Snider KT, Ghouse A, He SS, Pazdernik VK. Correlation Between Sudden Onset Atraumatic Neck Pain and Somatic Dysfunction: A Retrospective Case Note Study from a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Specialty Clinic. AAOJ 2016, 26(3):9-19

Snider KT, Glover JC, Rennie PR, Ferrill HP, Morris WF, Johnson JC. Frequency of Counterstrain Tender Points in Osteopathic Medical Students, J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013;113(9):690-702 doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2013.035

Snider KT, Glover JC. Atlas of Common Counterstrain Tender Points, Electronic Textbook available through Apple iBookstore. ISBN 978-0-9882627-3-7 ©2013

Snider KT, Johnson JC, Deganhardt BF, Snider EJ. Increased Frequency and Severity of Somatic Dysfunction in Chronic Low Back Pain. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2008:108(8):372-378

Snider KT, Johnson JC, Degenhardt BF, Snider EJ, Burton D. The Association of Low Back Pain, Somatic Dysfunction, and Bone Mineral Density: Reproducibility of Findings. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014 114(5):356-367 doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.073

Snider KT, Johnson JC, Degenhardt BF, Snider EJ. Low Back Pain, Somatic Dysfunction, and Segmental Bone Mineral Density T-Score Variation In The Lumbar Spine. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2011 111:89-96

Snider KT, Johnson JC. Billing and Coding for Counterstrain Tender Points. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 112(6):356-365

Snider KT, Johnson JC. Professionalism Score and Academic Performance in Osteopathic Medical Students. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014;114(11):850-859 doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.171

Snider KT, Jorgenson, D. Billing and Coding for Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009:109(8):409-413

Snider KT, Kribs J, Snider E, Deganhardt BF, Bukowski A, Johnson JC. Reliability of Tuffier’s Line as an Anatomic Landmark. Spine 2008:33(6):E161-E165

Snider KT, Redman C, Edwards C, Bhatia S, Kondrashova T. “Ultrasound Evaluation of the Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy on Sacral Base Asymmetry”. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2018;118(3):159-169. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2018.035

Snider KT, Schneider RP, Danto JB, Lehnardt CL, Ngo CS, Johnson JC, Sheneman TA. Correlation of Somatic Dysfunction with Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Findings: A Prospective Observational Study. . J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2016: 116(6), 358-369.doi:10.7556/jaoa.2016.076

Snider KT, Section editor “Competency Domain 1: Osteopathic Principles & Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment” in Fundamental Osteopathic Medical Competency Domains, National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, September 2016

Snider KT, Seffinger MA, Ferrill FP, Gish EE. Trainer-to-Student Ratios for Teaching Psychomotor Skills in Healthcare-Related Fields as Applied to Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 112(40):182-187

Snider KT, Snider E J, DeGooyer, B, Johnson, JC, Bukowski, A. Retrospective Chart Review of the OMM Hospital Consultation Service at NRMC - Preliminary Results, J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009:109(8):425-462 (Abstract)

Snider KT, Snider EJ, DeGooyer BR, Bukowski AM, Fleming RK, Johnson JC. Retrospective medical record review of an osteopathic manipulative medicine hospital consultation service. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013;113(10):754-767.

Snider KT, Snider EJ, Degenhardt BF, Johnson JC, Kribs, JW. Palpatory Accuracy of Lumbar Spinous Processes Using Multiple Bony Landmarks. JMPT 2011 34(5):306-313.

Snider KT, Snider EJ, Johnson JC. Hagan C, Schoenwald C. Preventative Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and the Elderly Nursing Home Resident: A Pilot study. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 112(8):489-501

Snider KT, and Steele K, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Mini Manual of Muscle Energy and High Velocity Techniques, 1st Edition 1998.

Snider KT, and Veilleux R, Factors Affecting Variability in Anther Culture and in Conversion of Androgenic Embryos of Solanum Phureja, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 1994:36: 345-354.

Snider KT. Establishing a Professionalism Score in an Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Curriculum J Am Osteopath Assoc 2016;116(2):106-113. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2016.024

Snider KT. Dysfunction in a Patient with Acute Knee Pain: A Case Report AAOJ 2015: 25(2):27-32.

Snider KT. The Use of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as Part of an Integrated Treatment for Infantile Colic: A Case Report. AAOJ 2016, 26(2):15-18, 33

Agadjanian AK, Kondrashov PE. Early middle Pleistocene mammalian and molluscan assemblages from the Novokhopersk locality (Don River Basin, Russia). Quaternary International. 2011 Feb;231(1-2):10-21

Ahmad S, Wang JY, Ahmad Z, Ahmad F. Functional residues in proteins. J Amino Acids. 2011;2011:606354. doi: 10.4061/2011/606354. Epub 2011 Nov 3. PubMed

Ahmad Z, Okafor F, Laughlin TF. Role of charged residues in the catalytic sites of Escherichia coli ATP synthase. J Amino Acids. 2011;2011:785741. doi: 10.4061/2011/785741. Epub 2011 Jul 13. PubMed

Akhtar S, Choudhry MA. Gut inflammation in response to injury: potential target for therapeutic intervention. Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov. 2011 Sep 1;6(3):206-15. PMID: 21824071. PubMed

Akhtar S, Li X, Kovacs EJ, Gamelli RL, Choudhry MA. Interleukin-18 delays neutrophil apoptosis following alcohol intoxication and burn injury. Mol Med. 2011 Jan-Feb;17(1-2):88-94. doi: 10.2119/molmed.2010.00080. PMID: 20844839. PubMed

Apr 2017 - “Defining and Integrating OPP throughout Osteopathic Medical Education” AACOM and AODME Conference, Baltimore, MD

Apr 2017 - “Integrating OPP Competencies, Milestones, and Scholarly Activity into Residency Programs” AACOM and AODME Conference, Baltimore, MD

Apr 2017 - “Osteopathic Approach to Asthma”. Live Webinar to Still OPTI, Kirksville, MO

April 2011 - “Frequency of Counterstrain Tender Points in Osteopathic Medical Students - An Osteopathic Educational Research Project”– Joint AACOM and AODME Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD

April 2011 - “Psychomotor Skills Training and Table Trainer Ratios”– Joint AACOM and AODME Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD

April 2012 - Program Chair – Basic Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine for the Thoracic and Lumbar spine, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

April 2016 - “Establishing an Online OPP Integrated Clerkship Curriculum,” AACOM, Washington, DC

April 2016 - “The Osteopathic Approach to Low Back Pain,” Missouri Association for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Convention, St Charles, MO

April 2016 - “The Osteopathic Approach to the Pregnant Patient,” Missouri Association for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Convention, St Charles, MO

April 2018 - “A Novel Method for Training Preceptors to Teach and Assess OMM”, AACOM and AOGME Conference, Washington DC

Aug 2011 - “Billing and Coding for OMT”– Family Practice Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Osage Beach, MO

Berk PD, Zhou S, Kiang C, Stump DD, Fan X, Bradbury MW, 1999. Selective up-regulation of fatty acid uptake by adipocytes characterizes both genetic and diet-induced obesity in rodents. J.Biol.Chem. 274:28626-28631.

Berk, PD, M Bradbury, S-L Zhou, D Stump and N-I Han, 1996. Characterization of membrane transport processes: Lessons from the study of BSP, bilirubin and fatty acid uptake. Seminars in Liver Diseases 16:107-120.

Berk, PD, S-L Zhou, C-L Kiang, D Stump, M Bradbury, and LM Isola, 1997. Uptake of long chain free fatty acids is selectively upregulated in adipocytes of Zucker rats with genetic obesity and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. J. Biol. Chem. 272:8830-8835.

Berk, PD, S-L Zhou, M Bradbury, D Stump, C-L Kiang, and LM Isola, 1997. Regulated membrane transport of free fatty acids in adipocytes: Role in obesity and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Trans. Amer. Clin. Climat Assoc. 108:26-43.

Berk, PD, S-L Zhou, M Bradbury, D Stump, C-L Kiang, and N-I Han, 1996. Crigler-Najjar Syndrome and the jaundiced Gunn rat: Model diseases for the evaluation of novel molecular and cellular therapies. In: HE Blum, GY Yu and CH Wu, editors, Molecular Diagnosis and Gene Therapy. Kluwer, Lancaster (UK). pp 223-244.

Berk, PD, Zhou, SL, Bradbury, MW, 2005. Increased hepatocellular uptake of long chain fatty acids occurs by different mechanisms in fatty livers due to obesity or excess ethanol use, contributing to development of steatohepatitis in both settings. Transact Amer Clin Climatolog Assoc 116:335-345.

Boehler AW, Ward JA, Hitt JK, Brechue WF, Hollander KW, Holgate M, Sugar TG, Audet D, Kanagaki G. Analysis, design, and testing of a Soldier power regeneration Kit (SPaRK). Int. J. of Biomechatronics Biomed Robot, 2011

Bradbury MW, 2006. Lipid Metabolism and Liver Inflammation. I. Hepatic Fatty Acid Uptake: Possible Role in Steatosis. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 290:G194-8.

Bradbury MW, Berk PD, 2004. Lipid metabolism in hepatic steatosis. Clinics. Liver Dis. 8:639-671

Bradbury MW, Stump D, Guarnieri F, Berk PD, 2011. Molecular modeling and confirmation of a predicted fatty acid binding site of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase. J. Mol. Biol., 412:412-422 (doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2011.07.034)

Bradbury, MW and JD Fabricant, 1988. Changes in melanin granules caused by coat color mutations in the fox. J. Hered. 79:133-136

Bradbury, MW and PD Berk, 2000. Mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase: direction of a single protein with two distinct functions to two sub-cellular sites does not require alternative splicing of the mRNA. Biochem. J. 345:423-427

Bradbury, MW, 1983. Functional capacity of Sex-reversed (XX, Sxr/+) mouse germ cells as shown by progeny derived from a female chimera. J. Exp. Zool. 266:315-320

Bradbury, MW, 1987. Testes of XX ↔ XY chimeric mice develop from fetal ovotestes. Dev. Genet. 8:207-218.

Bradbury, MW, Berk,PD, 2004. Cellular uptake of long chain free fatty acids: the structure and function of plasma membrane fatty acid binding protein. Adv.Mol.Cell Biol. 33:47-81.

Bradbury, MW, L Isola and J Gordon, 1990. Enzymatic amplification of a Y-chromosome repeat in a single blastomere allows identification of the sex of preimplantation mouse embryos. PNAS 87:4053-4057

Bradshaw D and Snider KT Case Study: OMT for Post-mastectomy Lymphedema and Rib Pain, AAOJ 2006:16(4):21-24

Brechue WF, Hammel HT. Osmotic effects of ions diffusing in capillary plasma can explain Starling’s osmotic force in plasma-ISF exchange. Comp Exerc Physiol, 7(4): 153-171, 2011. Online reference: CJO 2011 doi:10.1017/S1755254011000092, 2011

Carter, ML, Bradbury MW, 2016. Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Primate Bone Carbonate Reflect Amount of Leaves and Vertical Stratification in the Diet. Am. J. Primatol., 78:1086-1097 (doi:10.1002/ajp.22432)

Chalmers, JH, Jr., MW Bradbury, and JD Fabricant, 1987. A multicolored luminol-based chemiluminescnce demonstration. J. Chem. Ed. 64:969-970

Chamberlain NR, Singh VK. Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nasal samples from preclinical second-year medical students. Mo Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;108(5):373-6

Chang Y. A central role of PTP1B in hyperinsulinemia-enhanced IL-6 signaling in dedifferentiated vascular smooth muscle cells. J Diabet Metabol 2:118 (Mar. 4, 2011)

Contributing Author: Chapter 24 Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Primary Care Pain Management by Charles De Mesa DO. LWW 2019 ISBN: 978-1496378804

Davis K [student], Reuter A [student], Rachakatla RS. Umbilical Cord Matrix Stem Cells as a Vehicle for Anti-Cancer Treatment for Melanoma. Presented a: t3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Symposium (IBRS-2011); AT Still-KCOM; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Degenhardt BF, Snider KT, Snider EJ, Johnson JC. Interobserver Reliability of Osteopathic Palpatory Diagnostic Tests of the Lumbar Spine: Improvements From Consensus Training, J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2005:105(10):465-473

Degenhardt BF, Johnson J, Snider KT, and Snider E. Maintenance and Improvement Interoberver Reliability of Osteopathic Palpatory Tests Over a 4-Month Period. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2010:110(10):579-586

Draper BB, Johnson JC, Fossum C, Chamberlain NR. Osteopathic medical students' beliefs about osteopathic manipulative treatment at 4 colleges of osteopathic medicine. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2011 Nov;111(11):615-30

Fabricant JD, Chalmers JH Jr., Bradbury MW, 1995. Bioluminescent Strains of E. coli for the Assay of Biocides. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 54:90-95

Fan X, Bradbury MW, Berk PD, 2003. Leptin and insulin modulate nutrient partitioning and weight loss in ob/ob mice through regulation of long-chain fatty acid uptake by adipocytes. J. Nutrition 133:2707-2715.

Fetterrolf D, Mudd J, and Teten (Snider) Karen, An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Residue on Hands, Journal of Forensic Science 1991:36(2):343-349

Firoz A, Malik A, Joplin KH, Ahmad Z, Jha V, Ahmad S. Residue propensities, discrimination and binding site prediction of adenine and guanine phosphates. BMC Biochem. 2011 May 13;12:20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2091-12-20. PubMed

Fleming RK Snider KT, Blanke KJ, Johnson JC. The Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Length of Stay in Posterolateral Postthoracotomy Patients: a Retrospective Case Series. I J Osteopath Med. 2015;18(2):88-96 Published Online: October 02, 2014

Fleming, RK, Snider KT, Low Back Pain in Rowers, AAOJ 2010: 20(2):27-28

Frank LD, Bhatia S, Snider KT. Characteristics and Management of Pregnant Patients From a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2020;. doi: https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.151.

Fryer G, Adams JH. Magnetic resonance imaging of subjects with acute unilateral neck pain and restricted motion: a prospective case series. Spine J. 2011 Mar;11(3):171-6. Epub 2011 Jan 26

Gilmour TP, Piallat B, Lieu CA, Venkiteswaran K, Ramachandra R, Rao AN, Petticoffer AC, Berk MA, Subramanian T. The effect of striatal dopaminergic grafts on the neuronal activity in the substantia nigra pars reticulata and subthalamic nucleus in hemiparkinsonian rats. Brain. 2011 Nov;134(Pt 11):3276-89. Epub 2011 Sep 12

Gordon JW, Isola LM, Bradbury MW, 1990. Rapid Sexing of Preimplantation Mouse Embryos by Blastomere Biopsy and Enzymatic Amplification, Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technologies, pp 871-886

Gordon, JW and MW Bradbury, 1991. Genomic imprinting - a phenomenon with implications for micromanipulation-assisted IVF. J. IVF & Emb. Trans. 8:5-14

Guy MS, Sandhu SK, Gowdy JM, Cartier CC, Adams JH. MRI of the axillary arch muscle: prevalence, anatomic relations, and potential consequences. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jan;196(1):W52-7

Halma KD, Snider KT, Johnson JC, Flaim MS, Bradshaw D, Degenhardt BF. Determining the Intra-observer Reliability of the Evaluation of Cranial Strain Patterns. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2008:108(9):493-502

Han BH, Zhou ML, Vellimana AK, Milner E, Kim DH, Greenberg JK, Chu W, Mach RH, Zipfel GJ. Resorufin analogs preferentially bind cerebrovascular amyloid: potential use as imaging ligands for cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Mol Neurodegener. 2011 Dec 22;6:86. doi: 10.1186/1750-1326-6-86

Hon G, Snider KT, Johnson JC. Variations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Somatic Dysfunction Between Four Osteopathic Residency Programs. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2015;115(5):294-303 doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2015.060

Isola, LM, S-L Zhou, C-L Kiang, DD Stump, MW Bradbury and PD Berk, 1995. 3T3 fibroblasts transfected with a cDNA for mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase express plasma membrane fatty acid-binding protein and saturable fatty acid uptake. PNAS 92:9866-9870

Jan 2015 - Snider KT, LaBaere R. “Keynote Address: Mitchell Kasovac DO Memorial Lecture, Osteopathically Distinctive Assessments in Unified Graduate Medical Education.” Osteopathic Medical Education Leadership conference, Los Angeles, CA

Jan 2017 - “Osteopathic Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome”. Live Webinar to Still OPTI, Kirksville, MO

July 2017 - “Osteopathic Approach to Low back Pain in the Pregnant Patient” Live telecast workshop to Still OPTI, Kirksville, MO

Kabir MA, Uddin W, Narayanan A, Reddy PK, Jairajpuri MA, Sherman F, Ahmad Z. Functional subunits of eukaryotic chaperonin CCT/TRiC in protein folding. J Amino Acids. 2011;2011:843206. doi: 10.4061/2011/843206. Epub 2011 Jul 2. PubMed

Kaiser G; Degenhardt BF; Menke JM; Snider KT. Characteristics and Management of Pediatric Patients Seen in an Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2020;120(3):153–163. doi: https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.028.

King A, Cox J, Bhatia S, Snider KT. Characteristics and treatment of geriatric patients in an osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine clinic. Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. February 2021:503-511. doi: 10.1515/jom-2020-0220

Laferriere H, Ostrowski D, Guarnieri DJ, Zars T (2011) The arouser EPS8L3 gene is critical for normal memory in Drosophila. PLoS ONE 6, e22867

Li X, Akhtar S, Kovacs EJ, Gamelli RL, Choudhry MA. Inflammatory response in multiple organs in a mouse model of acute alcohol intoxication and burn injury. J Burn Care Res. 2011 Jul-Aug;32(4):489-97. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182223c9e. PMID: 21593683. PubMed

March 2013 - “Facilitating NMM Resident Research” NMM/OMM Program Directors Meeting, Orlando, FL

March 2013 - “OPP Test Item Writing”, AAO Convocation, Orlando, FL

March 2015 - Snider KT, Dowling DJ, Seffinger MA, Channell MK, Yao SC, Gustowski SM, Johnson JC,Martin Pryor JM. Effect of Table Trainer Ratios on the Outcomes of Student Assessments of Cervical Muscle Energy Techniques. AACOM FT Lauderdale, FL POSTER

March 2018 - “Joint Mobilization Muscle Energy for the Cervical Spine using Sagittal Plane Activating forces”, AAO Convocation, Dallas, TX

March 2019 - “Osteopathic “Edges” In Patients Presenting With Shoulder Pain” AAO Convocation, Orlando FL, March 2019

Maurya DK, Doi C, Pyle M, Rachakatla RS, Davis D, Tamura M, Troyer D. Non-random tissue distribution of human naïve umbilical cord matrix stem cells. World J Stem Cells. 2011 Apr 26;3(4):34-42

May 2015 - Snider KT, Sexton TT. Professionalism Faculty Development Workshop. WVSOM, Lewisburg WV

May 2018 - “Lumbar Counterstrain”, OMM Basic Course, Kirksville, MO

May 2018 - “OMM Documentation and Coding”, OMM Basic Course, Kirksville, MO

Mayhew JL, Brechue WF, Smith AE, Kemmler W, Lauber D, Koch AJ. Impact of testing strategy on expression of upper-body work capacity and one-repetition maximum prediction after resistance training in college-aged men and women. J Strength Cond Res. 2011 Oct;25(10):2796-807. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31822dcea0

Nov 2010 - NBOME Item Writing Faculty Development Workshop, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine

Nov 2016 - “Osteopathic Approach to Asthma”. Canadian Academy of Osteopathy. CAO Founders’ Day. Hamilton, Canada

Nov 2017 - “OMM Research”, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lynchburg, VA

Oct 2011 - “Frequency of Counterstrain Tender Points in Osteopathic Medical Students - An Osteopathic Educational Research Project”– Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Kirksville, MO Summary Oral Presentation and POSTER

Oct 2012 - Snider KT, Glover JC, Rennie PR, Ferrill HP, Morris WF, Johnson JC. “Frequency of Counterstrain Tender Points in Osteopathic Medical Students.” AOA Research Conference, San Diego, CA

Oct 2012 - Snider KT, Snider EJ, Johnson JC. Hagan C, Schoenwald C. “Preventative Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and the Elderly Nursing Home Resident: A Pilot study.” AOA Research Conference, San Diego, CA

Oct 2012 - Degenhardt BF, Snider KT, Johnson JC, Snider EJ, Pamperin K, Yang Q, Graven-Nielsen T. Reliability of Pressure Pain Thresholds in the Supraspinatous Muscle—Palpation and Algometry. AOA Research Conference, San Diego, CA POSTER

Oct 2012 - “Billing, Coding, and EHR”, Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2012 - “Counterstrain – How it Works and Trophy Techniques”, Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2013 - Snider KT, Johnson JC, Degenhardt BF, Snider EJ, The Persistence of Lumbar Somatic Dysfunction and its Association with Bone Mineral Density. AOA Research Conference, Las Vegas, NV POSTER

Oct 2013 - Snider KT, Snider EJ, Johnson JC. Hagan C, Schoenwald C. “Preventative Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment and the Elderly Nursing Home Resident: A Pilot study.” AOA Research Conference, Las Vegas, NV

Oct 2013 - “Osteopathic Approach to Head Pain,” Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2015 - “Counterstrain for Pelvis and Sacrum”, Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2015 - “Introduction to Counterstrain”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2015 - “Myofascial Release and Integrated Neuromuscular Release Techniques for the Lower Extremity”, Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2016 - “OMT for the Large Patient from the Smaller Operator”, Founder’s Day, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2016 - Program Chair – “Osteopathic Focused Residency”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2016 - “Assessing OPP Competencies”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2016 - “Documenting and Billing for OMM”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2016 - “Integrating OPP into Residency Programs”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2016 - “Supervising OMM and Documenting Requirements”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2017 - Program Chair – “OMM Preceptor Training”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2017 - “Assessing OMM”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2017 - “Documenting and Billing for OMM”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2017 - “Favorite Counterstrain Tender Points - Techniques 1-8”, Founder’s Day, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2017 - “OMM Requirements of Osteopathic Focused Residency Programs”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Oct 2017 - “Supervising OMM and Documentation Requirements”, Founder’s Day Preconference – OMM Bootcamp, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Ostrowski D, Ehrenreich H, Heinrich R (2011) Erythropoietin promotes survival and regeneration of insect neurons in vivo and in vitro. Neuroscience 188:95-108

Petrescu O, Cheema AF, Fan X, Bradbury MW, Berk PD, 2008. Differences in Adipocyte Uptake of Long Chain Fatty Acids in Response to High Fat Diets in Osborne-Mendel and S5B/Pl Rats. Int J Obes 32: 853-862 (doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803792)

Petrescu O, Fan X, Gentileschi P, Hossain S, Bradbury M, Gagner M, Berk PD, 2005. Long chain fatty acid uptake is upregulated in omental adipocytes from patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity. Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab.Disord. 29:196-203

Phillips P, Yang Q, Gibson D, Schultz G. Assessing the bioburden in poorly healing wounds. Wounds Int. 2(2), 2011

Rachakatla RS, Davis K [student], Reuter A [student]. Umbilical Cord Matrix Stem Cells (UCMSC) as Drug Delivery Vehicle for B16 Melanoma Treatment. Presented at: Cancer Conference 2011 (Zing Conferences); Xcaret, Mexico; November 9-13, 2011.

Reuter A [student], Davis K [student], Rachakatla RS. Using Neural Stem Cells as a Drug Deliveray Vehicle for Human Breast Cancer. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Rogers RW, Tranovich MJ, Bradbury MW, Habusta SF, 2011. Foot Deformities and Pain in the Geriatric Patient, J Penn Osteopathic Med Assoc, 55, No. 4:15-20

Sept 2011 - “Fibular Nerve Entrapment and Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome” – Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Sept 2014 - “Research Update” Founder’s Day – Manipulative Update, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO

Sept 2017 - “OMM for MDs” Workshop, Mercy Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program, Creve Coeur MO

Sept 2017 - “Osteopathic Approach to Tension Headaches” Live telecast workshop to Still OPTI, Kirksville, MO

Sept 2018 - “Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Approaches for Treating Pelvis Somatic Dysfunction” KCOM Founder’s Day, Kirksville MO, October 2018

Shapiro JA, Nguyen VL, Chamberlain NR. Evidence for persisters in Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62a planktonic cultures and biofilms. J Med Microbiol. 2011 Jul;60(Pt 7):950-60. Epub 2011 Mar 17

Snider KT, Couch R, Bhatia S. Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Practice Patterns of Third-Year and Fourth-Year Osteopathic Medical Students: An Educational Research Project. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2020;120(5):293–302. doi: https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2020.048.

Vellimana AK, Milner E, Azad TD, Harries MD, Zhou ML, Gidday JM, Han BH, Zipfel GJ. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase mediates endogenous protection against subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral vasospasm. Stroke. 2011 Mar;42(3):776-82. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.607200. Epub 2011 Feb 11

Waddington EL, Snider KT, Lockwood MD, Pazdernik VK. Incidence of somatic dysfunction in healthy newborns. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2015;115(11):654-665. doi:10.7556/jaoa.2015.136

Yarotskyy V, Gao G, Peterson BZ, Elmslie KS. Domain III regulates N-type (CaV2.2) calcium channel closing kinetics. J Neurophysiol. 2012 Apr;107(7):1942-51. Epub 2011 Dec 28

Young BA, Herzog F, Friedel P, Rammensee S, Bausch A, van Hemmen JL. Tears of venom: hydrodynamics of reptilian envenomation. Phys Rev Lett. 2011 May 13;106(19):198103. Epub 2011 May 12

Zhou, S-L, RE Gordon, M Bradbury, D Stump, C-L Kiang and PD Berk, 1998. Ethanol up-regulates fatty acid uptake and plasma membrane expression and export of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase in HepG2 cells. Hepatology 27:1067-1074.

Presentations/Published Abstracts


Snider KT, Degenhardt BF, Johnson JC, and Snider E. Somatic Dysfunction and Segmental BMD T-Score Variation in the Lumbar Spine. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2002:102(8):441 (Abstract)

Snider KT, Johnson JC, Degenhardt BF, Snider EJ. The Persistence of Lumbar Somatic Dysfunction And Its Association with Bone Mineral Density. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013 113:e8-e9 (Abstract)

Snider KT, Snider E J, DeGooyer, B, Johnson, JC, Bukowski, A. Retrospective Chart Review of the OMM Hospital Consultation Service at NRMC - Preliminary Results, J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009:109(8):425-462 (Abstract)

Snider KT, Snider E J, Bukowski A, Johnson JC, DeGooyer B. A Creation of a Database Template for Performing a Retrospective Chart Review of an OMM Hospital Consultation Service J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009:109(8):425-462 (Abstract)

Agadjanian A.K., Kondrashov P. Small mammal and mollusk faunas from the second half of the Middle Pleistocene of the Central Russian Plain and the timing of the first appearance of the genus Arvicola (Mammalia, Rodentia). Presented at the XVIII International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)-Congress; Bern, Switzerland; July 21-27, 2011.

Bezold S, Kondrashov P. A new species of Herpetotheriinae (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the Torrejonian of New Mexico. J. Vertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 31. Suppl. to no 6, P. 71A. Presented at 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Las Vegas, NV; November 1-4, 2011.

Boehm K, Marberry K, Korpi F, Kondrashov P. Anatomical and Radiographic Characterization of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament of the Knee. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Brown DE, Schriefer JA, Westerik JO, Scott LC, Cook P, and Snider KT. Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Site Changes and Vasodilation Ability of Rats Fed the Repartitioning Agent L644,969, J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1996:96(9):561 (Abstract)

Budine TE [student], Chamberlain NR, Singh VK, Walston TD. C. elegans as a Model for S. aureus Virulence. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Buttars PR, Kondrashov PE. The Phylogeny of Extant Xenarthran Genera Based on Post-cranial Osteological Morphology. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Castille DL [student], Hudman DA [staff], Singh VK, Sargentini NJ. Gene Expression in X-irradiated Escherichia coli. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Chang Y*. A Central Role of PTP1B in Hyperinsulinemia-enhanced IL-6 Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Presented at: Experimental Biology 2011; Washington, DC; April 9-13, 2011.

Degenhardt BF, Snider KT, Johnson JC, Snider EJ, Pamperin K, Yang Q, Graven-Nielsen T. Reliability of Pressure Pain Thresholds in the Supraspinatous Muscle—Palpation and Algometry. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 112(8) 546-547 (Abstract)

Degenhardt BF, Snider KT, Johnson JC, and Snider EJ. Retention of Interexaminer Reliability in Palpatory Evaluation of the Lumbar Spine. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2002:102(8):439 (Abstract)

Degenhardt BF, Johnson JC,Snider KT, Snider EJ, Pamperin K, Yang Q, Graven-Nielsen T. Pain Pressure Thresholds of Predicted Tender Points by Algometry and Palpation. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2012 112(8) 546-547 (Abstract)

Draper BA [student], Johnson JC, Chamberlain NR. What Drew You to Osteopathic Medicine? A Survey of Osteopathic Medical Students from 10 Schools. Presented at: 55th Annual American Osteopathic Association Research Conference; Orlando, FL; October 30-November 1, 2011.

Folkerts M [student], Hudman DA [staff], Sargentini NJ. Transcription of radA/sms Is Upregulated in UV or X-irradiated Escherichia coli. Poster presented at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology; New Orleans, LA; May 21-24, 2011.

Guthrie C [student], Schuerman A [student], Wilson C [student], Worthington BD [student], Snider EJ, Johnson JC, Singh VK, Sargentini NJ, Ruhlen RL. Osteopathic Manual Treatment of Ankle Pain in a Rat Model. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Johansson T [student], Singh A [post-doc]. Singh K [student]. Singh VK. Expression Pattern and Significance of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases in Staphylococcus aureus. 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA; May 21-24, 2011.

Kondrashov P., Agadjanian A.K. Biostratigraphy and zonation of the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Central Russian Plain using small mammals and mollusks. Presented at the XVIII International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)-Congress; Bern, Switzerland; July 21-27, 2011.

Lee M-CW, Franco M, Vargas DM, Hudman DA [staff], Fowler RG, Sargentini NJ. A Role for DinB in Protecting Escherichia coli from the Lethal Effects of UV and Ionizing Radiation. Presented at the 42nd Environmental Mutagen Society annual meeting; Montreal, Quebec; October 15-19, 2011.

McGrew MS [student], Baer RW. Using FRET to Measure MT1-MMP Activity in Melanoma Cells. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011

McIntyre MB Jr, Kondrashov PE. Histological Classification of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Ostrowski D, Zars T (2011) “Influence of high temperature experience on locomotor behavior of Drosophila.” Midwest Drosophila Conference in Iowa City, USA

Patel N, Dalecki A [student], Gariga N, Makin I, Singh VK. Development of Culture and a Rapid PCR Assay for Periodontal Bacteria. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Ramachandra R [post-doc], McGrew S [staff], Baxter J [student], Elmslie KS. Pharmacological Identification of Voltage-gated Sodium Channels Expressed in Muscle Afferent Neurons. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Ramaraj P, Brown J [student], Cox JL. Effect of Progesterone Treatment on Melanoma Cell Growth and Adhesion. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011

Ramaraj P, Cox JL. Effect of steroids on in-vitro melanoma cell growth and viability. Endocrine Reviews, 12 (3), P1-29 abstract, June 2011. Poster presentation at the 93rd annual endocrine society meeting at Boston, June 4-7, 2011

Smith S [staff], Hovorka M[staff], Middlemas DS. Chronic Buspirone Treatment Increases Newborn Cell Survival in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus in an Adolescent Rat Model. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Stuart MK, Hiatt JL [student], Richardson NC [student], Sargentini NJ. The Effect of Alanine Substitutions on RadA/Sms Epitope Stability. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Stuart MK, Richardson NC, Hiatt JL [student], Singh VK, Sargentini NJ. Analysis of Proteins that Co-precipitate with RadA/Sms in X-irradiated Escherichia coli. Poster presented at the 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology; New Orleans, LA; May 21-24, 2011.

Swaters L, Houser JJ, Degenhardt BF, Bird M. Comparison of Isometric Contractions of Transverse Abdominis EMG Activity. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Udall D, Vause B, Brechue WF. Gait Transition Not Related to Kinematic or Metabolic Input in Humans

White RD [student], Chang Y. The Effects of Caffeine on Vascular Injury-induced Neointimal Hyperplasia. Poster presented at 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Conference; Kirksville, MO; October 22, 2011.

Worthington, BD [student], Ruhlen RL, Snider EJ, Johnson JC, Singh VK, Sargentini NJ. A rat model of ankle injury to test efficacy of manual treatment for pain relief. Poster presented at American Osteopathic Association Research Conference; Orlando, FL; Oct. 1- Nov 1, 2011.

Yarotskyy V, Ramachandra R, Elmslie KS. ω-Conotoxins Mviia and mviic Differenti ally Affect N-type Calcium Channel Gating. Presented at: Venoms to Drugs; Heron Island, Queensland, Australia; May 16, 2011

Books, Chapters, Reviews


Akhtar S, Choudhry MA. Gut inflammation in response to injury: Potential target for therapeutic intervention (Review). Recent Pat Anti infect Drug Discov 6: 206-215, 2011.

Bishop VS, Peterson DF, Horwitz LD. Factors influencing cardiac performance. In: AC Guyton and CE Jones (eds.) International Review of Science. Cardiovascular Physiology. Vol 1

Bradbury, MW, C Church and R Pratt. Chronic Exposure of HuH7 Hepatoma Cells to Ethanol Causes Increased Fatty Acid Uptake, Which is Reversed by Withdrawal. LECOM Research Day

Bradbury, MW, S Woodward, R Pratt. Role of Mitochondrial Leader Sequence and Mature Protein Sequence on Subcellular Localization of Mitochondrial Aspartate Aminotransferase. LECOM Research Day

Brechue WF. Structure-function relationships that determine sprint performance and running speed in sport. Int. J Applied Sport Science. 23(2): 313-350, 2011

Evanoff-Jurkovic, M, M Bradbury, J Eysamen, L Epperly. Does pelvic/sacral somatic dysfunction affect the Galleazzi Test? LECOM Research Day, Oral Presentation

Kondrashov PE, Martin LD. 2011. Chapter 8. A saber-tooth cat skull from Tajikistan, Central Asia and the relationships between Eurasian and North American homotheres; pp. 195-199; In The Other Saber-tooths, Scimita-tooth Cats of the Western Hemisphere (VL Naples, LD Martin and JP Babiarz, eds); John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

Ogg, R, DO, S Habusta, N Grimm, M Bradbury. The Effect of Racquet Head Size on Overuse Shoulder Injuries in Competitive Tennis Players. LECOM Research Day

Ostrowski D, Zars T (2011) Genetics of memory. In: Yearbook of Science and Technology. R. Kasunic, ed. McGraw-Hill, New York. 121-124

Ramachandra R , Subramanian T. Atlas of The Neonatal Rat Brain. CRC press. Jan 2011. ISBN -9781439840122

Tamura M, Troyer D, Maurya DK, Kawabata A, Rachakatla RS. Cytokines and Lung Cancer; In Cytokines (Ross J. Hunter, Ed); Science Publishers 2011; Pages 173–187.

Other Scholarly Publications


Session Chair: Anti-cancer agents and Cancer Therapy, PCS 2nd Global Cancer Conference-India, 2nd June 2018, New Delhi, India

Session Chair: Medical oncology, cancer cell biology, immuno oncology and cancer biomarkers at the 27th World oncologists annual conference on Medical oncology, Radiation oncology & Surgical oncology, December 7-8, 2018, Chicago, USA