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Dr. Eagerton received his Doctorate in Pharmacology in 1992 from the University of South Carolina. During his graduate studies, he also worked as a Poison Control Consultant at the Palmetto Poison Center. In February of 1993, he joined the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) as a Forensic Toxicologist, was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1997, and served as Chief Toxicologist, overseeing the SLED Toxicology Department, until his retirement in September 2009. Dr. Eagerton joined the founding faculty of the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy (PCSP) in October 2009 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2015. In June 2017 Dr. Eagerton joined the faculty at Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In January 2022, Dr. Eagerton joined the faculty of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Eagerton is a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and is Board Certified in Forensic Toxicology. He has authored numerous publications and presentations in the fields of Forensic Toxicology and Pharmacology. He has testified as an expert in the fields of Toxicology and Pharmacology in Magistrate, General Sessions, Federal, and U.S. Military courts and has served as an Expert Witness Faculty Member at the National District Attorneys Association National Advocacy Center since 1999. Dr. Eagerton has served as an Inspector for the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors / Laboratory Accreditation Board and is a member of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists and the Southern Association of Forensic Scientists. He is the founding President of the Palmetto Association of Toxicologists and is also a certified WMD HAZMAT technician and a former member of the SLED Forensics Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Team and the South Carolina Bioterrorism Advisory Committee. Dr. Eagerton is the Laboratory Director at LifeHope Labs and a member of the American Association of Forensic Scientists Standards Board as a subject matter expert for the Toxicology Consensus Body.
| University | Degree |
|---|---|
| University of South Carolina | PhD Pharmacology |
| University of South Carolina | BS Biology |
Forensic Toxicology
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A link and schedule will be sent to registered participants.
Please see below for information regarding hotel blocks in the area specifically for Graduation. Our regular VCOM rates are also still available at other hotels in the area.
We have blocked off hotel rooms for May 10th – May 14th, 2022 at the following hotels. You may either call the hotel and tell them you are booking as a VCOM Graduate, or you may use the link below if they have provided one.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites I-26
Holiday Inn Express & Suites North
Comfort Suites @ Westgate Mall
Best Western Plus Spartanburg
Hilton Garden Inn Spartanburg
Hampton Inn & Suites Spartanburg I-26 Westgate
Tru by Hilton Spartanburg
Spartanburg Marriott Hotel
AC Hotel Spartanburg
Location: VCOM-Carolinas, 350 Howard Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303
°µTV (VCOM) – Carolinas Campus will hold its Eighth Annual Via Research Recognition Day on Friday, February 11, 2022. Research Day is a significant event for VCOM and supports the mission of the College to provide medical education and research that prepares globally-minded, community-focused physicians and improves the health of those most in need.
Registration is FREE but required. Registration opens on November 15, 2021, and the deadline to register is January 21, 2022. All participants, including students and poster presenters, must register to participate in Research Day.
-Registration is now closed
With registration for this event, you get:
For any problems with registration, please email researchday-cc@carolinas.vcom.edu.
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Registration, first-floor reception area |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Opening Remarks |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Keynote Address: Jeremy Kilburn, MD |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Student Researcher of the Year |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Student Research Presentations |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
Dr. Kilburn attended medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina where he sat on the admissions committee. This was followed by residency training in Radiation Oncology at Wake Forest in Winston Salem, SC. He attended Davidson College where he majored outside of the sciences in French. His interest in research predated his medical training spending 2 years in a basic science lab and continued with more focused oncology basic science research during medical school. His focus shifted more towards clinical research during residency training before accepting a position with Gibbs Radiation Oncology in the Greenville/Spartanburg area.
He was asked to serve as a young investigator in the NCI's community oncology network, NCORP, beginning in fall 2014 and served as a Co-PI. He now serves as one of three PI’s with Upstate Carolina NCORP which manages a 2.8 million dollar per year grant shared among St. Francis and AnMed's cancer programs. He remains passionate about bringing clinical trials and the most advanced treatment to communities along with addressing community awareness and cancer disparities. He regularly presents to the Us Too Prostate Cancer organization, Greenville Medical Society, St. Francis Community Outreach Programs, among others. He sits on multiple national research base disease site committees and chairs the protocol review committee at Upstate NCORP.
He is a proud father of 11 and 12 year avid gymnasts and enjoys traveling in his family's RV and spending time on the lake together. He has mentored many medical and premedical students with clinically directed research and hopes to see Gibbs Cancer center continue to grow regionally and nationally as a center of research excellence.
Attendees are invited to share their research in poster format. Poster abstracts must be accepted for the event for posters to be displayed. The Via Research Recognition Day features an optional poster competition for medical students performing research in the following categories: Biomedical Research, Clinical Research, Clinical Case Reports, Educational Research, and Simulation Research.
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, December 3. Please note: no extensions for abstract submission will be granted.
For questions about abstract submissions or participation in the poster competition, please email Dr. Patrick Fisher at researchday-cc@carolinas.vcom.edu.
When an abstract is accepted, the submitting author will receive further instructions on poster submission via email.
VCOM provides free poster printing for any meeting attendee with an accepted abstract. Details will be sent to submitting authors with the abstract acceptance email.
Send poster submissions to: researchday-cc@carolinas.vcom.edu
Free VCOM Poster Printing Deadline is Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5 p.m.
The Via Research Recognition Day is a forum for health professionals and scientists at academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present or benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all humans. By attending the oral presentations and poster sessions, participants will have the opportunity to learn cutting edge information in the physiological bases of osteopathic manipulative therapy efficacy, new trends in physician-based research networks, and how to develop innovative research projects with high impact for human health. By attending the poster session, participants will also learn about the biomedical, clinical and educational research activities at VCOM and its partner institutions will have an opportunity to identify new collaborative research opportunities.
Medical students, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, public health professionals, medical residents, other health profession students and others interested in primary care issues and research.
It is the policy of the VCOM Medical Education Department to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the participants any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.
