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Native American Student Spotlight: Kassidy DesRoche, Physician Assistant program

Fri, Oct 29, 2021

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, OSU Center for Health Sciences will spotlight some of our Native American students throughout November.

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Cherokee language classes offered to medical students

Fri, Oct 29, 2021

Earlier this fall, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation offered students from both campuses the opportunity to enroll in a weekly Cherokee language class that meets virtually.

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Associate Dean of Tribal Health Affairs named

Tue, Oct 26, 2021

Dr. Douglas Nolan has been named Associate Dean of Tribal Health Affairs for the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation.

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OSU-CHS recognized with HEED Award

Thu, Oct 21, 2021

OSU Center for Health Sciences received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

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Veterans Hospital in Tulsa celebrates historic groundbreaking

Fri, Oct 15, 2021

The new hospital, which will be housed on the expanded OSU Academic Medical District, will convert the existing Kerr-Edmondson buildings into a modern 275,000 square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital for veterans.

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OSU-COM partners with NSUOCO for interprofessional education opportunity

Thu, Oct 07, 2021

OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa and the OSU-COM at the Cherokee Nation location in Tahlequah recently hosted Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry for joint lectures and hands-on training.

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OSU-CHS honored with AOA's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Unification Award

Wed, Oct 06, 2021

OSU Center for Health Sciences and its College of Osteopathic Medicine was recognized by the American Osteopathic Association with the 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Unification Award. This is the first year AOA has presented the DEI Unification Award.

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$5.5M in grants awarded to OSU-CHS Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy

Tue, Sep 28, 2021

The Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy (CIHRP) at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences was recently awarded two grants totaling about $5.5 million to study and improve indigenous food systems and health outcomes.

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OSU-COM student appointed as SNMA Board of Directors

Mon, Aug 23, 2021

At this year’s virtual Student National Medical Association Conference, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine fourth year student Tomi Adewumi was appointed International Affairs Committee Co-Chair, a member of the organization’s Board of Directors.

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OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation, Connors State partner in Tahlequah education endeavor

Thu, Aug 19, 2021

The Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation and Connors State College are partnering together to provide interprofessional education for nursing students attending Connors State, alongside medical students attending the new OSU-COM at the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah.

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COM student awarded grant to study blood disease

Fri, Aug 06, 2021

Cameron Barton was recognized with the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society (HTRS) Student Research Award to conduct a research project looking at improving a diagnostic test for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), a blood disease that has a mortality rate of more than 90 percent if left untreated.

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OSU-CHS students honor those who give ultimate gift

Wed, Aug 04, 2021

OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistant students, along with faculty and staff, recognized those who donated their bodies to the medical school at a Body Donor Honoring Ceremony Monday evening.

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