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Athletic training student working with storied OSU wrestling program

Fri, Mar 03, 2023

Cheyann Sales, who will graduate from OSU Center for Health Sciences’ Master of Athletic Training program in May, is completing her final clinical rotation with Cowboy wrestling.

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CIHRP director selected for two national committees on health equality, nutrition

Wed, Feb 22, 2023

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, professor of Rural Health and director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy at OSU Center for Health Sciences, has been appointed to two prestigious national advisory committees— one determining the country’s dietary guidelines and the other looking at how health care disparities have changed in the last 20 years.

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Black History Month Spotlight: Myles Tucker

Wed, Feb 22, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, we will spotlighting Black students, residents, alumni and faculty from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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Black History Month Spotlight: Dr. Shelby Brown

Wed, Feb 15, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, we will spotlighting Black students, residents, alumni and faculty from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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Retired Ardmore physician and family donate $500K to OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine

Mon, Feb 13, 2023

Longtime Ardmore residents Dr. James and Regina Turrentine have pledged $500,000 to the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to establish scholarships for Oklahoma students with a preference for those from Ardmore, Stigler and the surrounding counties.

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Black History Month Spotlight: Dr. Wes Brantley

Tue, Feb 07, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, we will spotlighting Black students, residents, alumni and faculty from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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Student Doctor of the Year exemplifies D.O. philosophy

Tue, Feb 07, 2023

Jordyn Austin, a third-year medical student at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, was recently named the 2023 OSU-COM Student Doctor of the Year.

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Black History Month Spotlight: Megan Campbell

Thu, Feb 02, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, we will spotlighting Black students, residents, alumni and faculty from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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TSET awards Project ECHO $4.5M to improve rural health care

Thu, Feb 02, 2023

The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors awarded $4.5 million over three years to OSU Center for Health Sciences. The funding will be used for the expansion of Project ECHO, a program designed to improve health care in rural areas.

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Scientist spouses team up to research urinary tract infections, treatments

Fri, Jan 20, 2023

OSU Center for Health Sciences professors, and spouses, Rashmi and Anil Kaul recently published their research into recurrent UTIs and possible alternative treatments.

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OSU med students study inequalities, gaps in ophthalmology research

Tue, Dec 20, 2022

A team of OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine students from both the Tulsa and Tahlequah campuses spent six months researching, writing and then publishing an article that analyzed previous studies conducted into inequalities of ophthalmology care and found notable inequalities among Black and Hispanic patients that led to negative outcomes.

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Research into tyrannosaur feet may one day help treat sports injuries

Mon, Dec 19, 2022

A group of health professionals, scientists and paleontologists, including two anatomy professors from OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, recently published a study into tyrannosaurs’ unique feet and how they may have played a role in this dinosaur family’s success as top predators — and how their findings could help treat or prevent sports injuries in humans.

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