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CIRCA director, OSU professor write book on ACEs and PACEs

Fri, May 01, 2020

Jennifer Hays-Grudo, Ph.D., Regents professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at OSU Center for Health Sciences and director of the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity (CIRCA), co-authored the recently released book “Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences: A Developmental Perspective.”

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OSU Addiction Medicine Clinic offers help to those struggling during pandemic

Fri, May 01, 2020

Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, many people continue to struggle with substance use disorders and the stress of isolation due to stay-at-home orders, financial burdens and uncertain futures may only make it worse.

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OSU med student, Schweitzer Fellow starts STEM program for girls

Tue, Apr 28, 2020

Toni Nigro and fellow OSU medical student Angela Clifton were two of 11 Tulsa-area graduate students selected for the Tulsa Chapter’s 2019-20 fellowship program.

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Biology, psychology major named an Outstanding Senior

Fri, Apr 24, 2020

Samuel Alvarado Garcia, a biology and psychology major from Enid, Oklahoma, has been selected as an Oklahoma State University 2019-2020 Outstanding Senior by the OSU Alumni Association.

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OSU-CHS campus new drive-thru testing site

Mon, Apr 20, 2020

In response to Oklahomans asking for additional testing and at the request of Governor Kevin Stitt, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the University of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University are teaming up to offer drive-through testing sites at university locations in the Tulsa metro area.

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Psychology alumna researching suicide prevention in Native communities

Wed, Apr 15, 2020

Victoria O’Keefe (’12 M.S., ’16 Ph.D.) came to Oklahoma State University to pursue advanced degrees in psychology. Her time here ignited her passion for research, clinic work and advocacy with indigenous communities. She is now an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, in the Social and Behavioral Interventions Program. Read her story and learn how she is working during the pandemic.

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CIHRP executive director featured in PBS documentary on diabetes

Mon, Apr 13, 2020

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, executive director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy, talks about her personal and professional history with diabetes.

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