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Care factor: Center for Health Systems Innovation improves care delivery with data-driven solutions

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

The Center for Health Systems Innovation, a Spears Business center with a footprint on the OSU Center for Health Sciences campus, is using data to transform health care delivery. These methods are improving accessibility and efficiency for clinicians, patients and employers across Oklahoma.

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Leaders, lawmakers celebrate transfer of new VA hospital

Tue, Nov 11, 2025

Federal, state and local lawmakers, leaders, stakeholders and supporters celebrated Veterans Day at the ownership transfer ceremony of the new James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center.

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Senior Mentor Program fosters connections and experiences for med students

Mon, Nov 10, 2025

The OSU-COM Senior Mentor Program pairs two second-year medical students with senior mentor volunteers. Students conduct six visits at their mentor's home, covering specific health and wellness topics.

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The Code Calls: Oklahoma State University launches new brand campaign

Fri, Nov 07, 2025

As Oklahoma’s premier land-grant university with a presence in all 77 counties, OSU has been defined by its mission since 1890 — that education should drive opportunity and impact. The Code Calls builds on that legacy by expressing a simple truth: every Cowboy lives by a code — a promise to do what is right, even when it is hard.

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Cancer Sucks donation helping train OSU-CHS students in flow cytometry

Wed, Oct 29, 2025

Rashmi Kaul, professor of immunology in the School of Biomedical Sciences at OSU-CHS, has been introducing students to flow cytometry through workshops funded by Cancer Sucks Inc.

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‘I wish I had a country doctor’

Thu, Oct 23, 2025

OSU-COM alumnus James Graham central figure of new documentary ‘Country Doctor’ debuting on HBO Oct. 28.

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Lean Healthcare Internship prepares med students to tackle hospital challenges

Wed, Oct 15, 2025

The OSU Center for Health Systems Innovation (CHSI) is equipping OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine students with the skills to address real-world problems in hospitals with the Lean Healthcare internship program.

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Orange Impact: OSU-Tulsa celebrates Main Hall renovation, touts growing workforce development impact in Green Country

Thu, Oct 09, 2025

OSU President Jim Hess and university leaders cut the ribbon on a newly renovated hall Thursday at OSU-Tulsa as part of the Orange Impact event highlighting the university’s growing role in workforce development, health care innovation and economic growth across northeastern Oklahoma.

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OSU Medicine partners with Discovery Lab for science and health care exhibit

Mon, Oct 06, 2025

In order to introduce more students to careers in health and science, OSU Medicine has partnered with Tulsa’s Discovery Lab to give children an inside look at health care through the Curiosity Clinic.

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Emergency prevention and preparedness: Meet Harrison Hill

Tue, Sep 23, 2025

Hill works out of the OSU-Tulsa Police office in Main Hall, helping departments prevent and prepare for emergencies across multiple campuses and clinics in the Tulsa area, including OSU-Tulsa, OSU Medicine clinics, OSU Center for Health Sciences and the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tahlequah.

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Graduate programs drive record enrollment growth at OSU-CHS

Fri, Sep 19, 2025

OSU Center for Health Sciences broke a new record this fall semester. For the first time, enrollment in its Graduate Programs has surpassed 2,000 students. Overall, Graduate Programs at OSU-CHS saw a 23% increase in enrollment, with the largest growth occurring in the HCA and Forensic Sciences programs, which had enrollment increases of 35% and 19% respectively.

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Emergency management team is ready to serve the CHS community

Fri, Sep 19, 2025

OSU-CHS Campus Security merged with the OSU Police Department based in Stillwater and is now part of the Tulsa Division. OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation and OSU Medicine clinics are now covered by OSU’s emergency management team. Capt. Dan Ray is the captain of emergency services with the OSU Police Department and Harrison Hill is associate emergency manager for the Tulsa Division.

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