Renowned expert to lead new Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute at Oklahoma State University

Thu, Dec 08, 2022

Oklahoma State University has taken another major step to enhance health in Oklahoma by appointing Lance Walker to lead the new Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute (HPNRI).

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Google donates $250,000 to OSU for K-12 STEM outreach programs

Tue, Nov 29, 2022

The donation will be divided equally between OSU Center for Health Sciences’ Cowboys Calling STEM outreach programs and the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology’s Engineering is Everywhere initiative, both aimed at elementary through high school students.

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Med student spends time in Alaska as part of tribal medicine training

Wed, Nov 16, 2022

For medical student Ashton Glover Gatewood, spending time in Wasilla, Alaska, treating patients and learning from physicians at the Benteh Nuutah Valley Native Primary Care Center was both quite similar and very different to her time in tribal health facilities in Oklahoma.

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OSU’s HCA program ranked in top 5 for online master’s health care degrees

Fri, Nov 11, 2022

OSU Center for Health Sciences’ Health Care Administration degree program has been ranked fourth in the country for online health care degrees by website EduMed.org for its overall quality, affordability and commitment to student success.

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Instructor brings decades of experience to forensic nursing courses

Wed, Nov 02, 2022

For more than 30 years, Kathy Bell has worked in the field of forensic nursing, first at Hillcrest Medical Center and then the Tulsa Police Department, before adding instructor to her resume. About 10 years ago, Bell started teaching two forensic nursing courses as an adjunct professor with OSU Center for Health Sciences School of Forensic Sciences.

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OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation dean recognized with two national awards

Fri, Oct 28, 2022

This fall Dr. Natasha Bray, dean of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, is being honored with two prestigious national awards — one highlighting her work as a physician and the other for her work in medical education.

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Early carnivorous dinosaur had highly flexible growth according to OSU-COM CN professor

Wed, Oct 26, 2022

A team of researchers, including Daniel Barta, Ph.D., OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation assistant professor of anatomy, have unveiled new details about how a 200-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur grew.

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OSU-CHS recognized with national diversity award for second time

Mon, Oct 24, 2022

For the second consecutive year, OSU Center for Health Sciences has received a Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine.

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OSU-CHS, University of Arizona to revolutionize pain and addiction research

Fri, Oct 21, 2022

In search of answers, researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences recently established an innovative partnership to discover and develop modern therapeutics for the treatment of chronic pain.

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Family history, Hispanic heritage motivation to become doctor

Thu, Sep 29, 2022

Leslie Barcenas, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine alumna, said her family's medical history and the challenges they faced when communicating with health care professionals was a big motivation for going into medicine.

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CIRCA awarded $9.5M for continued ACEs research, resources

Tue, Sep 27, 2022

OSU Center for Health Sciences Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity (CIRCA) was recently awarded $9.5 million from the National Institutes of Health for phase 2 of its program that supports research of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

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Forensic Sciences lab brings closure to families through DNA identification

Thu, Sep 22, 2022

The School of Forensic Sciences’ Human Identity Testing Laboratory at OSU Center for Health Sciences works with national and international coroners and medical examiners to help identify human remains and bring closure to families.

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