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Middleton takes on role as next alumni board president

Thu, May 28, 2020

After graduating in 2013, Middleton completed the OSU family medicine residency program and then a sports medicine fellowship at Texas A&M. He returned to Oklahoma and he now practices at McBride Orthopedic Hospital in Oklahoma City and is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at OU Health Sciences Center.

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OSU Medicine 411 virtual camp offers teens taste of medical school

Wed, May 27, 2020

With in-person events cancelled this summer due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, OSU Center for Health Sciences Office of Outreach and University Engagement came up with a different way to engage high school students in an effort to spark their interest in a career in medicine.

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Frye named interim Commissioner of Health

Fri, May 22, 2020

Col. Lance Frye, M.D., OSU Center for Health Sciences residency program director and interim department chair and clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was named interim Oklahoma Commissioner of Health by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday, May 22.

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Book club gives voice to Women in Recovery

Wed, May 06, 2020

As a second year OSU medical student, Angela Clifton prepared for high-stakes conversations with her future patients by reading the book “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High,” and as a 2019 Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Clifton thought to extend the conversation to clients at Women in Recovery (WIR).

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OSU TeleHealth Solution connecting rural hospitals to physician specialists during COVID-19 emergency

Mon, May 04, 2020

OSU Medicine is substantially increasing its telemedicine capability this week to aid rural hospitals and communities as part of Oklahoma’s COVID-19 Task Force response.

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CHS student co-founds organization making face shields

Fri, May 01, 2020

Rebecca Gaglia is a medical and doctoral student at OSU Center for Health Sciences. She also serves as the volunteer coordinator for Makers4Medicine, a group that makes and donates face shields for health care workers.

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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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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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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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Dr. Kent Smith, Ph.D.: Virtual STEM Camps

Tue, Apr 07, 2020

OSU-CHS Associate Dean of American Indians in Medicine and Science, Dr. Kent Smith, Ph.D., writes a blog on his recent launch of virtual STEM classes for rural public schools and tribal partners amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.

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