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$10.7M NIH grant to fund Oklahoma Center for Microbiome Research

Wed, Jan 24, 2024

The National Institutes of Health awarded Oklahoma State University researchers a $10.7 million grant to fund the Oklahoma Center for Microbiome Research, which will add a critical mass of new investigators and create new cutting-edge research infrastructure for microbiome scientists across the state.

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OSU biomedical professor, medical students publish research into rare blood disease tests

Thu, Jan 18, 2024

Advances are being made in developing new and more versatile tests for the rare, but life-threatening, blood disease TTP thanks to findings recently published by researchers and medical students from OSU Center for Health Sciences.

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OSU-CHS adds online mental health resources for students

Thu, Dec 21, 2023

OSU-CHS students now have two new technology-based mental health resources they can utilize through Student Wellness— BetterHelp and Togetherall.

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The Cowboy Way: Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan

Thu, Dec 21, 2023

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, professor of rural health and director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, is currently serving on 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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Quarter Century of Progress: 25 years of impact in Tulsa

Thu, Dec 21, 2023

Oklahoma State University-Tulsa’s story doesn’t begin with one university – but four. Before 1986, there was no public four-year university presence in Tulsa. To address this, the City of Tulsa’s redevelopment arm opened the land just north of Interstate 244 to create a higher education campus, University Center at Tulsa, or UCAT. UCAT was composed of OSU, Langston University, the University of Oklahoma and Northeastern State University, providing mainly graduate-level academic programming.

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Millions raised for students at 2023 A Stately Affair Gala

Thu, Dec 21, 2023

Stately Affair: It’s a summer night of glitz, glam and plenty of orange in downtown Tulsa, with the mission to raise money for Oklahoma State University’s presence in the city. This year, the biennial fundraising event at the Cox Business Center raised $2 million for scholarships to benefit OSU-Tulsa and OSU Center for Health Sciences students.

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NCWR takes part in OKDMHSAS' Momentum conference

Wed, Dec 13, 2023

The National Center for Wellness & Recovery was both a sponsor and participant at Momentum: Prevention, Justice, Recovery conference put on by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

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OAIRE named to ‘Fast Company’s’ Next Big Things in Tech List

Tue, Nov 28, 2023

The Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education at Oklahoma State University has been named to ‘Fast Company’s’ third annual Next Big Things in Tech list, honoring technology breakthroughs that promise to shape the future of industries — from health care and security to artificial intelligence and data.

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OSU, OU collaboration finds semaglutide treatment associated with reductions in alcohol use disorder symptoms

Mon, Nov 27, 2023

The first published evidence from humans that semaglutide specifically reduces the symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has been published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and details a recent collaboration between clinicians and scientists at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine and OSU Center for Health Sciences.

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OSU-CHS awarded $16 million grant to improve health in rural, tribal and urban communities

Tue, Nov 14, 2023

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently awarded OSU Center for Health Sciences a $16 million grant to enhance the school’s recruitment, retention and training programs focused on rural, tribal, and urban and underserved populations in Oklahoma.

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Center for Health Systems Innovation research may have profound impacts on health care systems

Mon, Nov 13, 2023

The Spears School of Business and the OSU Center for Health Sciences (CHS) are researching ways to impact health care education and your health care experience using groundbreaking curriculum shifts and experiential learning.

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$10M grant awarded to develop, expand Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives

Fri, Nov 10, 2023

A five-year, $10 million grant was recently awarded to OSU’s Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy (CIHRP) to expand and grow health and nutrition initiatives in native communities across the country.

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