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OSU rural healthcare advocate Stacie Pace recognized with prestigious national award

Tue, May 28, 2019

Stacie Pace, director of Oklahoma State University’s Rural Health Network (ROK-Net) and executive director of the Rural Health Network of Oklahoma (RHN), has been recognized as the 2019 National Cooperative of Health Network Outstanding Network Leader.

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Finding Hope with Mental Health Awareness Training

Fri, Apr 05, 2019

Entitled “Finding Hope,” the three-year project will expand and enhance awareness training efforts to better prepare individuals and emergency services personnel to identify mental illness, employ de-escalation techniques, establish referral linkages, and connect individuals to available community resources.

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$200 Million to Establish Endowment for OSU Center for Wellness & Recovery

Tue, Mar 26, 2019

Attorney General Mike Hunter and Oklahoma State University leaders today announced an historic settlement with Purdue Pharma that will establish a nearly $200 million endowment at the Oklahoma State University’s Center for Wellness and Recovery, which will go toward treating the ongoing addiction epidemic nationwide.

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Dr. Kayse Shrum appointed as Secretary of Science and Innovation

Fri, Mar 15, 2019

Governor Kevin Stitt announced today his appointment of Dr. Kayse Shrum as the Secretary of Science and Innovation and Jerome Loughridge as Secretary of Health and Mental Health. Both cabinet positions require Senate confirmation.

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OSU-CHS Assistant Professor earns National Research Award

Mon, Mar 11, 2019

The American Association of Anatomists recently announced the selections for its 2019 Service and Scientific Awards, and Dr. Paul Gignac, assistant professor in Anatomy & Cell Biology at OSU Center for Health Sciences, was named the Morphological Sciences Award winner by the AAA Early-Career Investigator Committee.

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New study finds T. rex has an unbeatable ability to twirl, making it a superb predator

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

A new study from researchers at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences found that Tyrannosaurus rex — and other tyrannosaurs like it — could turn twice as fast as other carnivorous dinosaurs their size.

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OSU Center for Health Sciences to celebrate community support during A Stately Affair in Tulsa

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

Oklahoma State University-Tulsa and OSU Center for Health Sciences are hosting their fifth biennial fundraiser ‘A Stately Affair in Tulsa’ on May 16 at the Cox Business Center.

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OSU Center for Health Sciences announces medical school scholarships in honor of the nation’s first tribally affiliated medical school

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) announced the establishment of multiple scholarship funds totaling $475,000 from the Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and 13 private donors in honor of the nation’s first tribally affiliated medical school – the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation.

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Health Data Shootout to target opioids

Fri, Jan 18, 2019

Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Systems Innovation Institute for Predictive Medicine is set to host the 2019 Health Data Shootout from Feb. 20 through March 29.

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$1.8 Million Awarded to Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences to Combat Opioid Epidemic

Wed, Dec 19, 2018

The Center for Wellness and Recovery at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) has been awarded more than $1.8 million in state and federal funds to combat the opioid epidemic in Oklahoma.

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OSU Center for Health Sciences Receives Federal Grant to fund program improving rural health care

Mon, Dec 03, 2018

The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences has received a $2 million, five-year grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a five-year program that will improve health care in rural Oklahoma communities.

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Creating Space

Thu, Nov 01, 2018

The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation donates five floors in Legacy Plaza's west tower

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