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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 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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Hardesty ‘humbled and privileged’ to be named to 50 Making a Difference list

Fri, Oct 27, 2023

Dr. Teresa Hardesty, internal medicine physician with OSU Medicine and an OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine alumnus, was recently recognized by the Journal Record as a 50 Making a Difference honoree.

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OSU med student spends summer as NIH research intern

Thu, Sep 21, 2023

Second-year OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine student Sachi Pathak wants to not only treat patients as a physician, but also find ways to cure their illnesses through research. Her skills in a lab earned her a summer internship this year at the National Institutes of Health, where she was one of only 50 medical students from across the country accepted into the prestigious research internship program.

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OSU-COM clinical professor Leslie Ching named AAO Journal editor in chief

Fri, Jun 30, 2023

Dr. Leslie Ching, clinical associate professor at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been named editor in chief of the American Academy of Osteopathy Journal.

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OSU-CHS earns a top spot in US News & World Report medical school rankings

Tue, May 16, 2023

OSU Center for Health Sciences has earned the No. 1 ranking in the percentage of graduates practicing medicine in Health Professional Shortage Areas and No. 10 in graduates practicing in rural areas from U.S. News and World Report’s annual medical school rankings.

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Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame 2023

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association honored four new members of the OSU Hall of Fame at a ceremony on Feb. 10 in the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center. Burns and Ann Hargis, Cecil O’Brate and Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson all received the university’s highest honor. The award celebrates outstanding lifetime achievement in society and professional life.

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OSU Center for Rural Health awarded $3 million grant

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

The CDC grant will fund rural and tribal medical student scholarships, rural telemedicine vehicles and community programs with OSU Extension.

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Schweitzer Fellows, OSU med students work to introduce health careers to north Tulsa elementary students

Fri, Nov 19, 2021

Jackson and fellow OSU third-year medical student Alyssa Lindsey, chosen as 2020-21 Albert Schweitzer Fellows, partnered to develop and implement a Health Science Pipeline Project at Sankofa School of Creative and Performing Arts, a charter school in downtown Tulsa.

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Veterans Hospital in Tulsa celebrates historic groundbreaking

Fri, Oct 15, 2021

The new hospital, which will be housed on the expanded OSU Academic Medical District, will convert the existing Kerr-Edmondson buildings into a modern 275,000 square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital for veterans.

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OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine alumna tackles challenges in battling COVID-19

Wed, Apr 28, 2021

Dr. Julie Ledgerwood, D.O., has spent her career studying viruses and developing vaccines against them through her work with the National Institutes of Health’s Vaccine Research Center (VRC), part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

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