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OSU Medicine expanding access to virtual health care across Oklahoma

Fri, May 24, 2024

In order to bridge the gap of health care access that is much needed in Oklahoma, OSU Medicine is utilizing the latest technologies to bring the expertise of its physicians directly to rural hospitals across the state.

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OSU professors support healthy aging in rural communities

Mon, Mar 25, 2024

Three Oklahoma State University professors received a three-year, $242,000 grant to support healthy aging in rural Oklahoman communities.

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OSU Medicine to provide staff for McAlester Regional emergency department

Tue, Mar 19, 2024

Board-certified emergency medicine physicians from OSU Medicine will now be working in the emergency department at McAlester Regional Health Center during every shift, every day of the year.

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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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Tulsa World: Commitment to rural, underserved areas earns OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine top spot in rankings

Mon, Jul 17, 2023

In U.S. News & World Report’s most recent annual medical school rankings, the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine came in at No. 1 in percentage of graduates practicing medicine in what are deemed “Health Professional Shortage Areas.”

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OSU President Shrum looks back at lasting legacy at OSU-CHS

Tue, Mar 21, 2023

Dr. Kayse Shrum has blazed a lot of trails on her way to become president of Oklahoma State University. She was the first female dean of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, the first woman to lead the OSU Center for Health Sciences, and in 2021 became the first woman to lead the entire OSU system.

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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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CIHRP director selected for two national committees on health equality, nutrition

Wed, Feb 22, 2023

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, professor of Rural Health and director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy at OSU Center for Health Sciences, has been appointed to 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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TSET awards Project ECHO $4.5M to improve rural health care

Thu, Feb 02, 2023

The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors awarded $4.5 million over three years to OSU Center for Health Sciences. The funding will be used for the expansion of Project ECHO, a program designed to improve health care in rural areas.

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President Shrum issues statement regarding ARPA-funded projects

Thu, Oct 06, 2022

OSU received a total of $110 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds from the Oklahoma State Legislature.

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OSU-CHS awarded $3.5M grant for Native American student recruitment, training

Mon, Sep 19, 2022

A $3.5 million grant recently awarded to OSU Center for Health Sciences will fund new programs and bolster existing ones aimed at recruiting and preparing Native American undergraduate students to enter medical school.

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