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Healing Through Food Summit highlights Food as Medicine movement

In June, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation hosted the first Healing Through Food Summit that welcomed healthcare providers, nutritionists, chefs, public health workers and medical students to learn more and talk about how
Healing Through Food Summit highlights Food as Medicine movement
Schweitzer Fellow promoting children's health through Cherokee traditions

Thu, Mar 27, 2025

Hayden Kingfisher is educating students on diabetes prevention through Cherokee culture. A second-year medical student at the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, he is a part of the 2024-25 Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Tulsa

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Schweitzer Fellow educating teenagers on domestic violence

Fri, Feb 21, 2025

Cali Sweazea hopes to curb domestic violence among teenagers through communication and education. Sweazea, a second-year medical student at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation, is a part of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship 2024

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OSU-COM CN Dean Bray, health care leaders discuss the future of AI in medicine

Tue, Jan 21, 2025

Dr. Natasha Bray, dean of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation, took part in a panel discussion at the inaugural Think Health: AI for Healthy Communities conference on January 10 in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation med student named Native Forward Scholar

Thu, Nov 21, 2024

Caleb Watson, a third-year medical student at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation and Cherokee Nation citizen, was recently named a Native Forward Scholar, a national scholarship organization.

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OSU-CHS earns No. 6 ranking for grads practicing in HPSAs

Thu, Jul 25, 2024

OSU Center For Health Sciences has once again been recognized by U.S. News & World Report for its commitment to meeting the health care needs of rural and underserved patients in Oklahoma. It was ranked No. 6 in percentage of graduates practicing in

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Historic inaugural class graduates from OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation

Fri, May 17, 2024

Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation celebrated a monumental achievement on May 16 as its inaugural class of 46 medical students graduated from the country's first tribally affiliated medical school.

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Team from OSU-CHS, HPNRI publishes findings on language used in obesity research

Mon, Apr 29, 2024

A team of medical students, residents and faculty from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, OSU Medicine, and the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute have found that most sports medicine journals were not

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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

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