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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
OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine to celebrate 50th anniversary

Thu, Mar 3, 2022

Fifty years ago, Oklahoma was dealing with a physician shortage so state leaders came together to create and pass Oklahoma Bill 461 that established the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Tulsa, which would later become the OSU

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OSU-COM at Cherokee Nation student runner-up for National Student D.O. Doctor of the Year

Wed, Feb 16, 2022

In January, Ashton Glover Gatewood, a second year student at OSU-COM at the Cherokee Nation, was selected as the OSU-COM Student Doctor of the Year and then just recently as runner-up for National Student D.O. Doctor of the Year.

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Black History Month Student Spotlight: Tomi Adewumi, OSU-COM

Tue, Feb 15, 2022

In honor of Black History Month, we will spotlighting Black students attending Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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OSU Medicine, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture partner to study mental health of farmers and ranchers

Mon, Feb 14, 2022

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry was awarded a $500,000 grant by the United States Department of Agriculture to study mental health conditions of farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma, as well as develop ways to assist rural

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Black History Month Student Spotlight: Thomas Kamumo, Physician Assistant program

Fri, Feb 4, 2022

In honor of Black History Month, we will spotlighting Black students attending Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

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Paleontology alum featured in dinosaur documentary

Sat, Jan 29, 2022

For OSU Center for Health Sciences alumnus Evan Johnson-Ransom, taking part in paleontology field research in Alaska's Denali National Park last summer was unlike anything he had done before, including being filmed for a dinosaur documentary.

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Biomedical Sciences faculty member awarded $1.67M research grant

Tue, Dec 21, 2021

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Joshua Muia, Ph.D., is hoping his research into two tiny enzymes can help identify and possibly treat a rare blood disease as well as the most common form of heart disease.

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Cancer Sucks donations vital to OSU-CHS cancer research

Mon, Dec 20, 2021

Professor of Immunology Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D., has been studying and researching infectious disease and cancer development and how the two are connected for more than 20 years. For the last 16 years, nonprofit organization Cancer Sucks Inc, and its

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Dr. Pete Book Nook inspired by med student's daughter

Thu, Dec 16, 2021

OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation student Ashton Glover-Gatewood and the leadership team at the school worked to refurbish a book depository and turn it into Dr. Pete's Book Nook for patients and their families at the nearby

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Biomedical Sciences student turns passion of research into winning presentation

Thu, Dec 9, 2021

Christy Eslinger, a Biomedical Sciences doctoral student, was a paramedic for 20 years before pursuing a career as a researcher. Her work into IBD earned her first place in the OSU system-wide Three Minute Thesis competition, the first time an OSU

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