OU College of Medicine Names Founding Chair of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences

Monday, January 27, 2025

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named Jun Li, Ph.D., the founding chair of the newly created Department of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences, pending approval from the OU Board of Regents.

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Receives Federal Funding to Improve Health Care Access Across the State

Thursday, January 23, 2025
Across large areas of Oklahoma and the nation, primary care clinics are a lifeline, providing care for people who otherwise would have to travel many miles to see a doctor. To increase access to vital health care,...

OU Health Sciences Researcher Among Top 1% Most Highly Cited Worldwide

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Five researchers at the University of Oklahoma have been named to Clarivate's 2024 "Highly Cited Researchers" list based on their production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the...

Data Could Help Address Maternal Health Concerns in Vulnerable Populations

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
According to the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States, Indigenous mothers, or those who self-identify as American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Native American, are three times more...

Benbrook Appointed Associate Director for Translational Research at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center

Friday, December 20, 2024
Doris Benbrook, Ph.D., a Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, has been named Associate Director for Translational Research at OU Health Stephenson...

Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at the University of Oklahoma announces new deputy director

Friday, December 20, 2024
The Harold Hamm Diabetes Center (HHDC) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences will gain a new deputy director, Matthew Potthoff, Ph.D., effective January 1. Potthoff will also hold the title of Harold Hamm...

American Society of Hematology Recognizes Two OU Health Sciences Faculty

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Two University of Oklahoma Health Sciences faculty members were recognized by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) during its annual meeting Dec. 7-10.

Higher Education Chancellor Presents Plan to Meet Workforce Needs During Tour at OU Health Sciences

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Increasing degree completion to strengthen Oklahoma’s workforce pipeline in education, health care and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields continues to be the state system of higher...

OU College of Medicine Professor Earns Prestigious Pancreatology Award

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Min Li, Ph.D., a George Lynn Cross Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Cell Biology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and Associate Director for Global Oncology at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center,...

OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center Receives $10 Million Gift to Support Expansion to Tulsa

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center has received a $10 million gift from Jim Norton, his late wife Ronda, and their daughters, Christy Trussell and Leslie Croteau, to support its expansion to the University of...

OU College of Nursing Students Selected as Jonas Scholars

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Jonas Nursing, a leading supporter of doctoral nursing education in the U.S., and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, announced that Caitlin Dressler and Catherine Harris, B.S.-Ph.D. students in the Fran...

OU Faculty Member Co-Leading Innovative National Trial to Advance Lung Cancer Treatment

Friday, December 13, 2024
Raid Aljumaily, M.D., an associate professor of hematology-oncology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, is the national co-leader of the PROSPECT-Lung clinical trial that will evaluate the timing of...

Newly Published Research Shows Effectiveness of Novel Nightmare Therapy for Children

Friday, December 13, 2024
Recently published research from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa shows that a new therapy for children with chronic nightmares reduced the number of nightmares and the distress they caused and...

Drug Dramatically Improves Survival for Children with Common Type of Leukemia

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Six-year-old Bentley’s diagnosis of precursor B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL) in 2019 sent his family into a tailspin of worry about what the future would hold for the sweet boy who loved to make...

Clinical Trial of Device Aims to Induce Ovulation in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Physicians at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences in Oklahoma City are leading a national clinical trial to help women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-related infertility who want to become pregnant.

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