OU Health Sciences Launches STRONG Program to Foster Diversity in Cancer Research

Friday, February 2, 2024
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, partnering with the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center, is proud to announce the launch of the Scientific Training in Oncology (STRONG) program, which will provide trainees...

OU College of Medicine Researchers Earn Over $5 Million to Study Deadly Disease That Affects Premature Babies

Wednesday, January 31, 2024
In the past year, three researchers at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences have earned more than $5 million in grant money to study causes and potential treatments for necrotizing...

OU Health Sciences Tests Revolutionary Imaging Technique for Pancreatic Cancer

Monday, January 29, 2024
Researchers at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences have embarked on a revolutionary new research study that could improve the detection of a deadly disease —...

Stephenson Cancer Center Researcher Leads Global Trial for Promising New Drug for Ovarian Cancer

Friday, January 19, 2024
Results of a global clinical trial published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine show that a new drug significantly improves survival in women with epithelial ovarian cancer, a deadly gynecologic cancer...

OU College of Medicine Study Demonstrates Benefit of Precision Medicine Based on Race/Ethnicity

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
“Precision medicine,” an emerging approach to health care in which a patient’s genetics, diseased tissue and other factors guide clinicians to personalize treatment strategies, can dramatically...

OU College of Nursing Continues Record-Level Enrollment, Expands Educational Reach

Wednesday, January 10, 2024
In an ongoing effort to address the growing demand for registered nurses in the state, the Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma plans to accept all qualified applicants to the...

OU College of Dentistry Welcomes New Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

Tuesday, January 9, 2024
The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry is pleased to announce the appointment of Isabel Rambob, D.D.S., as the college’s assistant dean for student affairs. Rambob will also serve as clinical associate...

OU College of Medicine Researcher Explores Causes of Type 2 Diabetes After Breast Cancer Treatment

Thursday, January 4, 2024
While today’s drugs help the majority of people with breast cancer survive for years, many who are treated eventually develop Type 2 diabetes, often years after treatment ends. A recent journal publication by a...

OU College of Medicine Appoints Julia Busik Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology

Tuesday, January 2, 2024
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Julia Busik, Ph.D., as chair of the newly combined Department of Biochemistry and Physiology. Busik will also hold the...

Researchers at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Earn Grant for Endometrial Cancer Research

Friday, December 15, 2023
Increasing numbers of women are being diagnosed with endometrial cancer, a common gynecologic cancer that begins in the lining of the uterus. Researchers at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at The University of...

OU College of Allied Health Launches New Online Interprofessional Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Applied Nutrition

Wednesday, December 13, 2023
In a groundbreaking initiative, the University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health has announced a new interprofessional graduate certificate in applied nutrition, with enrollment opening for the spring 2024...

Harold Hamm Diabetes Center’s Connect+Cure Gala Raises $1.8 Million for Diabetes Research

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

More than 800 people gathered for the 2023 Connect+Cure Gala on November 29 to support the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and celebrate the progress being made toward finding a cure for diabetes.

OU and OSU Collaboration Finds Semaglutide Treatment Is Associated with Remarkable Reductions in Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
The first published evidence from humans that semaglutide specifically reduces the symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has been published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and details a recent collaboration...

OU College of Pharmacy Researcher Testing Promising Drug to Treat PTSD, Alcohol Use Disorder

Monday, November 20, 2023
A researcher at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy at OU Health Sciences is playing a key role in a preclinical trial that is testing a non-addictive drug to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and...

Nationally Renowned Physician Scientist Named Executive Dean of the OU College of Medicine

Friday, November 17, 2023
The University of Oklahoma announced today the appointment of Ian F. Dunn, M.D., FACS, FAANS, as executive dean of the OU College of Medicine, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval. Dunn will begin serving in...
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