OU College of Nursing Faculty Member to Advise Federal Agency on Health System Resilience

Friday, March 1, 2024
Leremy Colf, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, has been named a senior adviser to the newest agency in the federal...

Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Decreases Effectiveness of Chemotherapy, OU Health Sciences Research Reveals in First-of-Its-Kind Study

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
People who are diagnosed with head and neck cancer often receive a standard type of chemotherapy as part of their treatment. If they are exposed to secondhand smoke during chemotherapy — even if they have never...

OU College of Dentistry Provides Free Dental Care During Kids’ Day

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry provided free cleanings, fillings and crowns to over 100 children during the annual Kids’ Day. The event was sponsored in part by the Delta Dental of Oklahoma...

OU College of Medicine Researcher Makes Promising Discoveries on Role of Vitamin B6 in Pancreatic Cancer

Friday, February 23, 2024
Vitamin B6 is beneficial in many ways, notably for its role in maintaining a strong immune system. However, when pancreatic cancer develops, its cells also need vitamin B6 to replicate. During the ensuing tug of war...

OU Hudson College of Public Health Launches Online Master of Public Health to Elevate Careers in Health Care and Public Policy

Thursday, February 22, 2024
In an effort to meet the growing need for public health professionals, the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma announced the launch of a new online Master of Public Health degree in...

OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center Joins NCI Cancer Screening Research Network

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
$3.2 Million Grant to Fund Studies into New Technologies for Earlier Cancer Detection OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma is joining the National Cancer Institute’s new Cancer...

Michael Schade Named Interim Director of the OU Office of Innovation and Corporate Partnerships

Thursday, February 15, 2024
Michael A. Schade has been named the interim chief innovation and corporate officer for the University of Oklahoma and the interim executive director of the OU Office of Innovation and Corporate Partnerships (OICP),...

OU College of Medicine Department Chair Honored by National Forensic Psychiatry Organization

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Britta Ostermeyer, M.D., MBA, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences, was recently honored by the American Academy of...

OU College of Dentistry Surgeon Wins ‘Best Paper’ for Research on Jaw Joint Disorder

Thursday, February 8, 2024
A research article by Fabio G. Ritto, DDS, M.D., MS, Ph.D., an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry at OU Health Sciences, has been named Best...

Ear Clip Stimulation of Vagus Nerve Shows Promise as POTS Treatment, According to OU College of Medicine Study

Monday, February 5, 2024
A newly published study from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences shows that stimulating the body’s longest nerve through a clip on the ear significantly lessens the woozy...

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...
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