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

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

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

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

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

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

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...
OU Public Health Faculty Awarded NIH Grant OU Public Health Faculty Awarded NIH Grant

OU Public Health Faculty Awarded NIH Grant

Friday, November 10, 2023
Amanda Janitz, Ph.D., MPH, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Hudson College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma, was awarded an approximate $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of...
Two University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Faculty Recognized as “55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans” Two University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Faculty Recognized as “55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans”

Two University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Faculty Recognized as “55 Over 55 Inspiring Oklahomans”

Monday, November 6, 2023
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences is proud to announce that two of its esteemed faculty members, Valerie Williams, Ph.D., MPA, vice provost for academic affairs and faculty development at OU Health Sciences,...
University of Oklahoma Faculty Receive $1.8 Million Grant from Environmental Protection Agency to Study Children’s Health Related to Chemical Exposures University of Oklahoma Faculty Receive $1.8 Million Grant from Environmental Protection Agency to Study Children’s Health Related to Chemical Exposures

University of Oklahoma Faculty Receive $1.8 Million Grant from Environmental Protection Agency to Study Children’s Health Related to Chemical Exposures

Monday, October 30, 2023
OU researchers have received a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish a research center to address children’s cumulative health impacts from agricultural and non-chemical...
University of Oklahoma Receives $16 Million Federal Grant to Train Medical Students from Underserved Areas in Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Receives $16 Million Federal Grant to Train Medical Students from Underserved Areas in Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma Receives $16 Million Federal Grant to Train Medical Students from Underserved Areas in Oklahoma

Thursday, October 26, 2023
The University of Oklahoma will receive $16 million over four years from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to recruit, retain, and graduate medical...
OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Connect + Cure Biennial Gala Returns OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Connect + Cure Biennial Gala Returns

OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Connect + Cure Biennial Gala Returns

Wednesday, October 25, 2023
For the first time since 2019, OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, will present its Connect + Cure Gala on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the National Cowboy and Western...
Pneumonia Vaccine Developed by OU College of Medicine Researcher Being Tested in Clinical Trial Pneumonia Vaccine Developed by OU College of Medicine Researcher Being Tested in Clinical Trial

Pneumonia Vaccine Developed by OU College of Medicine Researcher Being Tested in Clinical Trial

Thursday, October 12, 2023
A new vaccine candidate to provide broad protection against pneumonia, developed by a researcher at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, is being given to humans for the first time in a Phase I clinical...
OU Dentistry Professor Receives Nobel Biocare 2023 Excellence Award in Clinical Documentation OU Dentistry Professor Receives Nobel Biocare 2023 Excellence Award in Clinical Documentation

OU Dentistry Professor Receives Nobel Biocare 2023 Excellence Award in Clinical Documentation

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Jaewon Kim, D.D.S., M.S.D., Ph.D., a clinical assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, has been awarded the Nobel Biocare 2023 Excellence Award in Clinical Documentation.
OU Health Sciences Unity Clinic Receives National Award OU Health Sciences Unity Clinic Receives National Award

OU Health Sciences Unity Clinic Receives National Award

Tuesday, October 10, 2023
“The OUHSC Unity Clinic is a wonderful example of a student-led, academic-practice partnership that achieves outcomes in student learning and increases the community’s access to care,” said Dr....
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