Board of Trustees receives update on college collaborations
January 14, 2022 The leaders of three Ohio University colleges shared details of their cooperative efforts that serve as a national model for collaboration.
Deans highlight power of collaborations to impact Ohioans' health
January 14, 2022 Three of Ohio University’s colleges are having a significant impact on the state’s health care system and showing just how powerful such collaborations can be.
Board of Trustees to receive academic, collaboration updates during January meetings
January 5, 2022 The Board of Trustees will receive an update on the efforts of three colleges that serve as a national model for collaboration among medical, health sciences and public service colleges.
Consitt receives NIH grant to study metabolic pathways that contribute to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes
December 8, 2021 Ohio University’s Leslie Consitt, Ph.D., will lead a study to identify cellular mechanisms in muscle that contribute to disease and physical disability related to insulin resistance as people age.
Ohio University researcher: Footprints from Site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
December 1, 2021 A recent re-excavation of the Site A footprints at Laetoli and a detailed comparative analysis reveal that the footprints were made by an early human, according to a new study reported in Nature.
Diabetes Institute hosts virtual research symposium
November 12, 2021 The Diabetes Institute hosted its inaugural research symposium, Patient Care and Diabetes in Appalachian Ohio and Beyond, on Nov. 5-6, with more than 50 students, faculty and staff in attendance.
Ohio University and Cleveland Clinic partner to train future primary care physicians
May 10, 2021 The first cohort of eight students to complete the Transformative Care Continuum, an accelerated medical school curriculum, received their degrees on Saturday.
First Ohio University Early Assurance Program students to graduate medical school
April 19, 2021 Amy Mehlman Strope and Rosemary Oaks are the first two students to graduate through our Early Assurance Program partnership with Ohio University.
Aid in action
June 26, 2020 For OHIO’s medical and nursing students and recent graduates, the COVID-19 crisis has provided an up-close look at real-life crisis response—and the chance to contribute in a powerful way.
OHIO-Ecuador connection helps combat COVID-19
May 14, 2020 A longtime collaboration between Ohio University and the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) is helping step up the rate of testing for COVID-19 infections in the Latin American country.
OHIO researchers win grant to study treatment for possible fatal complications of COVID-19
April 30, 2020 Faculty researchers from Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Russ College of Engineering and Technology have received a grant to investigate possible treatments for mitigating COVID-19. Kelly McCall and Douglas Goetz will measure how effective a number of different chemical compounds are at preventing “cytokine storms.”
VR tech puts more heart into health care
February 22, 2020 OHIO experts’ immersive VR simulation shows how bias can obstruct patients’ access to care—and lets providers practice their response.
New med ed building name honors OHF generosity
January 17, 2020 The Ohio University Board of Trustees today approved a name for a new Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine education facility in Athens.
Still more
October 15, 2019 What can we learn from half of a fossilized rodent tooth?
New OMNI studies look at back pain, age-related weakness
October 9, 2019 A study by researchers from the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) finds new evidence to support the belief that the nervous system plays an important role in age-related weakness.
