Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Stories

Walter Hall

Board of Trustees receives update on college collaborations

The leaders of three Ohio University colleges shared details of their cooperative efforts that serve as a national model for collaboration.

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Deans highlight power of collaborations to impact Ohioans' health

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.

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Board of Trustees to receive academic, collaboration updates during January meetings

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.

Leslie Consitt

Consitt receives NIH grant to study metabolic pathways that contribute to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes

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.

Model of Laetoli Site A

Ohio University researcher: Footprints from Site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears

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.

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Diabetes Institute hosts virtual research symposium

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.

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Ohio University and Cleveland Clinic partner to train future primary care physicians

The first cohort of eight students to complete the Transformative Care Continuum, an accelerated medical school curriculum, received their degrees on Saturday.

Amy Mehlman Strope and Rosemary Oaks

First Ohio University Early Assurance Program students to graduate medical school

Amy Mehlman Strope and Rosemary Oaks are the first two students to graduate through our Early Assurance Program partnership with Ohio University. 

HCOM Convocation 2021

Aid in action

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.

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OHIO-Ecuador connection helps combat COVID-19

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.

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OHIO researchers win grant to study treatment for possible fatal complications of COVID-19

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.”

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VR tech puts more heart into health care

OHIO experts’ immersive VR simulation shows how bias can obstruct patients’ access to care—and lets providers practice their response.

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New med ed building name honors OHF generosity

The Ohio University Board of Trustees today approved a name for a new Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine education facility in Athens.

Nancy Stevens with Patrick O'Connor on a dig

Still more

What can we learn from half of a fossilized rodent tooth?

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New OMNI studies look at back pain, age-related weakness

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.

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