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Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Stories

Dr. Eric Gorscak is still an explorer, shown here in the field.

Alumnus Eric Gorscak's 'inner kid' loves his career discovering deep-time dinosaurs and ecosystems

Professor Nancy Stevens substitute teaching in Eric Gorscak's undergraduate paleontology class might have been serendipity, but Gorscak didn't leave anything to chance.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University professors (left to right) Douglas Goetz, Stephen Bergmeier and Kelly McCall, who discovered a compound that can possibly help protect against a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological diseases.

Alumna Kelly McCall veered into a research career fighting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Kelly McCall thought she was headed to dentistry school. But as graduation loomed, she changed her major to biological sciences and found herself on a very different health-care related path.

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Bugada named Student Doctor of the Year

Mark Bugada, OMS IV, Dublin, has been selected as the 2022 Heritage College Student DO of the Year. The Student DO of the Year Award (SDOY) is presented annually.

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Heritage Community Clinic to hold food pantry on Dec. 18

The Heritage Community Clinic will hold its first community food pantry at 16 West Green Drive in Athens on Sunday, Dec. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University sundial

2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars are explorers of human history and scientific discovery

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University has named four professors as its 2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars: Neil Bernstein, Ronan Carroll, Katherine Jellison, and Patrick O’Connor.

Silvana Duran-Ortiz

EBI postdoctoral fellow awarded fellowship in aging research

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University’s Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI) postdoctoral researcher Silvana Duran-Ortiz was awarded the 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging Research.

Care that reaches every corner. We produce more of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's healthcare professionals than any university

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University launches campaign to highlight leadership in health education

As home to the state’s largest public medical school and one of the ten largest schools of nursing in the country, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University has grown to be a national leader in preparing students for careers in health.

Athens Campus in the fall

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University Health Collaborative to host research symposium

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University Health Collaborative will launch its first official research event on Nov. 4, the 2022 Health Scholars Research Symposium.

Athens Campus Aerial View

New Translational Research Facility planned

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine will start work on a new facility on the Athens campus dedicated to translational research.

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Study: Disrupting growth hormone receptor gene in adipose tissue increases lifespan in mice

Led by Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Edison Biotechnology Institute researchers, a study has shown that stopping the activity of growth hormone in fat cells can improve health.

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Board approves creation of two new centers within OMNI

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University Board of Trustees approved the creation of two new centers, the Injury and Pain Research Center and the Center for Healthy Aging.

Translational Research Facility

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University’s Heritage College to bring researchers together through new Translational Research Facility

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine will start work on a new facility on the Athens campus dedicated to translational research.

John Kopchick Growth hormone

Study published in Endocrinology by Heritage College researchers finds disruption of the growth hormone receptor gene in adipose tissue results in increased lifespan in mice

A study of mice led by the Heritage College and Edison Biotechnology Institute researchers has shown that stopping the activity of growth hormone in fat cells can improve health and increase lifespan.

Lori Criss

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ mental health and addiction director experiences OHIO’s VR and its potential for health care and law enforcement training

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ University hosted Lori Criss, director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and her staff for an immersive presentation on the University’s use of virtual reality.

Cory Cronin

Appalachian institute expands focus to advance health equity research locally and globally

The institute formerly known as the Appalachian Rural Health Institute has broadened its focus beyond rural health and expanded its reach beyond Appalachia. It now operates as the Appalachian Institute to Advance Health Equity Science (ADVANCE).

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