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Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Stories

1.	Graduate student Emily Fairchild, along with her advisor, Dr. Jennifer Hines, professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, and six other students recently published the first structural biology analysis of a section of the COVID-19 viral RNA called the stem-loop II motif.

ĢƵ University joins highest level of research institutions in the nation

ĢƵ University has joined the highest level of research institutions in the country by earning the R1 Classification in the latest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

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Medical students collaborate to offer accessible primary care to southeast ĢƵans

Medical students have collaborated to offer a new option for quality primary care services for southeast ĢƵans who are uninsured or underinsured through the Care Clinic.

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Board of Trustees receives update on college collaborations

The leaders of three ĢƵ 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 ĢƵans' health

Three of ĢƵ 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.

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

ĢƵ 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.

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ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ and Beyond, on Nov. 5-6, with more than 50 students, faculty and staff in attendance.

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ĢƵ 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.

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First ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ University. 

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

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