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Tuesday, April 20, 1999

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Ohio University Trustees Create Center For Health Research

The Ohio University Trustees approved a plan Friday to create a Center for Appalachian and Rural Health Research.

The center will allow doctors and researchers from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine to team with more than 100 faculty across the campus to research health topics relevant to improving health care in rural areas, particularly Appalachia.

Rural populations tend to be older, sicker and poorer than urban populations and are characterized by inadequate levels of health insurance, less employment-based insurance and fewer health-care services.

For more information, please visit the University News Services Web site to read the full text of this press release.

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Notes of Interest...

• "Adapting Care to the Physical and Psychological Changes of Aging" will be the topic of the spring 1999 Geriatric Education Series seminar Wednesday, April 21, sponsored by Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM). Marlene Blackford, M.S.N., R.N., C., will speak on the topic at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. The workshop fee is $40.
• Free childhood immunizations will be offered by the mobile health unit of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine according to the following schedule: today from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ramada Inn in Nelsonville; and April 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mac-N-Bec's in Albany. Free immunizations also will be provided at area kindergarten registrations as follows: Trimble, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; The Plains, April 26, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and Coolville, April 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 1-800-844-2654.
• Hookfin signs with Atlanta. Ohio University tailback Steveland Hookfin (Arkadelphia, Ark.) reached an agreement to sign as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday evening. Read more about it.
• Sports Update: Baseball -- Ohio split four games over the weekend at Akron. On Saturday, Ohio lost 6-3 and won 15-7, and on Sunday, it lost 2-1 and won 5-1. On Wednesday, Ohio lost 3-2 and 12-9 at Eastern Michigan. Softball - The Bobcats won two of three games over the weekend. Ohio defeated Miami on Friday 11-9. On Saturday, Ohio beat Bowling Green, 3-1, and lost the second game, 9-2. Men's Golf - Ohio finished fifth of 14 teams at the Greg Palmer Eagle Classic in Morehead, Ky., over the weekend. Women's Golf - Ohio leads the MAC Tournament after the first day with a 312 score. Women's Field Hockey - Ali Johnstone was selected to the Canadian Junior National Field Hockey Under 19 Team. Football - Ohio University tailback Steveland Hookfin signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons. Also, ex-Bobcat cornerback Sean Williams signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. Outdoor Track and Field - The Ohio men's and women's teams placed third at the Miami Southern Cup Championship.
• Transportation from Athens to Columbus is available. Click here for details.
• The Ohio University Calendar of Events is now available online. Visit http://redbud.cats.ohiou.edu/calendar/ to access.
  

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