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Immersion event connects incoming RUSP students with community

In August, 40 new RUSP students visited rural and underserved communities in Columbus and Glouster to learn about social determinants of health and the assets that exist in these communities.

Graduate connects with rural patients

Nathan P. Samsa grew up in a rural area and began his career as a pharmacist before earning his osteopathic medical degree. He returned to his roots and is providing personalized medicine to his rural patients.

Summer Session of Aspiring D.O.ctors Program Launches

For the first time a summer session of the Aspiring D.O.ctors Program was held on the Heritage College's Cleveland campus. Second-year medical students planned the four-day program.

A Look Into the Baby Bag Project: The Effort to Aid Mothers in Need

Three HCOM alumni and one first year student have been working on collecting supplies for new mothers to help improve health outcomes for newborns. We sat down with them to get insights into the project and how others can help.

Students pitch in on first Public Day of Service

On April 16, the Heritage College's first annual Public Service Day was held. The event was hosted by the SGA Student Directors of Community Outreach, who share more details about the many volunteer activities that took place on each campus.

Heritage College faculty take to the podcasting airwaves

Podcasting is filling up more and more of the world’s listening bandwidth, with shows discussing every conceivable topic. Alert to this trend, some Heritage College faculty members are using podcasts to enlighten listeners on important health care issues.

Pioneering faculty member looks back on four-decade legacy

Over more than 40 years, Harold Thompson III, D.O., has earned a place in the history of both southeast Ohio and the Heritage College as an engaged community doctor, medical educator, pioneer of diversity and mentor to many future osteopathic physicians.

Symposium helps dad understand daughter’s medical condition

Graham Smith is neither a medical clinician nor a research scientist. But when the Heritage College hosted the third annual International Symposium on Growth Hormone and Metabolism, he attended to learn more about his daughter’s growth hormone (GH) deficiency.

RUSP: Learning from and with rural and urban underserved communities

Incoming students in our Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways program learned about health care needs and experiences in underserved areas of Ohio during a three-day community-based immersion experience.

Heritage College staffer shares one family’s story of opioids, stigma and hope

When Heritage College staffer Sherie Steinberger learned about a book project collecting personal accounts of Ohio’s opioid crisis, her family contributed a message about the value of honesty – and the danger of stigma – in helping a loved one battle addiction.

The research odyssey of John Kopchick

How a mouse helped launch a scientific discovery that improved lives and opened pathways for research into obesity, diabetes, cancer and aging.

3 questions all health care providers should be asking veterans

A documentary tries to close the gap between the health care needs of 20 million U.S. veterans and the civilian physicians who often feel unprepared for the unique health-related exposures and risks that military service members encounter.

The importance of breastfeeding then and now: A response to U.S. threats against Ecuador over their resolution supporting breastfeeding

An expert describes the importance of breastfeeding in developing countries where populations contend with unsanitary water that can be life-threatening to formula-fed infants.

Our People: Tom Fries, Sponsor of Founding Legislation

Tom Fries, a Democrat from Dayton, was serving his third term in the Ohio House of Representatives when he became lead sponsor of the 1975 legislation that created what is now the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Alumnus Dr. Moomaw addresses graduates, talks psychiatry, flight surgery

A graduate of the college's inaugural class of 1980 is thankful for “the chance to have the most fascinating life I could possibly imagine.”

40 Things to Know: The world’s first transgenic mammal was developed here

This discovery revolutionized biomedical research, making national news at a time when gene-splicing was still in its infancy.

40 Things to Know: Our Family Health radio program offered consumer health information for more than 30 years

At its height, the program reached an estimated hundreds of thousands of listeners in the United States, China, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the American Forces Radio Network.

Meeting Ohio’s Healthcare Needs Against the Odds – Ohio University Medicine

The college opened in 1976, thanks to a clear vision, persistence and a healthy dose of courage.