A study of mice led by Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Edison Biotechnology Institute researchers has shown that stopping the activity of growth hormone (GH) in fat cells can improve health and increase lifespan.
Read MoreThe Ohio University Board of Trustees approved the creation of two new centers, the Injury and Pain Research Center and the Center for Healthy Aging, both housed within the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI).
Read MoreThe Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine will start work on a new facility on the Athens campus dedicated to translational research.
Read MoreSharon Casapulla, Ed.D., M.P.H., has been inducted into Courage to Teach, a prestigious teaching honorary society that recognizes medical educators who demonstrate profound humanism in medicine as they educate students.
Read MoreAs part of Ohio University's Black Alumni Reunion, the Heritage College organized a panel of physicians to discuss a range of topics.
Read MoreStudents learned firsthand the challenges deaf patients face at a recent training event.
Read MoreDuring the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Body Donor Memorial Service, friends and family said a desire to help others was the driving force behind why their loved ones gifted their bodies to science.
Read MoreIncoming medical students participated in an interactive workshop designed to build awareness and provoke discussion about social determinants of health and the implications of living in under-resourced communities.
Read MoreWhere medical school starts is not the same for everyone. For some at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, it begins with a program called Summer Scholars. This summer, 24 students joined Heritage College faculty, professors and current students in Athens, Ohio to be immersed in a five-week, rigorous, hands-on program similar to what first-year medical students experience.
Read MoreErin Murphy, Ph.D., has been named interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Andrew Culver, D.O. ('99), has assumed the role of interim chair of the Department of Specialty Medicine and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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