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WellWorks is celebrating this year's National Nutrition Month theme of "Celebrate a World of Flavors" by giving all employees free access to a Nutrition Self-Assessment Tool and virtual Nutrition Breaks.

CHSP’s Nutrition Treatment program offering spring semester telehealth counseling for campus, community members

January 11, 2021 1 min

The virtual program, which is available throughout spring 2021, consists of three, one-on-one nutritional counseling sessions and is free of charge.

graphic showing nurse wearing VR goggles

VR tech puts more heart into health care

February 22, 2020 4 min

OHIO experts’ immersive VR simulation shows how bias can obstruct patients’ access to care—and lets providers practice their response.

To serve & protect

November 14, 2019 4 min

Tracy Plouck has devoted her career as a public servant to helping women in recovery, and now she’s helping offset Appalachia’s opioid crisis in a new role at OHIO.

In August, community health worker trainees use virtual reality tech to immerse themselves in the impact of Narcan, an anti-overdose drug. Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ '14, MA '17

I will walk with you

October 23, 2019 3 min

Community health workers are known by a lot of names: outreach worker, patient advocate, public health aide. Some think "cheerleader" could be added to the list. They are trusted community members who connect those in need of health services to healthcare resources and advocate on their behalf.

Kay-Anne Darlington, MA '10, PHD '15, portrait outside Jefferson Hall

In residence

October 18, 2019 1 min

As hundreds of students settled into Jeff Hall this fall, they discovered they’d be sharing the space with an unlikely resident—Kay-Anne Darlington, MA '10, PHD '15, a global health instructor and a member of OHIO’s Faculty-in-Residence program.

Woman sits at table with various food in front of her

Eat This Way, Not That Way. Forever.

March 7, 2019 2 min

Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, an assistant professor of food and nutrition science at Ohio University's College of Health Sciences and Professions, emphasizes the long-term impact of healthier eating habits on longevity.

Zaya Gillogly and a Paraguayan friend test each other's strength during GHI's May 2017 trip to Paraguay.

A healthy perspective

December 18, 2017 3 min

Ohio University has a culture of doing. Bobcats don’t like to sit on the sidelines—they’d rather go out into the world, see for themselves, and figure out if they can make a difference. OHIO’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) gives students a way to turn this hunger to do good into acts of goodwill.

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