College receives approval to recruit for new campus

  

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Student, alumnus testify at senate committee

An OU-HCOM student and an alumnus recently testified in front of the Ohio Senate Committee on Health, Humans Services and Aging in support of House Bill 143 (concussions and head injuries).

 

According to the Gongwer News Service, student government President Simon Fraser, OMS II, a former professional football player who testified on behalf of the Ohio Osteopathic Association, said the most important safety measure available to athletes is education. Fraser, pictured with committee member State Sen. Peggy Lehner, of Dayton, spoke of his own experience in the National Football League, saying that at times he would ignore head injuries to get more on-field time. "With the understanding I have now, the proper thing to do was get evaluated by the physicians before returning to play, but I was young and ignorant of the situation. All I cared about was playing the next play," Fraser was quoted in the Gongwer reported.

 

Jason Dapore, D.O. ('01), physician member of the Ohio Athletic Trainers Board for the State of Ohio and the team physician for the Columbus Blue Jackets National Hockey League team, also testified in favor of the bill, which was approved by the committee and sent to the full Senate for a vote. The Senate version of the bill, which already received approval from the House of Representatives, requires that all providers serving as team physicians in youth and high school athletic sports can only return an athlete to play if they are working in consultation with, referral to or under the supervision of or collaboration with a physician. The Senate approved the bill, which now awaits the signature of Gov. John Kasich.

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Utah medical educator to talk at next Diabetes Seminar

E. Dale Abel, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and biochemistry, chief of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes and investigator in the Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Utah School Medicine, will present "Insulin signaling in the cardiovascular system" at the next Diabetes Research Seminar on Friday, Dec. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Irvine 194. The monthly seminar is sponsored by the Diabetes Institute, and snacks will be provided.