Research Seminar
Tuesday, Jan. 24, noon, Grosvenor West 111. Chris McNeil, Ph.D., candidate for assistant/associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Ohio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute (OMNI), will present "Dorsiflexor Form and Function Across 60 Years and Spinal vs. Cortical Mechanisms During Muscle Fatigue."
Wellness workshop
Tuesday, Jan. 24, noon, Irvine 194. Self-care workshop led by Michelle Crane, OMS II. Food served.
AMSA lecture
Wednesday, Jan. 25, noon, Irvine 199.
Public Health lecture on childhood obesity. Food served.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Club discussion
Thursday, Jan. 26, noon, Irvine 128F. Discussion about meditation.
AMSA talk
Friday, Jan. 27, noon, Irvine 119.
Jay Shubrook, D.O. ('96), associate professor of family medicine, will speak on public health in medicine. Food served.
Class of 2015 officers meeting
Friday, Jan. 27, noon, Grosvenor 017.
FPSA Medical School Prom
Friday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m. Walter Hall Rotunda.
Doug Hartley, D.O., ('02), will speak at the annual banquet. Food served.
SNMA Medical Student for a Day
Saturday, Jan 28, 8 a.m., Irvine 199, Grosvenor 118, Irvine-128F, B, C, & D.
A daylong event introducing pre-medical students to what it is like to be a medical student. Food served.
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Campus Care open house highlights improved student health care services
The paint is new. The floors and counter tops are fresh and modern. But these aesthetic changes simply embellish the surface of a totally remade health care experience for Ohio University students at Campus Care.
Members of the Ohio University community are invited to explore the renovated Campus Care for themselves at an open house. The event will be held Thursday, Jan. 26, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Campus Care, 2 Health Center Drive off of East Union Street on the College Green. Read more
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 Two reasons to check out Facebook
Keep up with Heritage College activities, events and more by "liking" our new Facebook page with our new college name.
In other news about Facebook, the Student Government Association has partnered with the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) for a 50-Day Challenge. The challenge is simple: if OU-HCOM gets 1,000 people to "like" the OOA Facebook page in 50 days, the OOA will donate $500 to the Student Government Association! The challenge runs through Wednesday, Feb. 29, so make sure you like the OOA today!
TIP: Type "Ohio Osteopathic Association" into the search bar at the top of your homepage to find OOA. Then, simply click the button that says "like."
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Call for abstracts at OOS research competition
The deadline for abstracts for the second annual Regional Osteopathic Poster Exhibition and Competition, sponsored by OU-HCOM, the CORE, and the OOA is only one week away. Abstracts will be accepted from students, interns and residents, faculty, medical administrators and practicing physicians from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania for the competition, which will be held Saturday, April 21, at the Columbus Hilton at Easton Town Center as part of the annual Ohio Osteopathic Symposium.
The competition will feature three categories: clinical/biomedical research, case reports, and health policy/educational issues, the latter of which is restricted to faculty and administrators.
Students, interns and residents only are eligible for a $1,000 first prize and a $500 second prize in the clinical/biomedical research and case reports categories. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and are due by Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.
For information, contact Karen Collins, CORE research grant writer/editor, at 740.593.2322.
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College research featured in recent journal articles
Several OU-HCOM researchers and students co-authored two articles in the recent issue of Clinical Diabetes, 1 January 2011; Vol. 29. No. 4, available on-line.
Julie L. Bellissimo, OMS IV, Rachel M. Holt, D.O., ('10), Stephanie Maus, OMS, IV, Tracy L. Marx, D.O. ('92), Frank L. Swartz, M.D., and Jay H. Shubrook, D.O. ('96), wrote "Impact of Activity Participation and Depression on Glycemic Control in Older Audlts with Diabetes: Glycemic Control in Nursing Homes."
Lubaina S. Presswala, OMS II, and Jay H. Shubrook. D.O. ('96), wrote "Intensive Insulin Therapy as the Primary Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes."
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