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Pediatrics Club-OB/GYN Club
Thursday, Oct. 18, noon, Irvine 194.
Jackie Wolf, professor of social medicine presents "Septupling the Cesarean Section Rate 1965 to 2012. Food served.
SAACOFP/SOMA
Friday, Oct. 19, noon, Irvine 194.
Melinda Ford, D.O., will on addiction medicine. Food served.
Research Talk
Friday, Oct. 19, 3 p.m.
Grosvenor 113.
Alexander Sergeev, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., candidate for associate professor epidemiology, presents "Cardiovacular Disease, Diabetes and Persistent Organic Pollutants: Epidemiological Studies of Emerging Risk Factors."
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Monday, Oct. 19, 5 p.m., Irvine 113.
Kathy Kropf, D.O. ('02), leads addiction medicine discussion group.
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Send your news, questions, suggestions or corrections by 5 p.m. Wednesday for consideration in the following ROUNDS.
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Three students join President on platform during rally
 Jorge Malouf, OMS I, at right in picture; Therese O'bioha, OMS III, and Matt Robinson, OMS II, got a close look at President Barrack Obama on Wednesday. The OU-HCOM trio were selected to represent the college at the event and received special tickets for seating behind the president at Wednesday's campaign rally on the College Green.
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Take a sneak peek of extension campus plans
 The current floor plans and drawings for the central Ohio extension campus in Dublin will be available for viewing on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Grosvenor West 111. Architects and other members of the design team will be available for questions and comments. Take this opportunity to see the facilities as they begin to take shape!
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Nominate an outstanding student for award today
Nominations for the Student of the Year Award being sought until Friday, Oct. 26. The award is presented annual by the Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents, a council of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. The OU-HCOM winner will be recognized at the annual DOC Awards in the spring, and at Commencement if the winner is a graduating fourth year students. The college recipient also will compete for the National SDOY Award which will be announced at the AACOM annual meeting in April.
Eligible students should represent the following ideals and values:
- Leadership
- Commitment to community service
- Dedication to the profession
- Professionalism
- Embodiment of the osteopathic philosophy.
Click here to watch a short video about the award.
Click here to download a nomination form.
For information, contact Student Government Assistant Jamie Roberts.
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Help needed to provide medical care for Kenya
Although OU-HCOM will not travel to Kenya this year to provide medical care as part of SHARE Kenya, the college plans to contribute to a group of medical professionals who do plan to make a trip in November.
The Global Health Office is holding a drive to collect vitamins, particularly for children and pregnant women, as well as over the counter medications (NSAIDS are most critical). Consider purchasing a bottle of vitamins or ibuprofen on your next shopping trip, and drop off the donations in the collection container in the Global Health Office in Grosvenor 224.
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Research seed funding available
 The CORE Research Office announced the second call for proposals for Clinical Research Seed Funding Grants for 2012-2013. All OU-HCOM and affiliate COM medical students and residents within the CORE are eligible to apply for the grants of up to $3,000. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis, and the deadline to apply is Wednesday, Oct. 31. Awards will be announced in November.
For details about the grants and to download a grant application, click here.
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Hamel-Lambert co-authors award winning book
Jane Hamel-Lambert, Ph.D., director, Appalachian Rural Health Institute and associate professor of family medicine, and her co-editors won the 2012 Distinguished Edited Book Award from the Applied Communication Division of the National Communications Association (NCA). Participatory Partnerships for Social Action and Research (Kendall Hunt, 2011) was co-edited by Lynn M. Harter, Ph.D., professor of health communication at Scripps College of Communication and Judith Millesen, Ph.D., associate professor at the Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Affairs.
Hamel-Lambert was the author of two chapters in the book.
The book was applauded by the NCA for the caliber of its work and for its excellence. The NCA is the oldest scholarly speech association in the United States.
The book was supported in part by Faculty for the Engaged Campus (FEC), a national initiative of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in partnership with the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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