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New building under way
OSU Center for Health Sciences and the City of Tulsa broke ground Feb. 20 to launch construction of a shared forensic sciences and biomedical research facility that will house OSU-CHS and Tulsa Police Department forensic sciences and biomedical research.
The 160,000 square-foot building will have five floors; floors one and two for police department use, and floors three, four and five for OSU-CHS. The first phase of construction will complete the third-floor forensic sciences area, which will have a seminar style-teaching lab, faculty and staff offices, and the forensic biology, forensic pathology and forensic toxicology student labs and clinical labs.
An expansion space can accommodate two labs and a 24-seat classroom. The fourth floor has space for 12 biomedical sciences faculty members, procedure rooms, a dark room and a cold room. Later, phase two will build out the fifth floor for additional biomedical science research labs and faculty offices. Photo: On the dig line to launch construction of a new shared forensic science and biomedical science facility are Chris Benge, Jay Helm, Rick Westcott, Lucky Lamons, Jerry Dickman, John Fernandes, Dennis Troyer, Robert Anthony, Leigh Goodson, Steve Bayles and Ron Palmer.
OSU Medicine earns continued accreditation
The OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine has received continued accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. The medical school received the maximum 7-year approval, with the next full survey and on-site evaluation scheduled for 2015. Prior to the approval, the college conducted a 15-month institutional self-study. A site inspection team from the AOA in September also was part of the approval process.
“We were commended by the AOA for our very effective self-study, which incorporated both electronic files and our Website,” said W. Daniel Cogan, Ed.D, director of Academic Affairs and Accreditation. The report to AOA-COCA by the site inspection team’s report stated “OSU-COM is to be commended for its mobile telemedicine clinic,” calling it an asset to the college. “It is well accepted by the people served and the students who gain great clinical experience working with the rural communities of Oklahoma,” the report added. In addition, the team complimented OSU’s use of osteopathic technique with patients at OSU Medical Center; their comment: “OSU-COM is to be commended for its structural medicine inpatient rotation and guidelines manual for OMM treatments to the hospitalized patient,” the report stated.
Country Club Gardens Clinic expands services
OSU Scrub Run is April 4
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s 30th annual Osteopathic Scrub Run is Saturday, April 4, in Tulsa. Sponsored by the OSU Student Osteopathic Medicine Association, the event benefits LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma. Events and times are:
- Lo Detrich Honorary 5K - 8 a.m.
- Colby Cassani and Brayden Jueschke Gift of Life 10K - 9:15 a.m.
- William Ferry Memorial Fun Run - 9:20 a.m.
Races are walker-friendly. Register at getmeregistered.com or Fleet Feet Sports (918) 492-3338. For information contact sonya.chehardy@okstate.edu or visit www.healthsciences.okstate.edu/race/index.cfm
Research Symposium highlights projects
Researchers Jay Bullard and Robert Conrad, Ph.D., view a poster
display in Founders Hall at OSU’s 20th annual research symposium.
The 20th annual OSU research symposium Feb. 20 featured research presented by students, faculty and staff. David Wallace, Ph.D., assistant dean for Research, said the event featured 45 poster presentations and 12 oral presentations.
Graduate student oral presentations award recipients are E. Matthew Hoffman for “Effects of nerve growth factor deprivation on pain sensitivity and dorsal root ganglion neurons of the adult rat,” Yanina Levchenko-Lambert for “Two distinct conformational rearrangements contribute to AMPA receptor desensitization,” and Arunkumar Thangaraju for “Deletion of a small domain in the I3 loop of M1 receptors either impairs trafficking to membrane or recycling.”
Poster presentation award recipients are Thangaraju for “Comparison of the Agonist-Dependent Internalization, Recycling and Downregulation of Muscarinic receptor subtypes M1-M5 in CHO cells,” Minh T. Ngo for “Estrogen and HSD2 Neuron Labeling in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius,” and Sallie Ruskoski for “Relationship between capsulation and cell surface physiology in Burkholderia multivorans.”
Osteopathic medical student oral presentation award recipients are Tess Hanner for “Sex differences in the renal excretions of protein in mice: Potential problem with male sex hormone,” and Megan Wilson for “Characterization of short flagella mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.”
Poster presentation award recipients are C.L. Bass for “Candida parapsilosis: Emerging Pathogen or Environmental Opportunist,” J.C. Medved for “Molecular identification of fungi found on protective athletic mouth guards,” and D. O. Hayes for “Ecology and pathogenicity of bacteria isolated from football players’ protective athletic mouth guards.”
Peds Club aids newborn unit
Claire Lukeman, Lauren Conway, Laura Bode and Tess Hanner with clothing for newborn infants collected by Pediatrics Club for delivery to the OSU Medical Center’s newborn intensive care unit. Among items collected were more than 35 outfits and 20 blankets, as well as socks, hats and mittens.
Med-Xtravaganza 2009
Andrea Sebree Warner (center) is welcomed to this year’s Med-Xtravaganza, the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine eighth annual open house, by Dana Livingston and Leah Haines. The event drew more than 200 visitors (prospective students, guests, and pre-medical advisors) to campus to meet with OSU Medicine students, faculty, and admissions staff, get information on all admissions criteria, tour our facilities, see hands-on lab demonstrations labs and talk with current medical students. The prospective students rotated through several small group activities including OMM, clinical skills lab and simulator area, and anatomy lab. An informal Q&A session with medical students and the admissions staff capped the day. Organizer Lindsey Kirkpatrick said 62 current medical students help to make the event successful.
CME programs available on-line
The Office of Continuing Medical Education now offers on-line CME programming. Currently there are three programs available, each offering 1 credit hour of CME, with more coming soon. For more information, or to register for a course, contact Cyndi Canning, program specialist, or Rob Robinson, program coordinator, at (918) 586-4615 or (918) 586-4617 or (800) 274-1972.
Round of Applause
Award
Matt Hoffman, Ph.D. candidate in Anatomy and Cell Biology, earned first place in the Timpano Award Competition sponsored by the Oklahoma Microscopy Society for “Optimizing Immunofluorescence Protocols for Proper Identification of Dorsal Root Ganglion Neuron Populations,” by E. Matthew Hoffman, Kristin M. Edwards, Ruben Schechter, and Kenneth E. Miller. Hoffman received travel support to the Microscopy Society of America/Microbeam Analysis Society meeting and a $100 scholarship.
Grant
“Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental and Addiction Disorders in Primary Care Medical Practices by Using a Protocol Involving a Screening Tool and Standardized Diagnostic Interview”, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, $22,940, Feb. 2. 2009 to Jan. 31, 2010 - Richard H. Bost, Ph.D., Richard A. Wansley, Ph.D. (co-principal investigators), Christopher Thurman, D.O., Cornelia N. Mertz, D.O., Terence Grewe, D.O., and Dennis Carter, D.O.
“Ugly Bug Educational Outreach Program” by Dean Phillips and Bill Meek, Ph.D., Oklahoma Microscopy Society, $6,500 for 2009-ConocoPhillips.
Publications
“Regulation of Flagellar Length in Chlamydomonas,” Seminars in Cell Develop. Biol., 19: 494-501 - Bill Meek, Ph.D., Nedra Wilson, Ph.D. and Julie Buchheim.
“Nociceptin produces antinociception after spinal administration in amphibians” in Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 91 (2009) 436–440 - Craig Stevens, Ph.D., and others.
“The evolution of vertebrate opioid receptors” in Frontiers in Bioscience 14 (2009) 1247-1269 - Craig Stevens, Ph.D.
Media
“Take simple steps to prevent colds, flu,” Tulsa World, Feb. 12, 2009 - Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.
Reviews
Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care (OMPC), “School Based Health Centers: A Four Year Experience, with a Focus on Reducing Student Exclusion Rates” - Stanley E. Grogg, D.O.; Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research and World Journal of Gastroenterology -Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.; Papers for Acta Palaeontologica Polonica- Kent Smith, Ph.D.; manuscript for Journal of Food Science and Physiology and Behavior (4) - Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.
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