College News

$3.2 Million Grant to Fund Studies into New Technologies for Earlier Cancer Detection

OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma is joining the National Cancer Institute’s new Cancer Screening Research Network to study promising approaches for cancer screening, especially among Oklahomans with high cancer risk and limited access to screening services. The research is funded by a $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Britta Ostermeyer, M.D., MBA, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences, was recently honored by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) for her service to the organization and dedication to forensic psychiatry, a field at the intersection of mental illness and the law.

A newly published study from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences shows that stimulating the body’s longest nerve through a clip on the ear significantly lessens the woozy symptoms of POTS, or postural tachycardia syndrome.

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, partnering with the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center, is proud to announce the launch of the Scientific Training in Oncology (STRONG) program, which will provide trainees the unique opportunity to explore careers in health professions. The program is funded by the American Cancer Society through a three-year, $660,000 Diversity in Cancer Research Post-Baccalaureate grant.

In the past year, three researchers at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences have earned more than $5 million in grant money to study causes and potential treatments for necrotizing enterocolitis, a deadly intestinal disease that primarily affects infants born prematurely. Because NEC occurs suddenly and progresses rapidly, research is crucial for giving the most fragile babies a chance at life.