Research at OSU Center for Health Sciences adds significantly to the academic environment of the College.

It keeps faculty in the mainstream of current knowledge and offers faculty and students a different learning experience in addition to classroom work.

Research can be categorized into biomedical, translational, experimental drug trials and medical product testing.

Clinical research has goals in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases and behavioral medicine.

Biomedical research involves projects by faculty-led teams of scientists who seek to translate molecular research into new medical therapies.

• Funding is received from the:
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation
  • Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
  • Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
  • Other public and private foundation sources.
    
    
• Biomedical research includes the area of neurosciences with projects ongoing in the areas of:
  • Artificial vision
  • Pain perception
  • Mechanisms of actions of neural acting drugs
  • Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
  • Modulation of cellular immune responses by drugs of abuse
    
    
• The Center for Rural Health explores ways to improve the quality and efficiency of health care in rural Oklahoma and nationally, particularly the use of telemedicine and the operation of small, rural hospitals.
  
  
• Other areas of interest include:
  • Neurological disorders and brain injury
  • Genetics
  • Diabetes
  • Cardiovascular disease and stroke
  • Otitis media (ear ache)
  • Muscular disorders

Clinical Research - The College has several ongoing trials testing the efficacy of new drugs in:

• HIV/AIDS
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Upper respiratory illnesses
• Asthma
• Otitis Media (ear aches) in children

Testing of new antibiotics and vaccines is also ongoing.

Original research is being conducted in topics such as:

• Psychological factors in cardiovascular disease
• Endocrine factors of post-partum depression
• Chronic sub-clinical infections
• Patented system of delivery for cognitive rehabilitation exercises
  

Sponsored projects range from health care delivery programs to support for the family medicine residency program and Indian health care. These projects total more than $4.5 million and include federal, state and private grants.

Students are encouraged to supplement their medical education through research activities and are supported in part by the Student Research Fellowship Program through the Auxiliary to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association.