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In gratitude for the contributions of faculty and staff, the Heritage College offered all employees and their family members free admission to today’s OHIO Football game. . Our OU-HCOM families gathered for pre-game festivities and Kaiser’s Barbecue at the Heritage College tailgate in Tailgreat Park. . As part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month students from the OU-HCOM Pediatrics Club were also onsite raising money for Alex’s Lemonade Stand in memory of Andrew Bianco. . #OUHCOM#OhioUniversity#medschool#medstudent#OUHCOMbound#CareLeadsHere #osteopathic #OhioFootball #turnitgold . (photographs @facun)

Students back in 1983 attend a Cranial Anatomy class at Irvine Hall. Today, the Anatomy classes also use 3D visualizations of human anatomical structures along with cadaver skull and brains. . #throwbackthursday #throwbackthursday #tbt #CareLeadsHere #vintage #medschool #medstudent #ohiouniversity #ouhcom #anatomyclasses #brain #nurosciences . (photograph @ouhcom)

He's walked through 24 time zones at 107 degrees below zero, wearing a pair of Grinch boxer shorts. He might just hold the world record for most osteopathic manipulative treatments performed in Antarctica. He's military veteran and 1985 Heritage College alumnus John Allerding, D.O., and you can read about his exploits in our latest blog post at the OU-HCOM News Center at: . www.ohio.edu/medicine/news-center . #OUHCOM#OhioUniversity#medschool#medstudent#OUHCOMbound#CareLeadsHere #osteopathic #antarctica #veteran . (photograph @tywwright)

I’m a non-traditional student. I came into med school in my 30s. I had a career before this and I decided I wanted to work with patients. I didn’t want to be in finance behind a computer screen. I wanted to interact and promote health and I really identified with the osteopathic philosophy and that brought me to OU. That’s how I got here. . I initially applied to medical school and got waitlisted at the local university. Because I was waitlisted I decided to go get my MBA. After I earned my MBA I didn’t have any research or volunteer experience so I started my Master of Science and began volunteering at the local hospital which happened to be an osteopathic hospital. . I always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. Even though I had this desire I had never seen an African American physician, let alone a woman African American physician. . My father wanted to be a doctor when he was growing up. But there wasn’t as many opportunities as there is now and he ended up going into the military. . He had that dream of being a physician and he always encouraged me to go back to school, to continue on with my dream. He said you don’t want to be like me and wonder “what if?” Growing up, I watched him and he was always talking about oh, I wish had, I wish this, I wish that, you know those types of things? . Because of my parents sacrifice and because of their support, I’m able to pursue my dream even though I took the more scenic route to get here. I would strongly encourage others to pursue their dream. Because, we only have this one life. My dad instilled that upon me. . Albeit, it was definitely hard to leave a nice job, where you’re making money and you’re independent and you’re able to do this and that – to go back and be more in debt, and be a one income household and those types of things. But, I feel like it is definitely worth it. I would have done it ten times over. . Danielle Dukes, OMS-III, Primary Care Associate, Dublin . #HumansofOUHCOM#careleadshere#ouhcom#ohiouniversity#osteopathicmedicine#medstudent #ouhcomlife . (photograph @facun)

Dean Longenecker, D.O., joined some of our students and members of the HCOM Community Health Office as they took part in a free community health screening. The outreach was held during the Ohio Black Alumni Reunion (BAR), a signature alumni weekend that takes place on the Athens campus every three years, and included complementary blood pressure and glucose screenings. . #CareLeadsHere #medschool#medstudent #osteopathic #OMM#OhioUniversity #osteopathic #ohiobar2019 #community . (photographs @justsrijita)

Our very own Pranay Arora, OMS-II, right, offered insight into his experience this summer working in the Kopchick lab at the Konneker Research Center. . “As a part of the Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship program, I got to spend this past summer as a member of the Kopchick lab. I worked on various projects exploring the function and role of growth hormone in cancer, specifically human melanoma. We looked at growth hormone's effects on drug sequestration inside cancer cells and its ability to affect cancer's metastatic properties. . As future physicians, I believe it's important for us to understand the "behind the scenes" action and work that occurs in basic science laboratories, as it paves the way for groundbreaking discoveries that we will use in our future careers. I am extremely thankful for the amazing mentors I had throughout this summer and the opportunity to be a part of such innovative research here at Ohio University. . #HumansofOUHCOM #careleadshere#ouhcom #ohiouniversity#osteopathicmedicine #medstudent#ouhcomlife #inclusion #diversity #POC #growthhormone #kopchicklab #kopchick . (photograph @facun)

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We launched this blog during our 40th anniversary to celebrate the founding of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. This blog is about the people, ideas and places that made us who we are today and who we’ll be tomorrow.

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