Research and Impact

Website examines additional roles for-profit hospitals play in communities

January 12, 2021 3 min

Two OHIO researchers have launched a new website that explores national data and case studies examining the services for-profit hospitals bring to their communities outside of direct medical care.

OHIO launches public feedback forums for Sustainability and Climate Action Plan revisions

December 9, 2020 2 min

Ohio University has launched online public forums to elicit feedback for revisions drafted for its 2021 Sustainability & Climate Action Plan.

OHIO Distinguished Professor Malinski named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

December 8, 2020 4 min

Ohio University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry Tadeusz Malinski has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization announced.

OHIO’s Tammy Rapp collaborates on study showing how leadership coaching improves patient outcomes in surgical suites

December 3, 2020 4 min

Professor Tammy Rapp coauthored a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, on how leadership coaching can improve outcomes in the surgical suite.

Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health

New study shows dramatic differences between average age of death in Ohio counties

December 1, 2020 3 min

A new study by the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Public Health showed that there are dramatic differences between average age of death within Ohio counties.

Early bird with tall, sickle-shaped beak reveals hidden diversity during the Age of Dinosaurs

November 25, 2020 7 min

An international team of researchers led by Dr. Patrick O’Connor announced the discovery of a new bird fossil that helps better understand convergent evolution of the face and beak shape.

Jeff Russell talks to students backstage during a SHAPe Clinic exercise

OHIO professor publishes first article that looks at concussion risk in stunt performers

November 23, 2020 6 min

Dr. Jeff Russell is shining a light on a segment of concussion patients who often go unnoticed in comparison to athletes: performing artists.

Power purchase agreements in Florida could generate $3.8B in economic impacts, according to study

November 20, 2020 3 min

Implementing solar power purchase agreements in Florida could support over 25,000 one-time construction jobs and generate up to $3.8 billion in local economic impacts, according to a new study.

OHIO continues to lead in diabetes work, helps standardize fellowship curriculum

November 18, 2020 4 min

November is Diabetes Awareness Month - learn more about how Dr. Amber Healy recently co-authored a white paper to help standardize curriculum for the nation's diabetes fellowship programs.

U.S. Department of State selects OHIO’s Talinn Phillips for prestigious English Language Specialist project in Brazil

November 16, 2020 3 min

Talinn Phillips has been selected by the U.S. Department of State for an English Language Specialist project focusing on developing a nationwide writing center network in Brazil.

OHIO professor Franz publishes study on strategies hospitals adopt to address opioid epidemic

November 16, 2020 4 min

OHIO professor Berkeley Franz leads study to identify what hospitals are doing to combat the opioid epidemic and how they could better address these problems in communities.

Ohio University expands corporate partnerships, academic opportunities on Dublin campus

November 16, 2020 6 min

Ohio University will soon welcome longtime partners to its Dublin campus in a move that will strengthen relationships and make possible on-campus clinical encounters for students.

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University names 2020 Presidential Research Scholars

November 10, 2020 5 min

Five faculty members have been named 2020 Ohio University Presidential Research Scholars for excellence in the fields of arts and humanities, and life and biomedical sciences.

John J. Kopchick Awards support 14 student and faculty research projects

November 10, 2020 4 min

Fourteen Ohio University students and faculty members received funding, totaling $118,021, for their health and medical research from the John J. Kopchick Awards.

Stirling Ultracold employees stand with the company's freezers.

Athens County-based Stirling Ultracold attracts national attention for boosting global distribution of potential COVID-19 vaccines