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Go!
Nearly 90 people participated in the annual 5k Medicine Run despite the cold, cloudy weather. A health fair,
which provided free screenings for blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol, and a children’s obstacle course
were part of the event as well. Booths were also available to educate people on a variety of health conditions.
Close to 50 students volunteered their time throughout the year to make it all happen, noted second-year
student Nicole Veitinger, who chaired the events. “Knowing we are giving so much back to the clinic as a
result of our hard work is all the reward I need,” she said. The Medicine Run raised $2,000 for the Free Clinic,
an amount that exceeds last year’s record donation of $1,350.
-Andrew Tillotson
OU-COM “Today”
Jacqueline Wolf, Ph.D., associate
professor of social medicine, far left,
appeared on NBC’s “Today,” April 26,
to discuss professional and informal
wet nursing. Wolf, a nationally
recognized expert in the history of
breastfeeding, is the author of Don’t
Kill Your Baby: Public Health and the
Decline of Breastfeeding in the 19 th
and 20 th Centuries.
Sinn to serve on national board
Second-year student Clarice Sinn, right, was recently selected to serve on the
national board of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) as the
organization’s “preventative medicine” director. She was “preventative medicine”
and public relations chair in SOMA’s OU-COM chapter last quarter.
In her new position, Sinn will develop programs at osteopathic medical schools
nationwide and collaborate with local coordinators to identify problems in
specific regional populations. Her duties include developing relationships with
national medical organizations like the American Lung Association and working
with other members of the national board to develop the SOMA Fall
Convention National Philanthropic Project in San Diego.
This fall, Sinn begins her third year-clerkship at St. Vincent Mercy Medical
Center in Toledo.
-Jared Rutecki
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