College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tackling Cancer鈥檚 Thorniest Questions
New York Institute of Technology鈥檚 Center for Cancer Research brings together clinicians, scientists, and students from the Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Arts and Sciences, and Engineering and Computing Sciences to investigate new ways to detect, treat, and prevent cancers.
News Byte: Two NYITCOM-Arkansas Students Are First Recipients of New Scholarship
Student Doctors Katie Head of Paragould, Ark., and Andrew Sullivan of Jonesboro, Ark., are the first two recipients of the Dr. Michael and Julie Isaacson Scholarship, which was established to assist students at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM-Arkansas) with their medical education.
Delivering Care and Compassion Abroad
This summer, 24 NYITCOM students embarked on transformative service-learning trips to Ghana and the Dominican Republic.
Student Profile: Daniel Tanis
Daniel Tanis successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in May. Over the next two years, the aspiring physician-scientist will complete his clinical rotations to graduate from 黑料导航鈥檚 first Ph.D. program.
Alumni Profile: Alan Wong
As a high school student, Alan Wong (D.O. 鈥�03, M.B.A. 鈥�03) volunteered as a researcher at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Today, he鈥檚 the chief medical officer at Mount Sinai鈥檚 hospital in Oceanside, N.Y.
Beyond the Bones: The 鈥淭ail鈥� of an Ancient Beast
NYITCOM Associate Professor Simone Hoffmann, Ph.D., is part of a team 鈥渦nearthing鈥� significant clues about an extinct, ancient mammal.
Visualizing How Military Blasts Impact Unborn Babies
Amidst military conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, an NYITCOM study provides new insight on how military blasts injure unborn babies.
Beyond the Bones: Brainy Birds
Assistant Professor Aki Watanabe, Ph.D., published the first study from his NSF CAREER grant-funded research project; he proposes using a domesticated chicken to study how birds鈥攁nd perhaps animals in general鈥攅nded up with differently shaped brains.
Biomedical Researchers Secure Prestigious Federal Grants
Faculty from the College of Osteopathic Medicine have secured a collective $1.4 million dollars in grants that support studies to further the understanding and treatment of several health conditions, including pediatric brain cancer, heart failure, and hypertension.
Beyond the Bones: Sizing Up Thunder Beasts
Research co-authored by Associate Professor Matthew Mihlbachler, Ph.D., explores the fossil record of an ancient relative of the rhino to help explain why natural selection might favor larger animals more often than smaller animals.