The five-year grant will strengthen translational research, particularly in the area of treatment-resistant cancers, across the OU Health Sciences Center, the academic partner of OU Medicine.

With more surgical robots and physicians trained to use them than any health system in Oklahoma, OU Medicine is leading health care in advanced robotic and minimally invasive surgery in the state, changing surgery as patients know it and educating physicians on cutting-edge surgical techniques that result in less pain, shorter hospital stays and quicker recovery times.

On Sept. 18, 2018, University of Oklahoma President Jim Gallogly announced a $5 million leadership gift from Dr. Leslie Hudson and Mr. Clifford Hudson of Oklahoma City to benefit scholarship and scientific discovery at the OU College of Public Health. In recognition of the Hudsons’ generosity and longstanding commitment to the advancement of public health, Gallogly announced the OU Board of Regents has officially named the college the Hudson College of Public Health.