Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health is proud to announce its partnership as an affiliate hub site in the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN), significantly expanding the network’s reach to Region 6, which encompasses Oklahoma and surrounding states. This participation is made possible through a partnership with the University of Oklahoma. The addition will help ensure children across the region have access to critical care during health crises, such as pandemics, by enhancing pediatric preparedness and readiness in both urban and rural areas.

Ian F. Dunn, M.D., FACS, FAANS, executive dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and chief academic officer at OU Health, recently delivered the keynote address at the prestigious Mass General Brigham Neurogsurgery Symposium and 2nd Annual Yasargil Microneurosurgery Congress. The event brought together the foremost minds in neurosurgery from around the world to address the evolving challenges and breakthroughs in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery.

New research from the University of Oklahoma sheds light on an understudied area of science: iron levels in the blood and their relationship to cognitive performance in women transitioning into menopause. The findings are good news for women experiencing brain fog and other symptoms.

Andrew Liew, M.D., associate professor in the Department Of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and associate dean of undergraduate medical education at the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine in Tulsa has received the OU College of Medicine’s 2025 Stanton L. Young Master Teacher Award. Rodney Tweten, Ph.D., a George Lynn Cross Professor of Research in the Department Of Microbiology and Immunology in the OU College of Medicine has received the inaugural Stanton L. Young Excellence in Research Award.

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine is proud to announce that Michel Torbey, M.D., MBA, MPH, chair of the Department of Neurology and clinical service chief of neurology at OU Health, has been elected to the board of directors for the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). His term will begin May 1, 2025, and continue through April 30, 2028.