October 15, 2021
Editorial: Getting the root of health gaps for Indigenous people
Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa has become a hub to eliminate gaps in health outcomes for members of tribal nations.
A $1 million federal grant to create the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity is the latest measure to address the health disparities in Indigenous people. This comes a year after OSU-CHS opened a teaching hospital in Tahlequah with the Cherokee Nation for the first medical school in the U.S. affiliated with a native tribe.
The univers...