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Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Wright State med students host free community health fair in Dayton
Local college students spent time providing essential health services to underserved communities in Dayton Saturday afternoon. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine students partnered with Premier Health to host a free community health fair in the CityThrift St. Vincent de Paul parking lot. TRENDING STORIES: Man accused of threatening person with gun inside Ohio restaurant arrested 15-year-old arrested after deadly shooting near Ohio college campus Man, woman killed; 2 others injured after crash in Clark County Wright State students Beth and Katie are co-chairs of the event. They told News Center 7 they focused on hygiene, mental health, substance misuse, education, and healthcare access while planning. Free health screenings, supplies, fresh produce, and kids' activities were offered to anyone who attended. Several WSU student organizations and community organizations worked together to make the event possible. Some of the participating organizations include The National Kidney Foundation, Ziks Family Pharmacy, Preschool Promise and Dayon Recovery Project. 'We care a lot about people's health outside of the exam room; we're all training to be doctors, and this is part of it,' Beth said. 'A lot of the feedback that we got when we like started planning the health fair was to make sure that it was what the community needed. So we reached out to some shelters,' Katie said. 'But like we got a lot of feedback from different community organizations, kind of about access to healthcare. That's why we chose a really central location, and then the RTA bus has been helping us out and dropping off people. Katie and Beth said they hope people in the community continue to come to future events. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Community health fair at CityThrift offers vital medical resources
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Vital medical resources, supplies and screenings were offered to people in the Miami Valley at the CityThrift St. Vincent de Paul parking lot. The free Community Health Fair took place on Saturday, April 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It was hosted by Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine students in partnership with Premier Health. The event was designed to provide essential health services and promote healthy lifestyles. 'As medical students, we understand that there are several factors that impact one's health outside the health care setting, and we're looking to plant a seed in our community to promote well-being,' said Beth Ekeh, a third-year medical student at Wright State's Boonshoft School of Medicine. Dayton Children's, Wright State partnership broadens There were multiple educational activities for people of all ages. Highlights include those on hygiene, nutrition education, mental health, health care access, substance use and healthy lifestyles. Premier Community Health's mobile clinic provided three screenings for attendees – BMI, blood pressure and blood sugar. The Mobile Mammogram Coach offered mammogram screenings. Many WSU student organizations were present, including the Pediatric Interest Group, Student 2 Student, Teddy Bear Clinic, PsychSIGN, Emergency Medicine Interest Group, Hunger Alliance, Refugee Student Alliance and more. Community organizations present included Premier Community Health, The National Kidney Foundation, DJ Stan The Man, Preschool Promise, Dayton Recovery Project, Alcoholics Anonymous and more. Missed the fair? Another upcoming health event is the Greater Dayton Minority Health Month 2025 Expo on Saturday, April 19. It will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Main Branch of the Dayton Metro Library. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Local university 1 of 6 in nation to receive Toxic Exposures Research grant
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine is trying to find out why people have different responses to exposures like burn pits or other military-relevant chemicals. The school has received federal funds to make this research project possible — a $643,000 grant from the Toxic Exposures Research Program. It is only one of six schools in the country to be given this grant. The groundbreaking study will identify key components, which differ between people and might trigger diverse molecular responses to the same chemical exposures. Wright-Patterson AFB pauses social media activity Both Courtney Sulentic, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine, and her collaborator, Camilla Mauzy, Ph.D., at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, were awarded the funding. 'We're looking for this data to provide insight into individual sensitivity, based on gender and stress levels, to outcomes from different military-relevant environmental exposures,' said Sulentic in a release. Nearly half of 5 million veterans screened found to have potential toxic substance exposure The Toxic Exposures Research Program exists because of a Congressional directive to provide better healthcare for veterans and actively enlisted people who have been exposed to these chemicals. 'There's been a push in the military to do more research on health impacts on women in the military, as well as to understand why certain individuals get sick with specific exposures while others with the same approximate dose levels do not,' said Sulentic. The study will feature a line of modified cells to reflect different human gene sequences. These cells will given estrogen or testosterone and cortisol to represent both hormonal and stress changes; then they'll be exposed to a range of military-relevant chemicals. 'The endgame is to have a far more accurate and sensitive model to evaluate and predict exposure outcomes on an individual basis,' Sulentic said. 'Identification of individual risk could be used to adjust work duties or require additional protective measures to lower risk in sensitive individuals.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
