UHS has vaccinated more than 5,000 members of the university community since it began administering the Pfizer vaccine in January. By Friday, UHS will surpass the 6,000 mark, and, with Monday’s announcement that Oklahoma has entered Phase 3 for vaccine eligibility, there’s more good news to come.

Dr. Lex Smith Washington is being recognized with the 2020 Outreach Faculty Excellence Award from Oklahoma State University and the Richard W. Poole Outreach Award from the Spears School of Business.

The future looks brighter for rural, underserved and Native communities across Oklahoma with the opening of the nation’s first tribally affiliated medical school — the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation — in Tahlequah.