HEALTH NOTES
Diabetes center announces director
Jacob “Jed” Friedman will take over as head of the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and associate vice provost for diabetes programs at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center on Jan. 1.
Friedman was director of the Colorado Program in Nutrition and Healthy Development at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He also was director of the National Institutes of Health Nutrition and Obesity Research Center in Colorado and a professor who led research teams.
Dr. Jason Sanders, senior vice president and provost at the OU Health Sciences Center, said Friedman will help the center recruit talented researchers and compete for grants.
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