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The UC Cardi-OH team is excited to share the newest Cardi-OH Radio Podcast featuring two of our own faculty members. Podcast 67 - The Mediterranean Diet: A Heart-Healthy Eating Pattern features Mladen Golubic, MD, and is moderated by Orson Austin, MD.

Listen to Mladen Golubic, MD, from the University of Cincinnati, discuss the impact of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular health. He will review the main components of the Mediterranean diet pyramid and provide practical strategies to incorporate this diet into their busy lifestyles. Finally, Dr. Golubic will compare the cardiovascular effects of the Mediterranean diet to the DASH diet, another evidence-based approach to improving cardiovascular health.

Listen on Cardi-OH's website here: https://www.cardi-oh.org/resources/podcast-67--the-mediterranean-diet-a-heart-healthy-eating-pattern

Cardi-OH's currents provide brief summaries of recent updates in cardiovascular medicine. Review Current 60 on the recent AHA Scientific Statement on the association between social, genetic, and genomic factors and cardiovascular disease via the linked webpage.

Current 60 - AHA Scientific Statement: Association Between Social, Genetic, and Genomic Factors and Cardiovascular Disease | Cardi-OH Current | Cardi-OH | Improving Cardiovascular and Diabetes Outcomes for Ohio Medicaid A recent scientific statement from the American Heart Association synthesizes evidence linking social determinants of health, genetic variation, and epigenomic mechanisms to cardiovascular health (CVH) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The statement highlights three interrelated pathways through whi...

The UC COM Cardi-OH team is excited to share the recording for the February 2026 webinar with everyone. In the webinar "From Prescription to Practice: Tackling Adherence Challenges in Clinical Care," M. Robin DiMatteo, PhD, of University of California, Riverside, discusses the key components of and barriers to treatment adherence and employs practice and communication changes to improve overall treatment adherence in patient panels.

From Prescription to Practice: Tackling Adherence Challenges in Clinical Care | Cardi-OH Webinar | Cardi-OH | Improving Cardiovascular and Diabetes Outcomes for Ohio Medicaid The webinar recording will be posted soon. Objectives Identify key components of successful treatment adherence Understand barriers to treatment adherence Employ practice and communication changes to improve overall treatment adherence in patient panels Note: If you share or use these presentations,...

Listen to the Cardi-OH Radio podcast by Kathleen Dungan, MD, MPH, on "Is Metformin Still the First-Line Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes?"

Join Kathleen Dungan, MD, MPH, of The Ohio State University , as she reviews recent changes in the pharmacologic management of type 2 diabetes—including the evolving role of metformin in the era of newer therapies.

She’ll break down the latest American Diabetes Association guidelines, highlight treatment approaches for patients with and without major comorbidities, and discuss strategies to achieve both glucose-lowering and weight management goals.

Don’t miss this practical, guideline-driven conversation for today’s clinical care. https://bit.ly/4rCkIXr

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Congratulations to the DFCM's own Dr. Shanna Stryker for receiving the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Research Rising Star award!

The Research Rising Stars demonstrate an outstanding commitment to health-related research and are in the top tier of career benchmarks among peers.

We are proud of Dr. Stryker's achievements and know that she more than deserves this award.

We are proud to announce that Anoosha Sri, a MD/MPH student at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was awarded the TAM Travel Award. She will be presenting at the 2026 Society for Teachers in Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference on her project, "Leveraging Trainee Support to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening Data Accuracy: A Quality Audit at a Community Health Center" which she worked on alongside her UC DFCM mentor, Shanna Stryker, MD, MPH.

Congratulations, Anoosha!

Register for the upcoming Cincinnati Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Symposium on Saturday, March 14 from 8:00-4:00pm.

Submit your abstract by January 30 or apply to attend by March 4.

To apply, visit: https://redcap.link/irissymposiumattendance2026

The Cardi-OH UC COM team would like to share Capsule 62 – The Role of Oral Health in Chronic Disease Management. This capsule, written by UC’s own Dr. Nandyal and Harini Pallerla, discusses how oral health is closely linked with systemic illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. In this capsule, you will learn strategies to support good oral health, including daily hygiene practices and healthy lifestyle habits, which can improve chronic disease management.

You can view the capsule by visiting Cardi-OH’s website at https://www.cardi-oh.org/resources/capsule-62--the-role-of-oral-health-in-chronic-disease-management

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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

The UC Cardi-OH team would like to share a recent capsule with you: Capsule 60 – Promoting Nutritional Literacy in Primary Care, co-written by our own Mary Beth Vonder Meulen, RN, CCRC. Nutrition literacy refers to the ability to understand how food choices affect health, interpret nutrition labels to make healthier decisions, and apply that knowledge to make informed dietary choices. Learn about tools primary care teams can use to identify patients with low health and/or nutrition literacy as a part of patient education around healthy food and lifestyle choices to prevent chronic illness.

To view it online, please visit: https://www.cardi-oh.org/resources/capsule-60--promoting-nutrition-literacy-in-primary-care