OSU Medicine partners with Discovery Lab for science and health care exhibit

OSU Medicine partners with Discovery Lab for science and health care exhibit

Monday, October 6, 2025

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In order to introduce more students to careers in health and science, OSU Medicine has partnered with Tulsa's Discovery Lab to give children an inside look at health care through the Curiosity Clinic.

The Curiosity Clinic is a hands-on exhibit sponsored by OSU Medicine located in the Discovery Lab, a science museum whose mission is to spark curiosity, inspire learning and promote STEAM - science, technology, engineering, art and math education.

The exhibit features interactive activities for museum guests, including cast-making, DNA experiments, surgery simulation and more.

The exhibit also provides visitors with information about career opportunities in medicine and health care at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and OSU Medicine.

Graduate students from the microbiome lab of Crystal Johnson, assistant professor of microbiology at OSU-CHS, assisted in setting up the exhibit's activities prior to opening.

To celebrate the Curiosity Clinic's opening, OSU Medicine and Discovery Lab invited local media to get a first look at the exhibit on Oct. 3. During the event, students from William R. Teague Elementary School in Wagoner, Oklahoma, were at the museum and engaged with the exhibit's activities.

Students had the chance to learn more about medicine from Dr. Stacy Chronister, clinical assistant professor at OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, as she demonstrated how to apply casts on a model teddy bear.

Monica Collington, assistant vice president for External Affairs and Strategic Communications at OSU-CHS, said this partnership is reflective of the institution's mission.

"Across OSU Medicine, we are committed to inspiring the next generation of Oklahoma students to consider health and science careers. We know that it's important to 'see it to be it,' and this exhibit plants those seeds of possibility in these young minds," Collington said.

The Curiosity Clinic will be open to the public through November.