Did you ever wonder how people stay healthy into old age? Or how you can establish good nutrition habits? This year’s Mini Medical School at Des Moines University will answer these questions and more! Beginning February 7, DMU will show you the keys to becoming the healthiest you every Tuesday night for five weeks. Classes [...]
Jeff Gray, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology, has been named DMU’s vice president of research. In this role, he oversees the Research Office, the Office of Sponsored Programs and all DMU research compliance activities. Gray, a microbiologist whose research focuses on severe bacterial infections and multiple drug-resistant organisms, served on the DMU faculty from 1995 [...]
The College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery has experienced success over the summer in the area of scholarship/research. Kathy Frush, D.P.M. ’05, and Lori Steiner, D.P.M. ’10, were published in the July/August edition of the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA). Shevonne Wells, D.P.M. ’11, and Dr. R. Tim Yoho were published in [...]
In conjunction with the esteemed World Food Prize Symposium in October, Des Moines University (DMU) will host “The Challenges of Global Aging” on October 12. Speakers include: Robert Bender, medical director, Healthy Aging & Memory Clinic Donna Harvey, director, Iowa Department on Aging Timothy Ihrig, medical director, Palliative Care Services, Iowa Health Physicians Bryan Kaskie, [...]
Des Moines University (DMU) will award 499 degrees at its 2011 Commencement service May 28 at 10 a.m. at Hy-Vee Hall in the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third St. The dean from each of the three DMU colleges will present their classes and DMU president, Angela Walker Franklin, Ph.D., will confer degrees. Continuing a tradition [...]
29 Des Moines University (DMU) students will spend their spring break next week in Honduras providing medical care to those in need. “The DMU motto is ‘Doing a World of Good,’ and it’s important for us, as students, to make our difference in the world. Traveling to Honduras allows us to see diseases and medical [...]
The Des Moines University Clinic is kicking off the Athletic Power Hour five-part series on February 24. The series is free and open to the public. “We have so many great experts and wonderful facilities on campus that this just made sense. The physical therapy clinic is sponsoring the series to promote activity while preventing [...]
Students of all ages get discount rate This year’s Mini Medical School at Des Moines University (DMU) will give you some insight on food, nutrition and global health as well as filling you in on exactly what “neuroplasticity” means. Beginning February 8, the five classes will be held each Tuesday evening, 7-8:30 p.m., in the [...]
Des Moines, IA – What’s it like to bike through 18 inches of sand, swim the English Channel and climb Mount Everest? It’s likely only one Des Moines man, Charlie Wittmack, can answer those questions. Wittmack was the first Iowan to summit Mount Everest and he is preparing to do it again as the finale [...]
Last week the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) released the results of its fourth “PharmFree Scorecard” project. The AMSA PharmFree Scorecard (http://www.amsascorecard.org) offers a comprehensive national overview as well as an in-depth school-by-school analysis in 11 areas, including gifts and meals from industry to doctors, paid promotional speaking for industry, acceptance of free drug samples, interaction with sales [...]