William Anderson: Never Quit
Born in the segregated South, Anderson was determined to become a doctor at a time when many African-Americans had limited access to basic health care.
If America’s health care system were a patient, its doctor might declare “code blue.” Our health status is vulnerable at best: The United States spends more per capita on health care than other industrialized nations yet performs poorly–37th in the most recent World Health Organization ranking–in many key outcomes, such as obesity and infant mortality.
Born in the segregated South, Anderson was determined to become a doctor at a time when many African-Americans had limited access to basic health care.
Preparing competent leaders in health care is going to take more than cracking the glass ceiling.
With its Area Health Education Centers program and new rural medicine scholarship, DMU is bringing health care to underserved areas, today and for the future.
DMU seeks hard-to-get internship opportunities for P.T. students. Can you help?
Hundreds of actors have played health care roles on TV and in movies. But an actor in real health care? Meet Dan Deublein, future physician assistant.
Everyone is smiling on this golf outing. Wheelchair users just want to have fun–and golf and bicycle and bowl and go kayaking. When the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Iowa (SCIAI) offers those opportunities to people with mobility issues, DMU physical therapy and osteopathic medicine students often volunteer to help. “I enjoy the game of…
New summer program for high school students interested in science and medicine For most high schoolers, highlights of the summer include sleeping in, hanging out with friends and going on vacation. For Lynnville-Sully High School senior Katelyn Van Wyk, a summer highlight was taking measurements of the cadavers at DMU. “It is such a unique…
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