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DMU prof lands NIH grant to compare genetic and environmental factors

By Barb Boose

You can hear the excitement in the voice of Jun Dai, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., associate professor of public health at DMU, when she talks about the three-year $488,819 grant she recently was awarded by the National Institutes of Health. A …

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New dean named for DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

By Barb Boose

Kevin Smith, D.P.M., Ph.D., M.S., FACFAS, has been named the new dean of Des Moines University’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS). A 1995 graduate of the college, he will assume his new position on June 1, 2021. He currently …

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DMU students mentor undergrads to support their journey

By Barb Boose

As the first in their families to study medicine, Kelly Bang and Jiyoon Song, members of the DMU osteopathic medicine Class of 2024, can look back and see the great impact that having mentors would have made when they were …

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Laurel Walton, D.O.’86

Laurel Walton, D.O.’86, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, joined Greene County General Hospital at its My Linton Clinic’s Women’s Health Center in Linton, IN.

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Leah Brandon, D.O.’12, M.S.A.’10

Leah Brandon, D.O.'12, M.S.A.'10, medical director and staff physician in internal medicine and pediatrics for ChildServe in Des Moines, was named among the Business Record's 2021 Forty Under 40 honorees. These 40 local business leaders, who were chosen by past…

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Matthew Dikin, D.O.’96

Matthew Dikin, D.O.’96, moved to Reno, NV, in 2017 and has been working as an intensive care locum during the pandemic. He hopes to add emergency medicine and urgent care as he practiced in Michigan.
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