I don’t mean to sound like just another prima donna who’s smacking down Americans’ unhealthy eating habits, but a new book by a New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Michael Moss, got my attention. Titled Salt Sugar Fat, Moss
America’s sugar high: 22 teaspoons a day Read More
Have you noticed how many people have been sick this winter? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that the number of influenza cases is higher than normal at this time of year, and that the most common strain
Get a (flu) shot, take a survey Read More
Twenty-seven Des Moines University students are forgoing the traditional spring break destinations for a week of interprofessional training in Honduras. Instead of spending their week off in the sun or on the slopes, students from all three DMU colleges will
DMU sending care team on spring break in Honduras for third consecutive year Read More
Metro area girls will don surgical gowns, handle human organs and partake in exciting chemistry experiments at Des Moines University’s annual Girls in Science Day on Saturday, March 2. More than a hundred fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade girls from Des
Girls to scrub in for surgery, perform science experiments March 2 at DMU Read More
Ellacer welcomed a healthy baby boy, Elias Benjamin Javelona, on April 19, 2012. She is a physical therapist in Ocala, FL.
Shirley G. Ellacer, D.P.T.’11 Read More
Bose became board-certified in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy in 2012. He is a faculty member at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he teaches physical therapy for medically complex populations.
Sujoy Bose, D.P.T.’10 Read More
Welch works full-time at Primary Health Care in West Des Moines, IA, in family practice for under-served patients. She is still doing weekend work at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, IA, in adult and child inpatient psychiatry. Her youngest
Amy D. Welch, PA-C’08 Read More
Alm is a 2011 D.P.T. graduate who plans to graduate with her master’s degree in health care administration from DMU in 2014. She is completing a sports physical therapy residency program through ProRehab, PC, and the University of Evansville in
Ashley J. Alm, D.P.T.’11, M.H.A.’14 Read More
Olu-Williams is the health education program supervisor at the Philadelphia, PA, Department of Public Health, where he oversees three programs. He and his wife were married in December 2011. She is a fourth-year D.O. student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Leonard A. Olu-Williams, M.P.H.’09 Read More
Louison is retiring from Swope Health Services in Kansas City, MO, after 21 years of service. Swope Health Services is a federally qualified community health center serving more than 40,000 uninsured and underinsured patients every year. In 2009, Louison was
Anita M. Louison, PA-C’91 Read More