At two new-for-DMU sites for global health service during spring break this year, students and clinicians treated hundreds of patients, provided health education and even swept floors and cleaned up facilities. The biggest impact of the trips, however, was on […]
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More than 16 million children in the United States are at risk of going hungry, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. That’s one in every five kids who don’t get a nutritious meal on a regular basis. On May
Podiatry students take donations to de-feet childhood hunger Read More
Des Moines University was well represented at the 20th Annual Iowa Physiological Society Meeting held on campus on Saturday, April 25. University researchers presented 10 posters, including two award winners. Briana Gebert-Oberle, M.S.B.S.’18, won second place for “Calmodulin: A New
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The Polk County Medical Society presented $1,000 Kathie J. Lyman Scholarships to Des Moines University and University of Iowa medical students from Iowa to further their medical education. Des Moines University recipients included Cassandra Drew, D.O.’18, Alex Davis, D.O.’17. Global
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Yogesh Shah, M.D., M.P.H., and 187 other science faculty and researchers from 39 Iowa colleges and universities signed the fifth annual Iowa Climate Statement, supporting action on climate change. “Iowa Climate Statement 2015: Time for Action” summarizes the facts about
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Dana Lowry, D.O.’17, received the 2015 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. Yogesh Shah, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, associate dean of global health, and J.D. Polk, D.O., M.S., M.M.M., CPE, FACOEP, dean of
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Des Moines University students are passionate about promoting healthy, active lifestyles to local youth. For several years, the Iowa Medical Society (AMA/IMS) student organization has worked with other student clubs to host “Mission: Active,” an on-campus event geared to inspire kids to
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The Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine has made a commitment to train the next generation of health professionals to address the health impacts of climate change. Deans from 30 medical, public health and nursing schools from 26 institutions
The typical Des Moines University student holds at least a bachelor’s degree, but on Saturday, March 28, the halls of our graduate health sciences school were abuzz with pint-sized potential podiatrists, physical therapists, pharmacists and more. Girls in Science Day,
Girls in Science Day promotes health care careers to kids Read More
If we are what we eat, it seems wise to know all we can about what’s in our food. Sharing some of that knowledge was the goal of a group of DMU students who staffed a twice-monthly “Food Is Medicine”
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