For her capstone project required for DMU’s master of public health degree, Mandy Ivanov chose to focus on a “personal interest” and local health issue: the breastfeeding challenges faced by Hispanic mothers enrolled in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) […]
M.P.H. student receives “engaged research” scholarship Read More
On March 12, 2015, around 1 p.m., I was in an organic chemistry lab synthesizing nylon, in despair after checking the mid-term physics grades. As I was contemplating my chances of getting into medical school, I got an e-mail from
Cultural challenges inspire aspirations Read More
The University’s annual DMU Day at the Fair is the rare opportunity for the public to experience osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) within a horseshoe’s throw of corn dogs, country singers and miniature ponies. On the first Sunday of the Iowa State Fair, Des
DMU Day: a family af-Fair Read More
Mobilizing community leaders, businesses, organizations, public officials and other citizens is key to promoting healthy lives, improving education and helping people achieve financial stability. That’s the “collective impact model” embraced by the United Way of Central Iowa and its three Community Impact
President Franklin to lead United Way of Central Iowa Health Cabinet Read More
DMU helped organize an event that gave central Iowa kids, many from uninsured and under-insured families, a healthy start to the school year and offered DMU students invaluable opportunities to apply their clinical skills and cultural competency training. The University
Giving kids a healthy start to the school year Read More
Heroes present, past and future will be honored at Des Moines University’s 12th annual Glanton Minority Scholarship Fund Dinner on Oct. 8, 2015, at the Meadows Convention Center of Prairie Meadows in Altoona. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, J.D., served as president
DMU to honor Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Ed Skinner at Glanton Dinner Read More
Tanya Hioe, D.O.’17, has served in student clubs since grade school, typically in roles that allowed her to make contributions behind the scenes. That changed when she served as first-year liaison to DMU’s Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) chapter, which sparked her
D.O. student earns AOF award Read More
Someone had changed the front door to one with windowpanes and added a chain link fence to the yard, but it was otherwise still the same dilapidated, dark, dusty shack with a rusty metal roof that I remembered from 35
Odors common to the profession Read More
No pain, no gain, as the saying goes, and Eric Johnson, PA-C’98, isn’t afraid of a little suffering to feed his obsession. The Ogden, UT, resident is a special kind of runner, shunning paved tracks for the uncertainty of the
Ogden man covers 700 Utah miles on foot Read More
Brooklyn, NY, native Ralph Levy, D.O.’60, had never been to the Midwest before he arrived at DMU, then the Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery. After he graduated, he returned east to an internship at Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Hospital
Giving back for getting to achieve a dream Read More