DMU mourns alumnus, emeritus trustee
The University lost a distinguished alumnus and small-town Iowa lost a great physician with the passing of Richard “Doc” Coatney, D.O.’60.
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Romance in a hospital room
Renee Atherley thought the inability of her DMU classmate and significant other, Jeff Messerly, to be dishonest would prevent him from ever surprising her. She was wrong.
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Lego competition sparks friendship between podiatric students, Girl Scouts
Coming up with a way to convince older women to wear sensible shoes led a group of Des Moines Girl Scouts to learn teamwork, practice problem-solving and advance in a regional Lego competition. In the process, they gained mentors in some DMU podiatric medical students.
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Getting to know you
Did Associate Professor Matthew Henry really once hang out with pro skateboarder Tony Hawk? Did Associate Professor Wayne Wilson truly once sport a Mohawk? Students pondered these and many other fascinating facts during DMU’s first-ever “Get to Know the Faculty Night.”
Fighting a scary problem on Halloween
Nearly 50 million Americans, including more than 16 million children, struggle with hunger. Last Halloween, DMU students worked to alleviate this scary problem by trick-or-treating for food pantry donations.
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DMU’s “masters of manipulation” again triumph in Malpractice Bowl
One might debate who is more competitive, medical students or law students, but on Sept. 29, the former showed they were more gifted on the gridiron: Both DMU’s men’s and women’s teams took the trophy in the 2012 Malpractice Bowl,
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DMU student elected SOMA region trustee
DMU osteopathic medical student Katie Eggerman was “one of those three-year-olds” who always knew a health care career was her destiny. She’s also one of those students who seizes leadership opportunities, such as her new post with the Student Osteopathic Medical Association.
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DMU PA program has heart
The University’s physician assistant program received a heart-felt honor for its efforts to address an ironic issue – that many direct care professionals lack health care coverage and, as a result, screenings that help detect health problems.
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CHS dean earns prestigious fellow distinction
Jodi Cahalan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., PA-C, recently earned six more letters to put after her name: DFAAPA, or Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Physician Assistants.
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DMU researchers awarded grant from Polk County
DMU faculty Simon Geletta, Ph.D., and Carolyn Beverly, M.D., landed a community betterment grant to increase awareness among central Iowa African Americans of their risk for high blood pressure.
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