Des Moines University (DMU) students and faculty presented posters at the 2017 Heartland Global Health Consortium conference held at Drake University on Oct. 13. A group of 10 Iowa colleges and universities co-hosted the day-long series of talks on topics […]
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DMU holds an annual celebration for all employees to highlight the year’s past accomplishments, including by faculty who were promoted or received tenure. On this year’s Day of Celebration, the following faculty were recognized for that achievement. Suzanne Bohlson, Ph.D.,
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The Department of Global Health was honored to host a group of Mandela Washington Fellows at DMU on Thursday, June 22. The 25 fellows from sub-Saharan Africa will be hosted at Drake University for six weeks, from June 16 to
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Among its global health opportunities for students, Des Moines University has an exchange program with Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) in Lima, Peru. Each year, a few students from DMU do rotations in Lima, and several medical students from
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Assistant professor named PA of the Year and an Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellow Laura Delaney, PA-C’99, M.P.A.S., had provided health care to patients in the West African nation of Mali before she joined DMU’s physician assistant faculty in 2008. That’s why
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Juliet Babirye, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is a lecturer in infectious disease and non-communicable disease control in the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda. She’s conducted research around the globe on topics including disease prevention, AIDS and mortality rates of
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When his first patient exclaimed, “My heart is on fire!”, then-first-year DMU osteopathic medical student Marshall Sheide was sure the patient was about to have a heart attack or other life-threatening issue. But after the calm clinician next to him
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Des Moines University’s annual Senior Health Fair, which will occur this year on Saturday, Nov. 7, was named one of 16 “age-friendly good practices” from around the globe by AARP International in its 2015 Age-Friendly: Inspiring Communities Report. A bit
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Brian Esele and Joseph Makoba returned to Uganda this summer after a medical rotation in Iowa with new friends, new health care insights and wonderful memories. Esele also accumulated a notebook full of lessons learned. “I was struck by the
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Ignorance and misinformation can cause a world of hurt. That’s certainly the case when it comes to maintaining and enhancing health. How can we educate people and populations for sustainable global health? That’s the topic
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