Feeling nervous before participating in athletic competition is natural, and not always bad; it can be a sign one’s body is alert and ready to work. But too much anxiety can negatively affect one’s performance. So what’s a body to …
Learn about anxiety’s impact on performance – and how you can use it Read More
Research shows that while women are attending and completing college at higher rates than ever before, they represent only 26 percent of the college-educated workforce in science and engineering occupations, according to the National Science Board. The Science Center of …
DMU students, faculty spark girls’ interest in science Read More
Every year, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) holds the world’s largest interdisciplinary rehabilitation research conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research, with presentations about chronic disabling conditions such as brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, pain and many …
O.T.D. faculty present at world’s largest rehab research conference Read More
Paul J. Schenarts, M.D., FACS, MAMSE, generates a lot of knowledge through his prolific scholarly output but not a lot of words when it comes to boasting about it. The associate dean for clinical affairs in DMU’s College of Osteopathic …
DMU associate dean/surgeon/veteran marks publication, presentation milestones Read More
Jennifer S. Beaty, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, associate dean of student advancement and graduate medical education and an assistant professor in specialty medicine in DMU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, is among 65 surgeon educators who were inducted into membership in the …
DMU associate dean inducted into Academy of Master Surgeon Educators Read More
Traci Bush, M.S.P.T.’95, OTR/L, D.P.T., D.H.S., has a vision for the program she leads at DMU that will endure long after she’s no longer its leader. A DMU alumna and chair and director of the University’s doctor of physical therapy …
A selfless investment in the future of physical therapy Read More
Occupational therapists help individuals develop, adapt, recover, improve and maintain the skills of daily life, or “occupations,” that allow them to live life to the fullest. For the majority of American adults, those occupations include driving, a skill that can …
O.T.D. faculty member earns Driver Rehabilitation Professional Microcredential Read More
Kari Smith, P.T., D.P.T., BCB-PMD, a physical therapist, manager of the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic and an associate professor in DMU’s doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) program, has become a board-certified clinical specialist in women’s health physical therapy …
DMU physical therapist Kari Smith earns women’s health clinical specialist certification Read More
Joshua Devine, Pharm.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in DMU’s master of public health (M.P.H.) program, epitomizes the life-changing impact a person with public health expertise can have. A U.S. Public Health Service captain and a regional health administrator in the U.S. …
Dr. Devine honored for lifetime achievement in serving citizens Read More