In 2018, Des Moines University became the nation’s first medical school to partner with the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), the nation’s leading advocacy group for mental illness, to offer its provider education program to third-year osteopathic medical students. All medical schools train […]
DMU is nation’s first medical school to require mental health course Read More
In her former work as a physical therapist in an intensive care unit, Julie Ronnebaum, P.T., D.P.T., Ph.D., quickly learned how important teamwork is in health care. That’s why she pursued her doctoral degree in interprofessional health care studies and
All together now: DMU faculty member is a force for interprofessional health care teams Read More
In addition to being a great day to ask questions, discover new knowledge and interact with highly engaged students, faculty and other scientists, the 10th annual DMU Research Symposium on Dec. 5, 2019, was an opportunity to honor DMU faculty
Honoring DMU faculty for searching for answers Read More
Their topics explored such diverse topics as the brain of the Siberian tiger, medical student coping, the energy cost of walking while thinking and the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pulmonary function in adults with asthma, but these researchers
Announcing DMU Research Symposium winners Read More
Back in December 2010, nearly 170 students, faculty and other scientists gathered on the DMU campus for an afternoon of plenary sessions and poster presentations on topics in basic research, public health, therapeutics and science education. That was the University’s
Reflections on a decade of discovery Read More
The concept and use of learning analytics have been around, in evolving forms, for decades. Three DMU scholars, however, have applied learning analytics in a way that has a real impact, in real time, on both students and faculty. In
DMU faculty, students use tools to track learning in real time Read More
As a dual-degree student in DMU’s doctor of podiatric medicine and surgery (D.P.M.) and master of public health (M.P.H.) programs, Kelsey Millonig seized a great number of opportunities. The 2017 DMU graduate was a peer tutor and teaching assistant, gave
Research Symposium “valuable building block opportunity” for students Read More
Holland Taylor, M.S.P.A.’07, PA-C, was named department chair/program director of the physician assistant program at DMU, effective Oct. 22, 2019. She joined the program faculty as an assistant professor in 2015. Since then, she has served as an academic coordinator, assistant
Holland Taylor, M.S.P.A.’07, PA-C Read More
Sean Grambart, D.P.M.’01, FACFAS, joined Foot and Ankle, part of the DMU Clinic, and the DMU College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in fall 2019 after practicing with the Urbana, IL-based Carle Physician Group and Carle Foundation Hospital’s surgery department
Sean T. Grambart, D.P.M.’01, FACFAS Read More
If Gregory Kolbinger had a motto, it could be “I’ll serve where I’m needed.” An early leader in DMU’s physician assistant program, he also pioneered the University’s simulation program and taught in all three colleges. DMU asked Gregory Kolbinger to
A unique and lasting legacy Read More
