By Jasmina Salcinovic-Spahic, DMSc, MMSc, M.H.A.’18, PA-C, DFAAPA The Bosnian War (April 1992 – December 1995) changed the life of Jasmina Salcinovic-Spahic, DMSc, MMSc, M.H.A.’18, PA-C, DFAAPA. She has been a practicing physician assistant (PA) for 12 years and currently …
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COLLEAGUES DON’T HESITATE when they describe Jodi Cahalan, PA-C’89, M.S.’93, M.P.H.’01, Ph.D., DFAAPA: “Highly respected.” “A very talented health care professional and executive in health sciences education.” “Genuinely passionate about her work.” But ask Cahalan about her retirement in March …
Tray Wade, M.H.A.’08, and his colleagues reorganized and rebranded EveryStep under a common name to clarify and fulfill its mission. In 1908, when a group of nurses in Des Moines saw the need for public health nursing, they answered that …
While the coronavirus shut down major aspects of daily life for many, those working in health care and public health, of course, have to soldier on. These front-line health heroes face significant risk of contracting the virus and passing it …
DMU M.H.A., M.P.H. students are health heroes amid pandemic crisis Read More
At a time of tension over the U.S.-Mexico border, an organization that’s worked for more than four decades to diminish divides and enhance public health and health care access continues to thrive thanks in part to a DMU alumna. The …