Children who are allowed to spend a lot of time watching TV and playing video games are more likely to gain weight, do poorly in school and get less sleep than they need. The power to prevent those problems may lie in their parents’ willingness to limit
Parents, monitor your kids’ media Read More
On Friday, July 18, more than 80 people gathered to celebrate the conclusion of Des Moines University’s 2014 Mentored Student Research Program. Impressively diverse with 13 undergraduate students from various colleges and universities, and 39 Des Moines University students representing
Student researchers reach goals Read More
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Spelunking for carnivores Read More
The Des Moines University Office of Research hosted Dr. John Robertson for a second grant writing workshop on June 20, 2014. Attended by DMU faculty and staff, Write Winning Grant Proposals aimed to help both basic scientists and clinical investigators
Grant writing workshop offers concrete insight and strategies Read More
Active lifestyles, particularly those that include extreme sports, come with their risks. Just ask Russian freestyle skier Maria Komissarova, who recently reported she is paralyzed from the waist down after breaking her back in a training crash at the Winter
Don’t just sit there – it could disable you Read More
The annual DMU Research Symposium was held on Thursday, December 5, and featured Laurel L. Haak, Ph.D., executive director of ORCID. The program entertained and educated a record audience of more than 400 attendees. Students competed in both oral and
DMU students win five of six awards at 2013 Research Symposium Read More
I had the great pleasure on Dec. 5 of attending the DMU Research Symposium, which was an shining showcase of a lot of hard work by very smart, inquisitive DMU students and faculty, medical residents and even some undergraduates. It
Dancin’ to your dissertation Read More
Suzanne Bohlson, Ph.D., started doing research as an undergraduate at the University of California-Irvine, investigating how a circulating protein called C1q regulates the immune system. Twenty years later, she continues probing that and other proteins and cellular processes relating to inflammation
Finding ways to fight inflammation Read More
New data on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Iowa and their impact on adult health and behaviors was analyzed at a DMU lunch and learn on October 14. Nadine Burke Harris, M.D., FAAP, M.P.H., discussed why this new data is
Newly-released data on adverse childhood experiences analyzed at Iowa ACEs lunch and learn Read More