If you have a baby in Iowa, get ready for a crash course in public health awareness! In the past few months I’ve completed quite a few surveys for the Iowa Department of Public Health regarding the birth of my son. […]
What is my role in public health? Read More
Educational Support Services (ESS), on the fourth floor of the AC, is exactly what it sounds like – an office designed to offer any support you may need while you get a DMU education. Whether your stress is academic, emotional
Being a student overwhelming somedays? You can get free, confidential help! Read More
It’s kind of hard to comprehend the Iowa Simulation Center at DMU but this video shows off some of our great tools. Check it out:Â DMU’s sim lab
Video showing how cool our sim lab is! Read More
It’s been about one month since classes started for most of our clinical programs at DMU,  and it’s tempting to just sit around congratulating ourselves for all the hard work done in the past year. We enrolled a great group
Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines Read More
Today, 9-11, is a somber date for our country. Today marks the seventh year since the terrifying tragedies in Washington, D.C., and Manhattan. As we reflect on where we were when we heard, how things have changed since that day
This weekend you can attend the annual Des Moines Dog Shows, Obedience Trials & Rally for free at the Varied Industries Building on the state fairgrounds. The event runs today through Sunday and includes approx. 2000 dogs from 45 states+other
Tomorrow at 7 p.m. (Iowa time), ABC, NBC & CBS will stand together to Stand Up To Cancer. Tune into any of those networks to see it. A first-time event, the Stand Up project is funded by the American Association for Cancer
Unite to grow understanding, fight cancer Read More
A new report from careerbuilder, just out today, lists a few growing career fields. Luckily for our students, the demand for physician assistants is expected to increase by 27% by the year 2016! By then, eight years from now, there are
Vassilios G. Vardaxis, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Des Moines University in the doctor of physical therapy program specializing in human biomechanics and gait analysis. His interest in human movement studies started as a young athlete back in Greece, he
Research spotlight: Vassilios Vardaxis Read More
In memory of DMU student, annual conference focuses on young adults with cancer (Des Moines, IA) – The loss of Des Moines University student Katherine M. Miller in 2005 to colorectal cancer inspired an annual cancer conference at Des Moines
Free conference includes national oncology experts, panel of cancer patients, free dinner Read More