The City of West Des Moines honored DMU with a Community Leadership Award during the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day event Jan. 15, 2024.
DMU Receives Community Leadership Award from City of West Des Moines Read More
DMU’s Glanton Event on Nov. 2 celebrated the university’s efforts to prepare culturally competent health professionals and raised $304,537 to support them.
DMU’s Glanton Event Celebrates 20 Years of Changing Health Care Read More
Through continuing education and learning from peers, Kaaren Olesen, D.O.’97, M.H.A.’96, has become an expert in gender-affirming surgery.
A man arrived by ambulance at a Chicago emergency room, labeled as a suspected drug overdose case. He’d actually suffered a stroke resulting from sickle cell disease, but the hospital staff believed otherwise simply because he was Black. “I wish
“Change in health care begins with you and me”: Glanton 2022 Read More
Negative stereotypes and poor health outcomes related to race persist in America. DMU is tackling the issue with a three-pronged approach – working to increase the number of minorities in the health care workforce, preparing all students to provide culturally
Remedies for an age-old problem: Race-related disparities in health care Read More
The mission of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) is to support the efforts of college/university diversity officers to identify and share best practices in diversity initiatives, provide professional development opportunities and influence policies relating to
DMU chief diversity officer helps form NADOHE Health Professions Chapter Read More
Des Moines University (DMU) has used the tag line, “Doing A World of Good” for a few years now reflecting our focus on meeting the health care needs of a very global and changing society. We stress competence and compassion
The Seed and The Soil Read More
Eliminating health and health care disparities has long been a focus in the field of public health. While differences in health outcomes by age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, geography and socioeconomic status are arguably well-documented, there remains a dearth of
How is Health Care Underserving LGBTQ+ Iowans? Read More
Since its founding in 1898, DMU has emphasized respect for all persons, meeting the health needs of underserved populations and giving students opportunities to learn from and serve people of different backgrounds. In more recent years, it has incorporated inclusiveness
DMU, President Franklin recognized for civil rights efforts Read More
By Rich Salas, Ph.D., and Luke Botting, D.O.’18 On Thursday, February 18, a group of approximately 50 DMU students, faculty and staff, along with our president, Dr. Angela Franklin, attended the RACE: Are We So Different exhibit at the Science
Race: Changing the paradigm from debate to dialogue Read More