As a DMU osteopathic medical student, Nick Bechtold was all set to apply for otolaryngology residency. That was before an action-packed, four-week rotation in South Africa put him on a completely different path.
Saving lives changes a career Read More
The crisis of world hunger likely has endangered humans since they came to exist. But the problem is about to get much worse, and not just for third-world dwellers with distended bellies and protruding ribs. “Nearly one billion people are
Global health conference explores ecosphere, hunger Read More
As a Peace Corps volunteer, Luke Wenzel made some babies cry; learned to speak Portuguese; met and married his wife; and decided on a career in family practice. He also worked to educate the locals on avoiding cholera and preventing or managing HIV/AIDS.
Mozambique piques student’s passion for global and rural health Read More
The team DMU is assembling for a health service trip to the Central American nation of Honduras March 16-24 will wear multiple hats. To date, the group includes students from all three DMU colleges and five of its nine programs;
DMU to send interprofessional team to Honduras Read More
Holt is an emergency and family medicine physician at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA, and is also trained in tropical medicine, which he puts to use two to three times each year on trips to Uganda. Holt began traveling
Charles R. Holt, D.O.’94 Read More
When Atifete Jahjaga, the president of Kosovo, visited Iowa June 13-15, her itinerary included a tour of DMU. Her visit, part of the U.S. Department of Defense State Partnership Program, represented the first time in history that a Kosovo president
President of Kosovo visits Iowa, DMU Read More
As part of DMU’s strategies for achieving sustainable, positive change in health care for underserved people, a group of students and faculty sought to suit local needs in St. Lucia.
Promoting better health that goes beyond ‘hit and run’ Read More
The Global Health department has received information about an upcoming medical service opportunity in Honduras. The trip is a partnership with Grinnell Global Brigades, and the exact community served will be determined by in-country Global Brigades staff. Global Brigades‘ purpose is
International service opportunity in Honduras for DMU alumni Read More
Amy Borden takes notes on a Haitian family. Among the many memories DMU students acquired in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the visual images stick like one’s t-shirt in the island nation’s oven-like temperatures: the once-beautiful capitol building in ruins. People eating and
Helping a hurting Haiti Read More
In a mountainous village in Guatemala, Natalie Hinchcliffe positioned her stethoscope on a female patient’s chest. Not a sound from the woman’s left lung field. Now what?
Global health trip to Guatemala Read More