Garvin Reveals the Stories Written in Our Bones
Professor of Anatomy Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, teaches from behind the podium and on the witness stand.
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Professor of Anatomy Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, teaches from behind the podium and on the witness stand.
Garvin Reveals the Stories Written in Our Bones Read More
DMU anatomy faculty Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, and Lauren Butaric, Ph.D., received a $495,637 grant from the National Institute of Justice to analyze forensic standards used in criminal dismemberment cases.
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Des Moines University’s free Mini Medical School provides health information you can use in four sessions in February.
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Here’s a look back at Des Moines University’s top news events of 2023. It was a remarkable year in DMU’s history!
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The bottom line of an article by a DMU faculty member and students recently published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, “Sex estimation of the subadult ilium prior to acetabular fusion,” is that in in the forensic skeletal analyses of
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They say the eyes are the window to the soul, but the spaces above them can reveal a person’s identification. These holes in the skull can fill the “holes” in a forensic investigation when a dead body is discovered. “The
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Anatomy is one of the most, if not the most, hands-on aspects of clinical students’ education. Students in DMU’s doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.), doctor of podiatric medicine (D.P.M.), doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.), master of physician assistant studies (PA)
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This just in: Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, recently was interviewed on the Just Science podcast about her work with OSTEOID, an online resource for species identification of skeletal remains. A Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and one
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Their topics explored such diverse topics as the brain of the Siberian tiger, medical student coping, the energy cost of walking while thinking and the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pulmonary function in adults with asthma, but these researchers
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As in the human body, the anatomy department at DMU has … a lot of MOVING PARTS Anatomy faculty at DMU have a significant teaching load, given they teach courses taken by all students in DMU’s four clinical programs and the
A lot of moving parts Read More