When you enjoy a cold drink of water from your faucet, put on your seat belt, breathe air free of cigarette smoke, learn where COVID-19 surges are occurring or do any number of other daily tasks, you are benefitting from […]
National Public Health Week celebrates vital leaders in our wellbeing Read More
Simon Geletta, Ph.D., a professor of public health at DMU, had little reason to expect he’d ever give a lecture at 1 a.m. But then again, most of us had little reason before 2020 to expect a pandemic would change
DMU prof shares expertise in a virtual Mandela Washington Fellowship Read More
Shelley Horak, Ed.D., M.P.H.’10, CHES, completed her doctor of interdisciplinary leadership degree at Creighton University. She is State Innovation Model (SIM) project manager for the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, Iowa Department of Human Services, as well as an instructor for DMU’s
Shelley Horak, Ed.D., M.P.H.’10, CHES Read More
Over three days in October, three central Iowa organizations, an international nonprofit, two DMU alumni and 17 students came together in an effort that likely saved several individuals’ ability to see. Delta Dental of Iowa and Delta Vision led efforts
DMU students help make vision clinic a win-win Read More
Jake Redden, M.P.H.’11, M.H.A.’11, DHSc, was appointed chief executive officer of Madelia Health in Madelia, MN. He has spent more than 15 years overseeing health care operations, strategic management, quality, medical staff engagement and performance improvement. Most recently he was
Jake Redden, M.P.H.’11, M.H.A.’11, DHSc Read More
Erica Berger, D.O.’16, M.P.H.’16, opened Driftless Integrative Psychiatry in Lansing, IA. She completed a four-year psychiatry residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and then practiced as an outpatient psychiatrist at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Viroqua and
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Margaret Galvez, M.P.H.’14, D.N.P., FNP-C, APHN-BC, is a tenure-track assistant professor of nursing at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TX. She is halfway toward completing an master of business administration degree in ethical leadership. A nurse practitioner, she plans to work
Margaret Galvez, M.P.H.’14, D.N.P., FNP-C, APHN-BC Read More
One was a radiologist universally respected by colleagues and loved by patients for his caring bedside manner. Two are former DMU faculty members who have continued to benefit patients and communities, even globally. And one is the recipient of the
DMU announces 2021 Alumni of the Year and inaugural Rising Star Award recipient Read More
Yogesh “Yogi” Shah, M.D., M.P.H.’13, FAAFM, the 2021 College of Health Sciences Alumnus of the Year, is inarguably impressive on paper. Founding director of the palliative care program at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, he now is Broadlawns’ chief
Yogi Shah’s comfort with taking risks opens doors for many Read More
Susan Potterveld, D.O.19, M.P.H., is a second-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident physician at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. She was awarded a 2021 Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Research Grant from the Academy of Clinical
Susan Potterveld, D.O.’19, M.P.H. Read More