From disparities in cancer screenings to the complication dynamics of type 2 diabetes, from genetic factors involved in adult obesity to the effect of an app that allows pregnant mothers to track their babies’ kicks, the finale of the DMU …
Mentored Student Research Program fuels discovery, collaboration Read More
Megan Fagalde, a student in DMU’s master of anatomy program, singlehandedly transformed DMU’s engagement with high school students across the state of Iowa in her time at the University. Megan came to me about a year and half ago with …
10 things to know about DMU’s Anatomy Ambassador President Read More
If you stop by the anatomy research labs in Ryan Hall, you are likely to hear the soft mechanical movements of a 3D printer that is cranking out a small plastic model of the mammalian brain. This modest machine and …
Recent research projects led by Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D., associate professor of anatomy, share a theme: How has domestication affected the mammalian brain? “The domestication of animals marked a major transition in human prehistory, forever changing the way in which humans …
In March, Cassie Donahue dearly wanted to join more than 8,400 people in trekking 26.2 miles with a 35-pound rucksack on her back in the high desert of New Mexico. There was only one problem: The first-year student in DMU’s …
It was another celebratory year as Des Moines University awarded 455 degrees in nine programs at the 118th annual Commencement Ceremony on May 25. Family, friends, faculty and staff celebrated the graduates throughout the week with programs, awards and a campus …
The recently discovered species Homo naledi may have had a pint-sized brain, but that brain packed a big punch. New research by a group of scientists including Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, associate professor of anatomy at DMU, examines the imprints …
Where hominid brains are concerned, size doesn’t matter Read More
No textbook or model can substitute for the human body in the study of medicine. On May 11, 2018, Des Moines University will honor 54 individuals, 12 of them honored veterans, who generously donated their bodies to further medical education. …
A recent Tuesday found Katie Wilson, a junior at Des Moines’ Roosevelt High School, holding a sheep’s brain in the palm of her gloved hand. She points to parts of the specimen as she names them off. “I’ve always really …
Jakob C. Thorud, D.P.M.’11, M.S.A.’11, and Lanster R. Martin, D.P.M.’14, were among the authors of “Factors Associated with Early Loss of Hallux Valgus Correction,” published in the March-April 2018 volume of the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. Thorud is …
Jakob Thorud, D.P.M.’11, M.S.A.’11, and Lanster Martin, D.P.M.’14 Read More
Main Street, Wyoming goes exploring in Natural Trap Cave, which is located on the northernmost edge of Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains. It provides a unique combination of landscape characteristics and specimen preservation that makes for a perfect place …
Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D., has been awarded a fellowship that, in a way, will take him home. The associate professor of anatomy received a Carnegie Alumni Diaspora Fellowship from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he earned his bachelor’s, …