Have you noticed that in the last few years, colleges and universities have been announcing they have just hired the “first” woman president or perhaps the “first woman person of color” president? It appears as if we are making progress […]
An Unconventional Journey Read More
By David P. Lind, CEBS, and Yogesh Shah, M.D., M.P.H.’14 Primum non nocere is a principal precept of bioethics that health care students at Des Moines University and, we hope, worldwide are taught. So why, then, are we not concerned
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On Feb. 6, 1951, a poor African American tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks entered the ward for colored women at Johns Hopkins Hospital to begin treatment for invasive cervical cancer. While she was unconscious on the operating table, the surgeon
“Illegal, immoral, deplorable” – and so critical to medical advancement Read More
This summer, the Simpson College branch of Tech Trek, an experiential summer camp backed by research and designed to make science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) exciting and accessible to girls in middle school, asked DMU to host a morning of STEM-focused activities.
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For the first DMU physician assistant alumni selected for Iowa’s state-supported loan repayment program, being able to shed their debt is “the cherry on top” of working in rural Iowa. That’s the view of repayment recipient Russell Dixon, PA-C’11, who
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Commencement is always a special occasion at a university, but 2015 is extra-special for DMU’s physical therapy program: In May it graduated its 25th class, which is also the program’s 10th class of doctors of physical therapy. Here’s the journey
Physical Therapy program celebrates 25 years Read More
Eric Wauson, Ph.D., has been awarded more than $200,000 by the American Heart Association (AHA) to fund his research into autophagy in relation to the heart. Autophagy is a normal process cells use to save themselves from starvation. They feast on their
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This article was written by Laurel Whitis, D.O.’17, M.P.H.; Matthew Mueller, D.O.’17, M.P.H.’21; and Chelsea Thibodeau, D.O.’17. As health care providers in training, we are responsible for learn-ing as much as possible about our future patients – from the fundamentals of
Des Moines University teaches students more than the sciences. Medical students also learn compassion, ethics and leadership — the interpersonal skills necessary to care for their fellow human beings. As a proud chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Gold
Thirty-two Des Moines University student leaders inducted into honor society Read More
Growing up in a low-income household in Portland, OR, Cindy Lin didn’t see a doctor until she was 16 years old. That and the influence of her parents fueled her drive to work hard, help others and treat all people
Student goes big in service Read More