Christina Fernandez-Morrow was named to the Business Record’s 2015 list of Forty Under 40 honorees. The annual list recognizes local business leaders who have demonstrated impressive career achievements and unparalleled community involvement. Fernandez-Morrow is a standardized patient trainer in Des Moines University’s […]
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Your typical operating room doesn’t accommodate 130 high school students — especially not in the midst of an open heart surgery. But through a program, “Live from the Heart,” broadcast by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and hosted
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Accreditation of an academic program is much more than a piece of paper. It demonstrates the program meets the highest standards of academic quality and professional relevance. That’s why DMU’s master of health care administration (M.H.A.) program has become a
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Our second Mini Med School lecture of 2015 took on potential pandemics with a practical twist. Dr. Patricia Quinlisk, MD, MPH, Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director/State Epidemiologist shared information about outbreaks of measles and ebola and promoted the
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Last year Daniel Cole, D.O.’16 became one of 16 current and past DMU students who’ve landed, since 2009, prestigious summer internships through the University’s Global Health Pathways of Distinction program. But he was the first to work in the area
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If you don’t believe climate change is having a negative impact on America’s Heartland, ask Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie. In 2008, he and local leaders across Iowa had to respond to a so-called 500-year flood. Two years later, parts
Thirty-four Des Moines University students are heading for warmer weather for spring break. Unlike your traditional spring breaker, these students are going south to provide health care services to the less fortunate. Twenty-four students from DMU’s osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine
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Get fit in just 30 minutes a day! Improve your health 10 minutes at a time! Those are not slogans from the latest fitness gimmick, but actual recommendations issued by the federal government to help Americans improve their health and
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They work in different roles in health care and represent different eras of Des Moines University alumni, but the 2015 DMU Alumni of the Year share a deep commitment to service to their professions, their patients and their medical alma
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