Assistant professor named PA of the Year and an Engaged Scholar Faculty Fellow Laura Delaney, PA-C’99, M.P.A.S., had provided health care to patients in the West African nation of Mali before she joined DMU’s physician assistant faculty in 2008. That’s why […]
Something to crow about Read More
Meghan Francis has conducted biomedical research on several topics, and she’s currently working as a research assistant in the nutrition sciences department at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, identifying immune markers in obese mice with renal cancer. But broader societal factors
Built to bridge research, health outcomes Read More
The more than 500 graduate and undergraduate students, faculty members, staff, residents and other researchers who attended the 2015 DMU Research Symposium on Dec. 3 enjoyed a stimulating mix of scientific topics and difficult questions posed on the ethics of
DMU Research Symposium probes ethics, awards presentations Read More
We’ve come a long way in reducing rates of HIV infection since the peak of the epidemic 30 years ago, but this is no time to let up on those efforts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates
World AIDS Day: the time to act is now Read More
On October 28, 2015, approximately 300 health care professionals, students, and community members from a wide variety of backgrounds gathered together for one common mission – to save lives and address the issue of cancer prevention. Des Moines University Continuing
Screening of Someone You Love a success Read More
Roberta Wattleworth, D.O.’81, M.H.A.’99, M.P.H.’04, FACOFP, is associate dean of medical education at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Lynchburg, VA. She became one of the founding faculty members of the new medical school, which accepted its first class
Roberta Wattleworth, D.O.’81, M.H.A.’99, M.P.H.’04, FACOFP Read More
Lori Graff remembers eating food from the animals raised on her family’s farm and getting fresh milk from a neighbor. But that’s not an experience shared by her children, who’s meals are more likely to come from the Hy-Vee where
Food Day spreads a message of sustainability Read More
As you’ve likely heard or seen, there was a “debate” about vaccination at the GOP presidential debate on CNN Sept. 16. I happened to be watching the debate, half-watching, half-working while I sat on my couch at home. It caught
Viewpoint: Let’s debate issues that warrant debate Read More
The factors defining your health have a lot to do with where you are born, how and with whom you grow up and the resources available to you. Those factors, according to the World Health Organization, are in turn shaped
Global Health Learning Collaborative to explore social determinants of health Read More
Although she earned her dental degree just seven years ago, Abby Shannon, D.D.S., has taken her career far beyond filling cavities and fitting dentures. A student in DMU’s master of public health program and a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public
M.P.H. student melds dentistry and public health Read More