Adverse childhood experiences and their effect on lifelong health By Caitlin Suginaka, M.P.H.’13 and Barbara Dietrich Boose Imagine a world where rates of hypertension, heart disease, lung disease, mental illness, HIV, arthritis, asthma, cancer, stroke and many other leading health […]
Discover your inner super hero and help change the world at Des Moines University’s Mini Medical School. Beginning February 4, DMU will discuss important public health issues every Tuesday night for five weeks. Classes are held from 7-9 p.m. in
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The annual DMU Research Symposium was held on Thursday, December 5, and featured Laurel L. Haak, Ph.D., executive director of ORCID. The program entertained and educated a record audience of more than 400 attendees. Students competed in both oral and
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Dow is a safety, health and environmental consultant in the administrative branch at DuPont Pioneer for all its lab and research operations in the Des Moines, IA, area. He oversees safety for more than 1,000 people; some of his efforts are going toward global implementation.
Ryan T. Dow, M.H.A., M.P.H.’12 Read More
In November 2012, Maganito joined the Veterans Administration Montana Healthcare System in Helena as the system’s only gynecologist for the state. He also was selected as the VA’s women’s health director in Montana.
James Paul C. Maganito, D.O., M.H.A., M.P.H.’05 Read More
Food Day is a national celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food. DMU students will mark the year-round campaign with a special event to spark mindfulness about what we put in our mouths. This Thursday, Oct. 24,
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Students and staff at Hanawalt Elementary in Des Moines raced around their new track at a “ribbon-running” ceremony on September 23. The renovated recreation area, designed to serve both the school and the community, includes a three-lane track, resurfaced play
M.P.H. program helps launch Community Recess Initiative in Des Moines Read More
Do you work in public health? Are you interested in talking with public health students and professionals? If so, be sure to attend DMU’s Public Health Networking Night on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Hosted by DMU’s Master of Public Health (MPH)
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The August issue of National Geographic magazine featured as its cover story an exploration of sugar and “why we can’t resist it.” Author Rich Cohen takes us on a grim trip through the history, use, increased use and health effects
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Wendy Ring, M.D., M.P.H., is a longtime family physician, a 28-year member of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and an active care provider for the extremely under-served. She has provided care for people on Navajo reservations, the homeless, the un-
She biked cross-country to fight climate change Read More