Rebecca Minardi, M.P.H.’13, M.S., was hired as Birding magazine’s new book and media reviews editor. She is an experienced book reviewer who has contributed multiple reviews to the column and also written other articles for Birding. Vice president of Detroit Audubon, […]
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On Friday, April 22, hundreds of thousands of students and allies of all ages across the world will participate in one of the largest, annual, student-powered protests for LGBTQ+ visibility and civil rights, known as the Day of Silence. To
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The theme for today during National Public Health Week is “World Health Day: Health is a Human Right,” a concept in action at Des Moines University and in its master of public health (M.P.H.) degree program. It’s evident across campus
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When you enjoy a cold drink of water from your faucet, put on your seat belt, breathe air free of cigarette smoke, learn where COVID-19 surges are occurring or do any number of other daily tasks, you are benefitting from
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Some people may look at a drift of pigs and see pork chops and bacon. Lisa Rochette, D.V.M., M.P.H.’15, sees creatures that help feed the world and bolster the economy. “They produce a fair amount of meat compared to what
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Ryan Dow, M.P.H.’12, M.H.A.’12, led a team at a major Iowa-based agriscience company to implement a massive coronavirus testing program. Three states to the west, Braden Ainsworth, M.P.H.’12, pivoted his public health care role to join the pandemic response. In
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Simon Geletta, Ph.D., a professor of public health at DMU, had little reason to expect he’d ever give a lecture at 1 a.m. But then again, most of us had little reason before 2020 to expect a pandemic would change
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Shelley Horak, Ed.D., M.P.H.’10, CHES, completed her doctor of interdisciplinary leadership degree at Creighton University. She is State Innovation Model (SIM) project manager for the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, Iowa Department of Human Services, as well as an instructor for DMU’s
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Jake Redden, M.P.H.’11, M.H.A.’11, DHSc, was appointed chief executive officer of Madelia Health in Madelia, MN. He has spent more than 15 years overseeing health care operations, strategic management, quality, medical staff engagement and performance improvement. Most recently he was
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Erica Berger, D.O.’16, M.P.H.’16, opened Driftless Integrative Psychiatry in Lansing, IA. She completed a four-year psychiatry residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and then practiced as an outpatient psychiatrist at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, Viroqua and
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