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Global health internship deepens student’s knowledge of climate change, human health

October 26, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading

Lexis Wedell, D.O.’25, completed an eight-week virtual internship with United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) from May 23 to July 15, 2022. She was selected to participate in this internship as part of the DMU Department of Global Health’s Distinguished Global Health Internships program. These internships […]

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CDC internship enhances DMU student’s insights on climate change’s health impact

October 19, 2022 / 4 minutes of reading

Christelle Eliacin, D.O.’25, M.P.H., completed an eight-week virtual internship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from May 23 to July 15, 2022. She was selected to participate in this internship as part of the DMU Department of Global Health’s Distinguished Global Health

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New trustees bring wealth of experiences to DMU

October 17, 2022 / 6 minutes of reading

The two newest members of the DMU Board of Trustees bring to their roles diverse experiences accumulated on land, in the sky, at sea and in service to their country. Anthony Coleman, D.H.A., M.H.A., president and chief executive officer of

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DMU helps kids get a healthy start to the school year

July 29, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading

During two recent afternoons at Des Moines University, the Olsen Center was abuzz as DMU students and faculty helped local youth get a healthy start to the coming school year: This year, 10 faculty and 177 student volunteers in the

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DMU Anatomy Ambassadors “open a door to the health sciences community”

May 2, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading

On a recent evening at Heritage Elementary School in Ankeny, IA, some students twittered nervously, others hung back and yet others charged forward into the classroom where a group of DMU students stood ready to welcome them. It was STEAM

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DMU students selected for summer 2022 Distinguished Global Health Internships

April 13, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading

The Distinguished Global Health Internships offered by DMU’s Department of Global Health are highly selective research opportunities that enable students to explore global health research topics at various organizations. Students have opportunities to work with researchers on projects such as conducting systematic

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A call to action: stop forgetting about rural America

April 11, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading

Author’s note: A group of DMU students recently participated in a global health service trip, organized by the University’s Global Health Department, in Eastern Kentucky’s Breathitt, Lee and Wolf counties. Below, one of those students, Pruthvi Kilaru, a student in

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From Iowa to Kentucky: learning and giving back

April 8, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading

Author’s note: A group of DMU students recently participated in a global health service trip, organized by the University’s Global Health Department, in Eastern Kentucky. Below, one of those students, Naima Yusuf, a second-year student in DMU’s College of Podiatric

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At DMU, public health is a worldwide endeavor

April 7, 2022 / 4 minutes of reading

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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DMU students, staff do some true heavy lifting

March 18, 2022 / 4 minutes of reading

While the weather remained in winter mode on a recent Saturday in Des Moines, the weightlifting competition inside the Des Moines University Wellness Center was heating up. James Fahey and Fiona Fitzgerald, second-year students in DMU’s doctor of osteopathic medicine

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