WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 16, 2024) Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences will host the Psychiatry for Non-Psychiatrists conference from 7:30AM-4PM, Friday, November 1, 2024.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 15, 2024) — Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences has been awarded the Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to study the effects of estrogen on exercise.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 9, 2024) — Rachel Mansk, a student in the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, recently completed a remote, eight-week research internship with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The project, offered through DMU's Department of Global Health, centered on understanding the effects of climate change on maternal health outcomes.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 8, 2024) — Heather Garvin PhD and Caroline VanSickle PhD, both faculty members in the Department of Anatomy at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, were recently invited to participate in a special symposium celebrating a decade of study of the fossils of the human relative, Homo naledi.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 7, 2024) — Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences will host its 21st annual Glanton Event, presented by Holmes Murphy, on Wednesday, November 6, at The Meadows Events and Conference Center at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 3, 2024) — Elizabeth Gajardo-Sitt, a fourth-year student in the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine program at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, and a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, has been selected as this year's American Podiatric Medical Student Association National Student of the Year.

Des Moines University President and CEO Angela L Walker Franklin PhD and Simpson President Jay Byers JD

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 1, 2024) — Mark your calendar for the Fifty and Better Health Fair on Saturday, November 9, 2024, 8AM-12PM, at Des Moines University Clinic's Olsen Center, 3200 Grand Ave.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 30, 2024) — The new Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences campus, designed by RDG Planning and Design, has been honored with multiple design awards, recognizing its innovative and sustainable approach to health care education.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 25, 2024) — Researchers at Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences have discovered how variations in gut microbiome caused by delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, more commonly referred to as THC, can predict significant weight-loss in obese mice.

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