A pandemic may have brought the world to a screeching halt, but it could not stop ATSU’s virtual research days planned for spring 2020. Thanks to Zoom meetings and Kubify’s Learning Toolbox technology, student research events continued with poster presentations in a digital format. As originally scheduled, the University held ATSU-MOSDOH’s D3 Research Day on […]

Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends have raised more than $300,000 to update the Thompson Campus Center’s gymnasium, which was built in 1983. This fall, the gymnasium will be dedicated as “Dan Martin Court” in recognition of the outstanding contributions Dan Martin, MA, has made to the health and wellness of the ATSU community.

Per ATSU’s new health and safety requirements, each person entering campus has a daily checklist to follow. Everyone must wear a face covering, maintain appropriate physical distance, complete the health self-certification form, and check in at a specified location for a temperature reading.

ATSU has seen hard times. In 128 years, the home of osteopathic medicine has weathered two world wars, the Great Depression, opposition to its founding profession, and more. When the coronavirus (COVID-19) swept across the world early this year, it turned everyday life upside down. It halted everything from dining in restaurants to in-person classes. […]

The April 24 video on Steven Short’s Facebook page is one of triumph. Staff at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, line the halls, clapping, cheering. A patient, recovered and clear of COVID-19, is being wheeled out of the hospital. It’s a bright spot in ground zero of the pandemic. Dr. Short, a 1983 graduate […]

After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, state mass disaster groups joined the National Disaster Management System (NDMS), which deploys and facilitates order during times of disaster. NDMS is composed of 5,000 professionals, including a variety of physicians, dentists, nurses, and paramedics. Don Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD, MPH, MBA, MA, ’12, professor and dean […]

As an osteopathic physician, Linnette Sells, DO, FAOASM, ’82, was taught in medical school to examine patients through touch. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended all aspects of everyday life, including the traditional hands-on patient visit, diagnosing and treating patients became a more difficult task. Dr. Sells, a former ER doctor, works as the sole physician […]

With a passion for remote and austere environments, Melinda Rawcliffe, PA-C, ’07, adjunct professor, ATSU-ASHS, is no stranger to practicing medicine far from her Arizona home. After working in locations like Iraq, Afghanistan, Suriname, Russia, and Trinidad and Tobago, she found herself in the distant and cold Arctic Circle. Rawcliffe started working with a Fortune […]

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Tessa Tibben, DHSc, MS, PA-C, ’08, assistant professor, ATSU-ASHS, has been working with Circle the City (CTC), an Arizona organization serving the needs of those experiencing homelessness. During the course of the pandemic, CTC’s focus quickly shifted to finding creative ways to serve this population and overcome challenges of sheltering […]

Life is difficult on the Navajo Nation Reservation under the best of circumstances. Unemployment is around 50%. Nearly a third of Navajo reservation inhabitants lack access to water and electricity. And the population struggles with mortality rates for numerous diseases far higher than elsewhere in the country. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated a public […]