This past February, A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Arizona campus held its fourth annual SparkTank competition. The event is driven by ATSU’s Teaching & Learning Center, and invites ATSU students and faculty to pitch innovative educational project ideas in a live-show style competition. The winning teams receive a $5,000 grant for their projects. This year’s Arizona […]
Nicole Lighthouse, OMS III, has been selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine’s (AACOM) 2019 Osteopathic Health Policy Internship (OHPI) Program. Lighthouse will complete the eight-week internship during the 2018-19 academic year. “This is an exciting and well-deserved opportunity for Nicole,” says ATSU-KCOM Dean Margaret Wilson, DO, ’82. “Only one […]
Catherine M. Kimball, DO, ’85, of Waterville, Maine, was inaugurated as the 2018-19 president of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) on March 24 during the academy’s annual convocation in Dallas. Before becoming president, Dr. Kimball served for one year as president-elect of AAO, the nation’s largest medical society devoted to fostering neuromusculoskeletal medicine and […]
The Missouri campus Student Government Association (SGA) held its annual awards ceremony on Friday, April 6, 2018. The student-driven award ceremony highlights exceptional students and faculty from the past year. “The ceremony is to celebrate the outstanding students and staff at A.T. Still University (ATSU) and show our appreciation for everything that they do,” said […]
On Saturday, April 7, students and faculty from A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) participated in the ninth annual Arizona Oral Cancer Walk at the Phoenix Zoo. ATSU-ASDOH students were involved in planning and organizing the event as part of the School’s Dentistry in the Community program. More than 500 […]
This past fall, A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) inducted new members from the class of 2020 into the Sigma Sigma Phi Honorary Service Fraternity, Alpha Chapter. These students have demonstrated good academic standing and exemplary service to ATSU-KCOM and the Kirksville community. Sigma Sigma Phi focuses on hosting community service projects […]
On Saturday, March 24, students from A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) provided $85,000 in free dental care to 200 underserved children at the annual event, Team Smiles. The event was held in partnership with the Arizona Cardinals and hosted by the Phoenix Salvation Army Kroc Center. Many children who […]
Catherine Shanahan, MD, was recently named Juan Carlos Olivares Hometown Scholar Advocate of the Year by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and A.T. Still University (ATSU). Dr. Shanahan serves as regional director of medical education at HealthSource of Ohio, where she oversees the clinical curriculum for students from ATSU’s School of Osteopathic […]
On Thursday, March 29, A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) Dean Margaret Wilson, DO, ’82, presented Mallory Dameron, OMS I, and Alyssa Nelson, OMS I, with the Dovin & Thorpe Women’s Leadership Endowment Award. The financial award is presented annually to a first-year female student who has demonstrated an interest in women’s […]
Last month, a team of students from A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM), beat teams from 15 other medical schools to win the American Medical Student Association’s (AMSA) Sim Challenge. The competition was held at the AMSA’s Annual Convention and Exposition. Teams were tasked with solving a series of simulated clinical scenarios […]