The Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory: Mesa, Arizona A shared research space brings faculty and students together to explore questions crossing disciplines and pushing healthcare research forward. New location Established in 2004, the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (IRL) was relocated to the second floor of 5845 Building where it opened its renovated space in summer 2025. Renovated space […]
When members of the ATSU family gather, a common thread emerges. Friends reconnect, new bonds develop, and students find inspiration. From coast to coast and many points in between, recent events brought energetic, diverse, accomplished groups of individuals together – enriching and reinforcing the tapestry of social and professional networks that bind the University community […]
1980s Ellie Campbell, DO, ’89, wrote a chapter about integrative management of hypertension for a medical textbook, “Integrative Nephrology.” Additionally, Dr. Campbell co-published the article, “The Liver as the Central Regulator of Cholesterol Homeostasis: Statins, Gut Microbiota, Hepatic Inflammation, and the Proposed Oral–Gut–Liver–Artery Axis in Atherogenesis” in Metabolites. Dr. Campbell is the co-chair of a […]
Blood Orphan By Ashley Glosson, DHSc, ’22 Published March 2026, Barnes & Noble Press In this memoir, Dr. Glosson tells her story about abuse, survival, and the lifelong cost of growing up in fear. She takes readers through the moments that nearly destroyed her, the faith that sustained her, and the determination that helped her rise […]
In the spring/summer 2026 issue of Still Magazine, we asked readers to share who influenced them the most during their ATSU education. The responses highlighted some of the beloved former professors from ATSU’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. From Jack Stinogel, DO, ’84 Influencer: Pressley Crummy, PhD, former anatomy professor “He had a quiet, easy-going […]
Dr. Workman serves as regional medical director for Rural Physicians Group and chief hospitalist at Sterling Regional Medical Center in Colorado. He is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Rocky Vista University School of Medicine, where he received the 2023 Educator of the Year award for the Northern Colorado Family Practice Residency. Additionally, he […]
ATSU received the 2026 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Champion Award from Insight Into Academia magazine. The Champion Award is a national honor recognizing U.S. health sciences colleges and universities with an unyielding commitment to higher education excellence and belonging throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative […]
When it comes to joining ATSU’s Board of Trustees, Alan Morgan, MPA, says it was a “perfect fit” both personally and professionally. Morgan was born in rural northeast Kansas and has always been passionate about rural healthcare and serving underserved populations. He dreamed of becoming a newspaper reporter; however, his career path ultimately took him […]
ATSU Don Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD, ’12, vice chancellor, academic support, retired from ATSU on July 31. Since joining the University in 2006 as director of public health & research at ATSU-ASDOH, Dr. Altman has served in numerous leadership roles across ATSU-ASDOH, ATSU-SOMA, ATSU-CGHS, and ATSU-MOSDOH. He was appointed vice chancellor for academic support in […]
Richard J. Burman, DO, ’59, Magnolia, Texas, died April 23, 2025, at age 92. Born on April 5, 1933, Richard lived a life marked by kindness, generosity, and dedication to helping others. Richard was a devoted physician specializing in internal medicine, a career through which he touched countless lives with his compassion and care. His […]