More than 48,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer — or throat cancer — this year. Historically, the death rate associated with oropharyngeal cancer is higher because it is discovered late in its development. In an effort to increase oral health awareness to the Phoenix community, A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU), the City of Kirksville, and Forest Lake Area Trail System (FLATS) reached an agreement to develop a trailhead for a key segment of the project. FLATS is an all-volunteer community organization formed in 2009 to support the development, use, and maintenance of trails in Adair County. The group’s primary goal is […]
Jesse Miller, OMS IV, first came to A.T. Still University on a Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Professional Student Exchange Program scholarship for his medical school education. During his third year at ATSU’s School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA), Miller began working on a project to encourage healthy eating by providing locally […]
Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH, Dean of A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, has been selected as the recipient of the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Dillenberg will receive the award at the 25th Anniversary Awards Dinner and Gala in Denver on Nov. 7 as part […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, professor and chair, postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), was reelected to serve as an American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) Examiner. ABO Examiners serve to evaluate an examinee’s suitability for certification or certification renewal by conducting Board Case Oral […]
Congratulations to Bonnie Trahan, assistant to the chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies in the Arizona School of Health Sciences, for receiving the Arizona Campus Employee Excellence Award for the second quarter of 2016. The nominations included the following accolades about Bonnie: In addition to her evident devotion to the PA department, Bonnie […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, chair of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, presented Clinical Applications of 3D CBCT and TADs in Contemporary Orthodontics during the 2016 Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists (GLAO)/Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists (MASO) Joint Annual Session, September 22-25 in […]
Third- and fourth-year students from A.T. Still University’s Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) collaborated with Smiles of Hope and Heart to Heart Mission to provide urgent dental care to 34 people. This marked the first dental mission for Heart to Heart and served as the kick-off to their “Health in the Heartland” initiative. […]
A.T. Still University Librarian Michael Kronenfeld, MLS, MBA, AHIP, FMLA, has been selected by the National Library of Medicine and the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries to serve as a mentor in the 2016-17 Leadership Fellows Program. The Program prepares emerging leaders for director positions in academic health sciences libraries through a year-long mentoring relationship […]
On Sept. 10, A.T. Still University (ATSU) students and faculty participated in the Tempe YMCA Fall Health Fair providing free health assessments and screenings to members of the community. Fifty student from ATSU’s dental, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and medical programs volunteered during the event. The day started with a special ceremony in […]