From skydiving and whitewater rafting to donating her hair to Locks of Love, Lynda Tierney Konecny, DHEd, MS, CHES, ’08, challenges herself to do at least one memorable thing each year.
MOSDOH’s inaugural class of 42 students began treating patients at the St. Louis Dental Education and Oral Health Clinic on July 1, 2015. In partnership with Affinia Healthcare, the oral healthcare services provided by these students, will improve the overall health of underserved populations in St. Louis and beyond.
ATSU goes all in for special needs Helping the underserved is a distinguishing characteristic of the ATSU community. For years, individuals across the University, at every level, have dedicated their time and energy to helping those who need it most.
On June 10, overlooking downtown St. Louis and the Gateway Arch, a crowd numbering more than 300 gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the St. Louis Dental Education and Oral Health Clinic.
Many notable things happened 20 years ago. The Grateful Dead played their last concert, Operation Desert Storm officially ended, and the powerhouse auction site eBay went live.
Elena Mendoza Stone, OT, ’17, knows what it means to overcome obstacles and press on. An avid runner from Ann Arbor, Mich., Mendoza Stone’s love of running gave her the courage to train for a full marathon in 2012.
While embedded in a teaching health center, Jeremy Berger, OMS IV, SOMA, rediscovered the importance of patient advocacy. Ten years ago, when I was a caregiver for my ailing grandfather, I realized patients often need advocates.
The Navajo American Indian Reservation in Cameron, Ariz., is only three hours from the ATSU campus in Mesa, Ariz., but to the medical and dental students who participated in a Project Pueblo service trip, the area appeared more like a Third World country.
Work hard, play hard During Founder’s Day, second-year Smashers fought it out with first-year Kirksville Crunchers in the annual women’s flag football game on the Missouri campus. Smashers won 37-7.
With spring break upon us, Kathleen DiCaprio, PhD, chair of the Doctor of Health Sciences program at A.T. Still University-College of Graduate Health Studies, discusses Zika virus. Zika is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that has been recorded in Africa, South America, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Dr. DiCaprio has a history of teaching undergraduate, graduate, […]