A.T. Still University’s Still Standing Fall Prevention Outreach is a community health education program designed to teach the elderly falls prevention and address the fear of falling. “A Matter of Balance” is an eight-week program led by ATSU students and faculty which teaches the elders to re-structure their fears of falling by becoming more assertive […]
On Saturday April 18th, students and faculty from across ATSU, including the Athletic Training Department, participated in the annual A.T. Still University Free Community Health and Wellness Day. This year the event was held in Mesa at Adelante Healthcare and was the biggest event thus far! Each respective ATSU program provided screenings, cleanings, visual or […]
As a Youth Sports initiative, the City of Mesa Parks and Recreation founded the Positive Play Project. This initiative began in the fall of 2013, and was the start of a collaborative effort to encourage youth development and wellness in sports. The program served as an active guide and support tool for all Youth Sport […]
Jessica Huss, PT, DPT ’02, CCI, and vice president Education; Aquatics Section, American Physical Therapy Association, was recently featured in Splash Magazine regarding the innovative aquatic therapy, AquaStretch. AquaStretch is a breakthrough in aquatic therapy, pain management and physical medicine, and it often succeeds when other traditional treatments have failed. You can find out more […]
A.T. Still University’s College of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU-CGHS) celebrated its 13th commencement ceremony held today at the Mesa Arts Center. The 2015 graduating class was comprised of 241 candidates from the College’s five programs: Master of Health Administration, Master of Science in Kinesiology, Master of Public Health, Doctor of Health Education, and Doctor of […]
More than 60 A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences’ physician assistant alumni and students gathered during the American Academy of Physician Assistants’ (AAPA) annual conference May 23-27 in San Francisco. During the gathering, alumni and students applauded Randy Danielsen, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, dean of ATSU-ASHS, for being named winner of the 2015 Eugene A. Stead […]
A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) curriculum and Faculty Development in Evidence-based Medicine (R25) grant held a keynote address on Monday, May 11, titled “Evidence-based Medicine: A Culture of Caring”, on the Missouri Campus. The keynote speaker was Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd, co-founder of Essential Evidence Plus and Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, director of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, presented a lecture “Clinical and Biomechanical Considerations of Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs) in Challenging Cases: Sagittal Correction beyond Orthodontic Boundaries’” during the 2015 American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Annual Session May 15-19, […]
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians’ (MAOPS) annual gathering took place this month, and an A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) alum was recognized with the Wilbur T. Hill Distinguished Service award. This award was made in honor of another ATSU-KCOM alum, Wilbur T. Hill, DO, ’55. Kenneth E. Jones, DO, ’83 was […]
The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) and the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators (AODME) had their Joint AACOM & AODME 2015 Annual Conference in Ft., Lauderdale Fla. This year, A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Dean Margaret Wilson, DO, served as the program co-chair for the conference. Patricia Sexton, […]