Northeast Regional Medical Center (NRMC) is doing its part to bring a new dental school to Kirksville. NRMC made a $100,000 donation to Community Friends for ATSU Dental, a group of Kirksville community leaders charged with raising $1 million for the cause by February 1, 2011. With this donation, the group has raised $324,000. Thus […]
GetEducated.com, an online education consumer group that ranks online universities for cost and credibility, released its national online graduate school rankings of the most affordable online public health and healthcare schools. The reviewers ranked A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU), with campuses in Kirksville, Mo., and Mesa, Ariz., as the No. 6 and No. […]
Third-year doctor of physical therapy students Sara Lehmann, Mari Okada, and Danielle Rosen presented their preliminary findings of the study entitled “Predicting Quality of Life in Healthy, Community-Residing, Older Adults” at the Arizona Geriatric Society 22nd Annual Fall Symposium on October 30. The study is a collaborative project between Kathryn Brewer, PT, of Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, […]
James Polk, D.O., ’93, met with President Barack Obama on October 28 along with members of the NASA team and other Americans involved in the rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners. NASA officials presented NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal to five agency employees, including Dr. Polk, who is chief medical officer at NASA, Johnson Space Center […]
Missouri Area Health Education Centers (MAHEC) and ATSU hosted Medical Explorations in Science & Anatomy (MESA), a distance learning course for high school students interested in health profession careers, on October 28. ATSU fellows, led by Michelle Hovorka, presented the course to students around the state of Missouri, including locations in St. Joseph, Springfield, Poplar Bluff, St. Louis, […]
Second-year KCOM students Joe Borup, Alan Miner, and Eric Beal, with Associate Vice President of Admissions Lori Haxton, represented ATSU at two American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) recruitment events at UC Berkley and San Francisco State U, in conjunction with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Convention, held the week of October 25. The students spoke […]
Margaret Wilson, D.O., chair of family/community medicine, has received the highest honor from the Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA) – the Samuel U. Rodgers Achievement Award. The award was presented at the 2010 Annual MPCA Conference, held October 21-23 at the Hilton Convention Center in Branson, Missouri. Established in 1977 in honor of the late Dr. Samuel U. Rodgers, […]
Jae Hyun Park, D.M.D., M.S.D., M.S., Ph.D., director of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, was published in the October issue of the Journal of Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry (JERD). [read more]
[cincopa AwIA1XKUCI_Z] ASDOH dental students provided oral screenings, fluoride varnish, and oral health education at the Arizona Special Olympics Special Smiles event held Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 from 8 a.m.-noon in Surprise, Ariz. A total of 52 softball athletes with special needs received oral screenings, and 60 received oral health education. Eighty-seven swimming athletes with special […]
ATSU will light up the Kirksville nighttime landscape on November 8 at its community celebration for the renovation of Kirksville’s iconic downtown water tower. The event will be held in the parking lot near the Tinning Education Center and Connell Center on the ATSU campus off Jefferson St. This location allows the community to witness the […]