Michelle DiBaise, DHSc, MPAS, DFAAPA, Physician Assistant (PA) department chair at A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS), recently received a donation of 370 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) for ATSU-ASHS’ PA students. The donation came from a family friend, Andrew Singer, a product engineer at Acumed in Hillsboro, Oregon. Singer found himself […]
This story is from the 2019-20 issue of Spark magazine. By Katie Hubbard Every month from April to September, Deborah Hudman, MS, suits up in Tyvek coveralls, chaps, and a vest full of supplies to collect ticks. She hikes through the public fields and forests of northeast Missouri to visit a dozen collection sites. Her […]
Part of A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) mission is to serve underserved populations. For a big part of his life, ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM) alumnus David Rhoiney, DO, ’14, lived as a member of that population. He spent time in a homeless shelter. He lived in a car with his mother and brother. He […]
Jae Hyun Park, DMD, MSD, MS, PhD, professor, orthodontic program director at A.T. Still University’s-Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), recently published in the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics (JCO). Dr. Park’s article, ”Post-COVID-19 Management Guidelines for Orthodontic Practices,” was co-authored by his residents from the ATSU-ASDOH Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Janet Kim, DDS, Alan […]
During the 2019-20 academic year, the Athletic Training Student Association (ATSA) at A.T. Still University (ATSU) participated in a number of interprofessional events, giving ATSA members an opportunity to work together with different professions and programs across the ATSU community in Mesa, Arizona. In Fall 2019, members of the ATSA participated in the annual Corbin’s […]
This year, the Athletic Training Student Association (ATSA) at A.T. Still University (ATSU) had a number of opportunities to assist the Phoenix metro through community outreach. ATSA continued their relationship with St. Mary’s Food Bank, helping pack boxes of non-perishable food items. St. Mary’s has been partnered with non-profit organizations to distribute food to homeless […]
The athletic training program and the Athletic Training Student Association (ATSA) at A.T. Still University (ATSU) continued working with the Mesa parks and recreation and their Positive Play initiatives this year, marking the seventh consecutive year of this partnership. Students from the ATSA, guided by ATSU’s Athletic Training Postdoctoral Fellow Justin DiSanti, PhD, provided education […]
The Athletic Training Student Association (ATSA) at A.T. Still University has a long-standing tradition of hosting high school sports medicine and athletic training workshops. During these workshops, high school sports medicine students from across the state are invited to the Mesa, Arizona campus to learn about athletic training. This event is considered one of the […]
This year, A.T. Still University’s Athletic Training Student Association (ATSA) voted to focus their fundraising efforts for 2019-20 on giving back to the local athletic training and sports medicine community. The ATSA developed a plan to support an outreach effort to guide area secondary school athletic training programs in implementing best practices for the preparation […]
As I sat down to reflect on the past year, I was not sure where to begin. The start of the 2019-20 academic year seems so long ago with everything that has happened in our world since late February. I am currently writing this from my home office with a sleeping puppy under my feet, […]