The Center for the Future of the Health Professions will post its second monthly op-ed column in the new year. Our columns represent strong, informed, focused opinions on issues affecting the health professions’ future. As mentioned previously, the center was developed to provide state, local, and national policymakers and health system stakeholders with accurate, reliable, and […]
Since beginning A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences’ (ATSU-ASHS) Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program, Marqueshia Taylor, OT, ’24, has kept herself busy. Taylor is the co-community liaison for the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD), the social media chair for the Black Student Alliance (BSA), and an ATSU-ASHS student ambassador. […]
Students and faculty from A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences’ (ATSU-ASHS) Occupational Therapy (OT) department visited the Arizona State Capitol on Feb. 13, 2023, for the Arizona Occupational Therapy Association’s (ArizOTA) “Lunch on the Lawn” event, where they had an opportunity to interact with and educate community members and lawmakers on the OT profession. […]
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) hosted the annual Innovation in Teaching for Learning Award ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, where University faculty were honored for their implementation of innovative and transferable ideas in their teaching. “We hope that this award helps produce new knowledge about evidence based teaching practices that […]
A partnership between A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) and the Maricopa Reentry Center (MRC) is helping recently incarcerated men get the dental care they need while helping them feel trusted, respected, and heard. “Often, teeth tend to be the last thing that we worry about, and I get it because […]
For the last four years, A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona’s (ATSU-SOMA) Primary Care Transformation Executive (PCTE) Fellowship has been providing physicians and physician assistants with the tools and resources to develop plans to strengthen healthcare in their communities. Now, with the last cohort halfway through its fifth and final year, the fellowship […]
A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) alumnus Asad Siddiqi, DO, ’11, was recently named as chief of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Throughout his professional career, Dr. Siddiqui has specialized in the management of sports injuries, concussion care, and injury prevention. He is board-certified in rehabilitation medicine […]
A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) alumna Sierra Hobbs, DAT, ’22, LAT, ATC, has been named assistant athletic director for sports medicine at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hobbs is a graduate of ATSU-ASHS’ Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program, where she received her doctorate with a concentration in Leadership and […]
A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) will be debuting its newest degree program – the Master of Science in Biomedical Science (MSBMS) program – this July. Designed for students interested in pursuing physician assistant (PA) school, this fully online biomedical sciences program serves as a bridge to enhance the academic background of students […]
A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program recently welcomed its new director of clinical education and instructor, Margaret Sudimack, MA, CCC-SLP, CLC. She assumed her role on Jan. 19, 2023. Sudimack is a pediatric speech-language pathologist and certified lactation counselor (CLC). She received her master’s degree from […]