Angela Franklin, Ph.D.

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has been named a 2025 Great Colleges to Work Fora, a national workplace recognition program administered by ModernThink and showcased by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The results, released on Sep...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has named Robert Good, D.O., MACOI, to its Board of Trustees. A 1977 graduate of DMU's College of Osteopathic Medicine, Good adds decades of experience in internal medicine and a strong record of leade...

UnityPoint Health will be the presenting sponsor for the 2025 Glanton Event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at The Meadows Event Center in Altoona, Iowa, advancing Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences' mission to prepare a health care workfo...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences and Mercy College of Health Sciences have entered into a new partnership that opens doors for Mercy students seeking graduate and, in some cases, dual-credit pathways into DMU's full range of advanced ...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has earned a prestigious 2025 Circle of Excellence Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for a compelling video featuring one of its distinguished alumni. The award-winni...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences announces this year's Alumni of the Year and Rising Star honorees. Selected by the DMU Alumni Board of Directors and university leadership, this year's honorees have advanced their professions and impr...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has appointed Erfan Mojaddam, Ed.M., as its new chief information officer. He will start his duties September 15, 2025. Mojaddam brings nearly two decades of experience in educational technology, data ...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences awarded graduate degrees in medicine and health sciences to over 400 new health care professionals at its 125th Commencement Ceremony on May 30, 2025. The event celebrated the achievements of the DMU ...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has established the Dr. Robert and Brenda Good Faculty Development Academy, a new initiative to advance excellence in teaching, educational research and leadership among its faculty members. "This is ...

Trailblazing physician and osteopathic medicine leader Teresa Hubka, D.O.'89, FACOOG (dist.), FACOG, CS, will deliver the keynote address at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences' 125th Commencement in May. Hubka, a highly respected obste...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences will honor 47 individuals, including 12 honored veterans, at this year's Body Donation Remembrance Ceremony. The annual service will take place at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Olsen Center at 320...

Alumni, faculty, staff and friends showed up for the seventh annual One Day for DMU campaign and raised an astounding $272,524.86 from 342 individual donors. The 24-hour giving campaign for Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences took place ...

For the 23rd consecutive year, Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences' College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery students retained a 100% residency placement rate on national Match Day. The CPMS Class of 2025 joins an esteemed group of alum...

With an ongoing physician shortage, particularly in Iowa, and Gov. Kim Reynolds' recent federal request to improve residency access, this event is timely and relevant! Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences invites you to an opportunity to...

Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., president and CEO of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, has published a new book, Leadership From the Ground Up. It offers a candid, behind-the-scenes look at her leadership journey. The book provides...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences appoints Beth Culross, Ph.D., RN, GCNS-BC, CHSE, as the inaugural director of its new Des Moines University Regional Simulation Center at 3200 Grand. Culross, a nationally recognized expert in simulati...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences' state-of-the-art Simulation Center has achieved full accreditation in core and teaching/education areas from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. This prestigious distinction places DMU among an ...