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Des Moines University Receives $300,000 Award From American Heart Association to Study Exercise
WEST DES MOINES, IA (10/15/2024) Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences has been awarded the Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association to study the effects of estrogen on exercise. The project, titled "Estrogen-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of Exercise Behavior," is led by Li-Lian Yuan, Ph.D., a professor in DMU's physiology and pharmacology department, and Sarah Clayton, Ph.D., the collaborating investigator in the same department. They will receive
DMU Anatomy Faculty Attend Pivotal Symposium on Human Ancestor
WEST DES MOINES, IA (10/08/2024) Heather Garvin, Ph.D., and Caroline VanSickle, Ph.D., both faculty members in the Department of Anatomy at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences, were recently invited to participate in a special symposium celebrating a decade of study of the fossils of the human relative, Homo naledi. Entitled "Societies, Culture and Behavior - The Next 10 Years of Homo naledi Studies," the symposium, sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and supported by the National
DMU Researchers Uncover Potential Link Between THC and Weight Loss
WEST DES MOINES, IA (09/25/2024) Researchers at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences have discovered how variations in gut microbiome caused by delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, more commonly referred to as THC, can predict significant weight loss in obese mice. The research was conducted by Avi G. Kaye, a third-year student in the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program; Matthew Rusling, D.O., a 2021 DMU alumnus; Lauren Wagment-Points, Ph.D., an affiliated faculty member, and Li-Lian Yuan,