WesternU's College of Dental Medicine (CDM) received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to provide dental students with training in underserved and rural communities and to provide care to vulnerable populations.

“Our College values center around fulfilling professional obligations to improve the oral health of all members of society, especially those most in need,” said CDM Dean and Associate Professor Elizabeth Andrews, DDS, MS. “This grant demonstrates that our faculty, students, and staff live this mission and are dedicated to build health equity for communities near and far. I applaud the continued efforts that our Community Based Dental Education team take to make this vision a reality.”

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This Giving Day, we invite you to celebrate this intersection of health and humanity as a united community driven to make a positive impact on the world through the humanistic health care that WesternU is known for.

Join us on the Esplanade at Ethan Allen Park for food and fun as we celebrate the second annual Giving Day today, Sept. 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gather with the rest of the WesternU community as we give generously for our students and communities in a fun and exciting atmosphere. There will be food and drinks, lawn games and a scavenger hunt.

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5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 in Lecture Hall I, HEC, Pomona. Virtual attendance also available.

Keynote speaker Robert A. Cain, DO, FACOI, FAODME, president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, will present "The Benefits and Future of Medical Simulation."

This lectureship, in honor of WesternU’s founder and president emeritus, Dr. Philip Pumerantz, is made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Elaine Sarkaria and the late Dr. Daljit Sarkaria of Orange, California.

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COMP-Northwest Professor Brion Benninger, MD, MBChB, MSc-Sports Medicine, Executive Director of the Medical Anatomy Center, was an invited speaker to the prestigious International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) Congress Aug. 5-7, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. He delivered a platform presentation titled “Women in Anatomy: Dr. Marjorie England-Innovative Fetal Imaging, Human Morphology Educator and a Pioneering Gender Shift in Medical Anatomy." Dr. Marjorie England was a gifted educator and advocated for students, women in medicine and all who were oppressed. She was the President of the International Anatomical Sciences (IAS) for many years.

WesternU Health Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Melanie Barbee, MS, RDN, CDCES, DipACLM, and WesternU Health Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services Christal Pham, PharmD, have formed a team to participate in and to support the “Step Out to Stop Diabetes” event on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 at Griffith Park, Los Angeles (Crystal Springs Picnic area). This fun and informative event will feature a 5K walk, fun games/activities, and health fair afterwards. For those living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, or if you’re a support person for someone with diabetes, it will be a great opportunity to meet and share in the experience, make new friends and gain additional tips and tricks for your diabetes journey.

Public Affairs and Marketing is holding open studio portrait days:

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21

Please click on the link above and sign up for a timeslot that works for your schedule if you would like a new studio portrait. We will schedule additional portrait days for those who cannot come to the studio on these days.