Michael Peter from Twin Lakes, was among the 67 Des Moines University students who gave oral presentations or displayed posters at the 2023 DMU Research Symposium on Nov. 30. Peter, who is in DMU’s Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program, presented a research poster titled, “Chronic intermittent hypoxia conditioning augments decrements in renal microcirculatory perfusion during asphyxia.”
Research topics in anatomy/paleontology, biomedical sciences, clinical practice, education, movement science and public health were presented during the symposium. Pravin Mishra, Ph.D., M.B.A., DMU’s executive director of research, gave a keynote address titled “View to the Future: Bench-to-Bedside Research at DMU.”
Located in West Des Moines, part of Iowa’s capital metro, Des Moines University offers 10 graduate-level professional degree programs in anatomy, biomedical sciences, health care administration, occupational therapy, osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, podiatric medicine and public health. It was founded in 1898.
