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ISU Institute of Rural Health seeks comment on statewide traumatic brain injury plan

August 20, 2018

MERIDIAN—Idaho State University’s Institute of Rural Health has received a $450,000 grant from the federal Administration for Community Living to continue the development of a statewide action plan to address the needs of citizens living with a traumatic brain injury or TBI.

Idaho State University dental hygiene faculty and alumni receive multiple honors at American Dental Hygienists’ Association annual conference

July 12, 2018

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - The work of faculty and alumni from the Department of Dental Hygiene at Idaho State University (ISU) did not go unnoticed at the association’s annual conference in June. There the ADHA honored an ISU faculty member with a prestigious Presidential Citation Award, and installed a new slate of officers for the upcoming year, with an ISU alumna among them.

Family Medicine Residents Class of 2018

Idaho State University’s Family Medicine Residency Program graduates prepare for practice across the United States

July 6, 2018

Seven family medicine physicians, two pharmacotherapists and one clinical psychologist will soon begin practicing in locations around the US, after completing their residencies at Idaho State University.

Photo of bleeding training

ISU-Meridian hosts “Stop the Bleed” training for faculty and staff

June 29, 2018

Saint Alphonsus trauma nurses Cheryl Bice and Marie Krochmal spent June 28 on the Idaho State University-Meridian campus, training 11 faculty and staff members on how to administer aid in bleeding emergencies.

Diana Schow

Idaho State University hires AHEC director

June 21, 2018

POCATELLO – The Idaho State University Institute of Rural Health in the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences has hired Diana Campanella Schow to head an area health education center or AHEC, created to improve access to primary care in southeast Idaho’s underserved and rural communities.

Idaho State University’s Kasiska Division of Health Sciences expanding, reorganizing for growth

June 20, 2018

POCATELLO - A reorganization of the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences has added three new colleges at Idaho State University.

Idaho State University welcomes seven Family Medicine Residency interns

March 27, 2018

POCATELLO – Each year, the Idaho State University Family Medicine Residency Program graduates seven Family Medicine Physicians, and each year welcomes seven new interns to take their place.

Dietitics students

Two Idaho State University dietetics students formulate an iron-rich chocolate recipe

December 18, 2017

POCATELLO – Chocolate is the perfect way to celebrate the holiday season. However, thanks to a recent project by Idaho State University dietetics seniors Josephine Cobia and Jenifer Massengale, indulging doesn’t have to mean being unhealthy.

PMC CEO Dan Ordyna

Portneuf Medical Center Announces $2.5 Million Ongoing Annual Gift to Family Practice Residency Program

December 7, 2017

Portneuf Medical Center has announced an ongoing $2.5 million annual gift to Idaho State University’s Family Medicine Residency program to help train the next generation of family medicine physicians.

A photo of the groundbreaking ceremony with VIPs on hand with shovels.

ICOM breaks ground on state’s first medical school

May 17, 2017

MERIDIAN –State and local leaders, college officials and supporters gathered on the Idaho State University-Meridian campus May 17 to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the proposed Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine.