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SDSU to offer new, future-focused healthcare systems engineering major effective fall 2025

Andrew Rasmussen — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:33:09 -0600

South ��ֱ�� State University will offer a Bachelor of Science in healthcare systems engineering beginning fall 2025 following South ��ֱ�� Board of Regents approval on Dec. 12. Healthcare systems engineering is a unique, first-in-the-nation undergraduate degree, which will integrate engineering, computer science, data science and health sciences under one degree to prepare students for the emerging career fields.

Distinguished Alumnus / Schmiedt honored by college for consulting work

Dave Graves — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:48:02 -0600

For pharmacist Dean Schmiedt, it was right time at the right place.
Shortly after graduation from South ��ֱ�� State University, the federal government enacted new regulations requiring that skilled nursing homes have a pharmacist review patients’ medications monthly. . His boss at Lovdahl’s Drug, in Little Falls, Minnesota, wasn’t interested in doing that task.
Schmiedt, a 1973 SDSU grad, picked up the work as a side job. He ended up becoming a full-time independent consultant pharmacist and a leader in the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.
Earlier this fall, Schmiedt, of Fort Ripley, Minnesota, was honored by SDSU’s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions as its 2024 Distinguished Alumnus.

StrengthenHER program to reduce risk of muscle loss

Addison DeHaven — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:47:16 -0600

South ��ֱ�� State University associate professor Lee Weidauer has received a federal grant to develop a program that helps women reduce their risk of sarcopenia, a condition that results from excessive muscle loss with aging.

New equipment sets SDSU medical lab program apart from peers

Dave Graves — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:21:17 -0600

Looking at slides of blood cells, fecal matter and urine has taken on an entirely different perspective this school year thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment in the medical laboratory science lab at South ��ֱ�� State University.
In July, the program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South ��ֱ�� Department of Health, which was handling workforce development funds from the Centers for Disease Control, according to April Nelsen, the medical lab science clinical coordinator who put a proposal together for the health department.

SDSU researchers present at American Public Health Association annual meeting

Jacob Ford — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:55:18 -0600

Public health researchers from South ��ֱ�� State University’s Community Practice Innovation Center presented two posters at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, which was held in Minneapolis at the end of October.

30 professionals under 30 transforming public health in South ��ֱ��

Jacob Ford — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:11:46 -0600

Three researchers at the Community Practice Innovation Center at South ��ֱ�� State University recently compiled a “30 under 30” list for public health in South ��ֱ��. The list was presented via poster presentation at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in October.

Avera Wokini Scholarship program going strong

Andrew Rasmussen — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:24 -0600

Established in 2018, the Avera Wokini Scholarship provides $5,000 annual scholarships to selected students at South ��ֱ�� State University who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes and pursuing a degree in the health care field. The scholarship is renewable for up to five years.

SDSU’s Van Klompenburg named Distinguished Young Pharmacist

Dave Graves — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:49:54 -0500

South ��ֱ�� Pharmacists Association has selected South ��ֱ�� State University pharmacy educator Emily Van Klompenburg, of Bruce, as its Distinguished Young Pharmacist.
Van Klompenburg, a 2015 Pharm.D. graduate from South ��ֱ�� State University, received the award at the association’s annual conference in Brookings Sept. 13. The award goes to a pharmacist less than 10 years in the practice who has participated in professional programs and community service.

SDSU pharmacist named pharmacist of year

Dave Graves — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:17:27 -0500

Longtime South ��ֱ�� State University pharmacist Jodi Heins of Sioux Falls has been named pharmacist of the year by the South ��ֱ�� Pharmacists Association.
Heins, a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at SDSU, received the Hustead ��ֱ�� at the association’s annual gathering in Brookings Sept. 13.

SDSU faculty founds South ��ֱ�� Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Jacob Ford — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:27:06 -0500

The South ��ֱ�� Perinatal Quality Collaborative was recently founded at South ��ֱ�� State University, making South ��ֱ�� the final state in the Unites States to have its own perinatal quality collaborative.