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School News

Aiding the POP AART Project

January 26, 2022

Representation matters, even in a diagram in a textbook. Touro University California (TUC) Assistant Professor Dr. Theodore C. Smith will be assisting in a project meant to demonstrate greater representation of physical traits in anatomy instruction. The project is being funded by The American Association for Anatomy (AAA).


Community

Clean Air For Residents

January 10, 2022

With cold temperatures and rainfall in the previous few weeks, summer wildfires might seem like a distant memory. The impact from those fires aren’t necessarily gone for your lungs.


Research

The Nature of Nature

January 04, 2022

People from certain generations are probably familiar with the urging of a parent to “go outside and play.”


Research

Student Researcher of the Year

January 03, 2022

Touro University’s Student Researcher of the Year Selection Committee named Student-Doctor Colburn Yu as the Student Researcher of the Year.


Community

Dr. Yeung Joins Vaccination Effort

December 22, 2021

When Dr. Denise Yeung came to Touro University California as a student, she couldn’t have known she’d graduate from pharmacy school in the middle of a global pandemic – which continues still.


School News

TUC's Dr. Keith Yoshizuka Named Pharmacist Of The Year

December 22, 2021

The Diablo Society of Health System Pharmacists named Dr. Keith Yoshizuka of Touro University California Pharmacist of the Year for his contributions to the profession over the past year.


School News

Nursing Celebrates Accreditation

December 22, 2021

You’ll have to forgive the School of Nursing for doing a bit of celebrating lately. The program recently learned it earned accreditation for both the Master of Science of Nursing (MSN) and post master’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) degree offerings.


School News

Touro's New Equity Officer

December 22, 2021

Anika Lee, who will earn her Master of Public Health degree in 2022, and 2020 Public Health Social Justice Fellow at Touro University California, has been named the school’s new University Equity Officer according to an announcement made by Dr. Rolly Kali-Rai, Director of Inclusion at TUC.


Research

Shedding Light On A Silent Disease

December 15, 2021

Fans of the GI Joe cartoon series are familiar with the phrase, “knowing is half the battle.” Now, for people living with diabetes or those treating patients with diabetes, there is a new set of guidelines and some simple screening tools to test for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).


Events

Class of 2025 White Coat Ceremony

November 17, 2021

Few events within the College of Osteopathic Medicine are as anticipated and celebrated each year as the White Coat Ceremony.