More than 400 nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and podiatric physicians received their degrees on May 24 during the Samuel Merritt University (SMU) commencement ceremonies at the...
While studying for her doctorate in physical therapy, Katheryne Tang DPT ’19 found time for international volunteer work and community service. In the days before she walks across the stage to receive...
My first adult job was at a pre-school summer program as a one-on-one aide for a 5-year-old boy with autism. That led me to working at a unique after-school program for kindergarteners through fifth...
As co-valedictorian of the California School of Podiatric Medicine(CSPM), Nassim Tabrizi DPM ’19 is heading to Boston for her residency training after graduating at the end of the month. Nassim talked...
When Samuel Merritt University (SMU) student Juan Ceja Solorio leaves for the U.S.-Mexican border today to help prepare for a medical service trip, his experience with his own family will not be far from his mind.
Alice Vestergaard, a community health instructor in the SON, won the 2019 Dr. Cornelius Hopper Diversity Excellence Award for developing a community nurse corps that works to help residents in impoverished areas.
Tina Sacks' research demonstrates the persistence of racial and gender discrimination when black women seek medical treatment in America's predominately white health care system.