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New research out of Samuel Merritt University’s Occupational Therapy program offers a potential road map for how to teach health science students cultural responsiveness. The research, published in...

Doctor of Physical Therapy Professor Sharon Gorman recently returned from a U.S. Department of State-sponsored trip to the small central African nation of Burundi, where she trained physical...

Two new leaders in academic affairs and advancement have been appointed to the Samuel Merritt University (SMU) executive team, President Dr. Ching-Hua Wang announced today. On July 8, Fred Baldini, Ph...

Transgender patients' concerns over how they will be treated by health care providers can preoccupy them more than their medical conditions.

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.

Should where you live determine how long you live? Research suggests it does, says Sandra Witt, DrPH, Samuel Merritt University’s 29th annual Picchi Memorial Lecturer.

SMU Student Affairs recognized as diverse workplace by "Diverse: Issues in Higher Education" magazine

He received numerous teaching awards while at the California School of Pediatric Medicine.

They are running a makeshift medical clinic near a garbage dump where families survive by picking through mounds of trash for anything of value.

Wang said she plans to meet with faculty and staff in the coming months to hear their ideas and aspirations.