Year: 2020

(Yakima, WA) — On Wednesday, December 16, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) was accredited to add a Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS) program to its blossoming Yakima campus.  “With MAMS, PNWU is able to help more learners from more communities realize their dreams of becoming health care professionals,” said Dr. Michael…Continue Reading PNWU Adds One-Year Master’s Degree Program to Blossoming Yakima Campus

If most people are wearing their masks, why is COVID-19 still spreading? A team of PNWU scientists offer expert insight into a comprehensive and layered approach to stopping the spread of the SARS CoV-2 virus. The Facts: Wearing a mask CORRECTLY to control the spread of this virus is important, but it is but one…Continue Reading A Comprehensive and Layered Approach to Stopping the Spread of COVID-19

A glimpse into the impact that COVID-19 has had on the clinical education of student doctors preparing to serve some of the Pacific Northwest’s most rural and medically underserved communities. “I want to go to work,” exclaimed Anne Keeling, a fourth-year osteopathic medical student at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU). At the time,…Continue Reading Meeting the Need

A collection of scientists, clinicians, virologists, and infectious disease experts offer their insight into a safe approach to the upcoming holidays. Holiday celebrations should be safe and fun — that has always been, and still is, true. Just as our knowledge on how to create those safe celebrations has increased over the past 40 years,…Continue Reading COVID-19’S Impact on Halloween & Dia De Los Muertos

As a fourth-year osteopathic medical student and host of his own podcast, “Talk Mental Health with Logan Noone,” PNWU student Doctor Logan Noone is already working to positively impact the future of mental healthcare in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Recently, he added another title to his growing list of activities: children’s book author. Noone’s…Continue Reading Logan Noone Publishes Children’s Book

As healthcare workers throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond continue battling the COVID-19 pandemic, a collection of PNWU student volunteers have stepped up to provide crucial support. Their service has proven to be a vital component in allowing medical staff to focus on the urgent work that accompanies an ongoing pandemic. “As a medical student…Continue Reading Selfless Students, Vital Volunteers

Following over 30 years of outstanding service to the Yakima community, Dr. Stephen Litchfield’s generosity continues to shape the health of the region he calls home. I enjoy going to work now more than I ever did as a physician, and I love that,” explained Dr. Stephen Litchfield, assistant professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice,…Continue Reading Carrying it Forward

Dr. Karen Ireland Maria Benavides Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) recently welcomed Dr. Karen Ireland and Maria Benavides to the university’s governing board of trustees. The two accomplished community members are scheduled to attend their first board of trustees meeting virtually September 26. “We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Benavides and Dr. Ireland…Continue Reading New Trustees Join PNWU Board