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Dr. Stephen Litchfield and PNWU Student Doctor Sarah Tucker were recently selected as the 2021 recipients of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. The pair was selected by the Class of 2021 Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) PNWU Chapter for their ability to demonstrate both clinical excellence and outstanding compassion in the delivery of care…Continue Reading Dr. Steven Litchfield and Student Doctor Sarah Tucker Selected for 2021’s Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Johnson’s research paper highlights lingering imperfections in the medical school education pipeline and imagines the healing that awaits communities when healers raised in those communities return to them. PNWU Student Doctor Kasey Johnson is slated to present at The Association for Medical Humanities’ (AMH’s) 2021 AMH International Conferenceafter being awarded a student research prize by…Continue Reading PNWU Student Doctor Kasey Johnson Wins International Student Research Prize

Student Doctor Oak Sonfist (OMS II) was recently selected as Co-Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the Medical Student Pride Alliance (MSPA). MSPA is an activist and social organization committed to empowering sexual and gender minority medical students and allies, increasing the number of physicians trained in LGBTQ-inclusive healthcare, and addressing the unique…Continue Reading Oak Sonfist Named Co-Director of DEI for the Medical Student Pride Alliance (MSPA)

On Friday, April 16, 88 members of Pacific Northwest University of Health Science’s extended community received their first COVID-19 vaccinations at a pop-up clinic on PNWU’s Yakima campus. The clinic, which was hosted in partnership with Washington State University and Rite Aid, was made possible thanks to an April 15 expansion of vaccination eligibility requirements…Continue Reading PNWU Pop-Up Clinic Vaccinates 88 People Against COVID-19

PNWU was recently ranked second in the nation for graduates practicing in primary care specialties, as well as second for most graduates practicing in underserved areas, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Medical Schools list. 66% of PNWU graduates reported practice in a primary care specialty, and 27% reported practice in a Medically Underserved…Continue Reading PNWU Ranked Second in U.S. for Graduates Practicing in Primary Care Specialties and Medically Underserved Areas

Scholarship Honoring Nation’s First Transportation Chief Aims to Pave New Roads for Medically Underrepresented Minority Students PNWU’s Alan Stephenson Boyd Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Excellence Endowed Scholarship aims to honor the Boyd family’s lifelong commitment to creating a fairer, more just world for all.  Alan Stephenson Boyd’s life was defined by a singular driving question:…Continue Reading Announcing the Alan Stephenson Boyd Scholarship

On Monday, March 29 at noon, PNWU officially announced our Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a dynamic online event. “Revolutionizing Community Health: Announcing PNWU’s Office of DEI” offers attendees a chance to witness our vision of a more equitable tomorrow, learn how PNWU’s Office of DEI aims to revolutionize community health, hear from…Continue Reading Revolutionizing Community Health: Announcing PNWU’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

For the second year in a row, PNWU’s Student Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (SAMOPS) club was named Chapter of the Year at the Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons’ (AMOPS’) national conference, which was hosted virtually from March 4-7. PNWU SAMOPS was selected for the award out of all 37 osteopathic…Continue Reading PNWU’s SAMOPS Club Wins Second-Consecutive AMOPS Chapter of the Year Award

Yakima, WA – Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) has hired Dr. Heather Fritz as founding director of its developing School of Occupational Therapy. With the addition of the proposed school (subject to grant of authorization for the Washington Student Achievement Council), PNWU aims to expand on its mission of training and educating health…Continue Reading PNWU Hires Founding Director of School of Occupational Therapy