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MHA program sharpens student’s focus, expands experiences

Texas Woman's graduate student Kesia Derilus spent a week last summer in Ottawa, Canada and traveled to Berlin in August with her Dallas and Houston classmates with the MHA Global Health's study abroad trips. Along with the lectures by German healthcare professionals, on-site visits and interactions with local experts, Derilus truly experienced Germany. 

Visiting faculty member lands coveted fellowship

 Texas Woman’s Dallas visiting assistant professor Tianyi Li, who teaches health care administration at the Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship, was just one of 27 professionals from around the country to receive the Founders’ Fellow recognition from the ASPA. The ASPA is the leading professional membership association for public service.

Doswell Health Informatics Conference continues success

Roughly 185 attendees, nearly 10% more than in 2023, took part in this year’s 2025 Doswell Health Informatics Conference on artificial intelligence in healthcare, hosted by the College of Nursing. The conference was held at TWU Dallas on Friday, April 25. 

U.S. News: TWU’s occupational therapy, physical therapy tops in Texas

U.S. News & World Report has recognized occupational therapy and physical therapy graduate programs at Texas Woman’s University as being among the nation’s best and tops in Texas.

Noted OT practitioner, author to speak at TWU Dallas

Since Michael Iwama's book, The Kawa Model: Culturally Relevant Occupational Therapy, was published in 2006, he has given over 350 national and international lectures and over 100 keynote and plenary addresses at scientific and professional conferences.  One of his next lectures is Friday, Feb. 7 at Texas Woman’s Dallas campus, where he is the speaker at the 32nd annual Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship.