David Asprey, PhD, PA-C, was named assistant dean of the Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum, effective July 1.

In addition to this new role, Asprey will continue as the director of the College’s Physician Assistant Program, a position he has held since 1998.

Over the course of his tenure at the University of Iowa, Asprey was named Physician Assistant of the Year by the Iowa Physician Assistant Society and received the President’s Award from the Association of PA Programs. He also received a UI Collegiate Teaching Award and has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants since 2007.

Asprey succeeds Cathy Solow, who left the College last May to become associate dean for student affairs with the UI College of Dentistry.

There’s an old saying that goes, “The best way to find yourself is to your lose yourself in the service of others.”

Jennifer Miller Meyer is learning this firsthand.

She is part of a group of students enrolled in the College’s Service Distinction Track, a unique program that recognizes students who work extensively with medically underserved, marginalized, or rural populations.

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