The NWHSU Community is Impressive

See what NWHSU faculty, students and alum are up to & where your education and career could go.

Chiropractic Students Clinical Practice
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Alumni News
Leading the Vietnam Trip & Expanding Access to East Asian Medicine

This spring, Thao Tran, DC, DAc \’22 and Hailey Pham, DAc \’23 led their third Vietnam trip with NWHSU students. Dr. Tran, who graduated from the traditional medical school in Ho Chi Minh City in 2000, built the trip using… Read More ›

Alumni News, Chiropractic, Policy and Research News, Thought Leadership
How to Put Evidence into Action (with the Help of AI)

As a clinician-scientist, I would encourage all practicing clinicians to utilize research as it’s going to give you the best place to start when helping patients in your clinic. The adage for evidence-based care stands true: it’s a three-pronged stool…. Read More ›

Alumni News, Massage Therapy
Alum Stories: Advocating for Massage Therapists

Sarah Haar has always been engaged in her local Red Wing community. So, it made sense for her to get involved with the Minnesota chapter of the American Massage Therapist Association (AMTA-MN). At the end of 2019, she ran for… Read More ›

Alumni News, Chiropractic, Chiropractic Careers
Two Ways of Building a Career as a VA Chiropractor

A career as a VA chiropractor can be rewarding and exciting: working with complex cases on an integrative team. NWHSU graduates Elizabeth Moos, DC and Steven Huybrecht, DC know this firsthand. They work together as the first chiropractors for the… Read More ›

Alumni News, Chiropractic, Chiropractic Careers
Kathy Meyer Provides Integrative Care in Rural Montana

Twenty years ago, Kathy Meyer, DC ‘93 had a conversation with a doctor passionate about expanding an existing clinic into a more integrative healthcare facility. At the end of the conversation, she casually said “If you ever build it, let… Read More ›

Alumni News, Chiropractic, Chiropractic Careers
Christine Goertz’s Prolific Chiropractic Research Career

Christine Goertz, PhD, DC ‘91 started her prolific research career with curiosity. Currently, she is a professor in Musculoskeletal Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and Vice Chair for Implementation of Spine Health Innovations in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery… Read More ›

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture Careers, Alumni News
Acupuncture Careers: Acupuncture Research and Private Practice

We talked with Ayla Wolf, LAc, DAOM & Sophia Bouwens, LAc about the acupuncture research careers they\’ve built, specializing in neurology.  Dr. Ayla Wolf and Sophia Bouwens both work in private practice at Dr. Wolf’s clinic: Healing Response Acupuncture and… Read More ›

Alumni News, Chiropractic, Chiropractic Careers, Policy and Research News
Chiropractic Career in Research with an Eye Towards Social Impact

Sometimes, winding paths are the best way to reach a destination. For Andrea Albertson, DC, research and policy associate at NWHSU and RAND REACH scholar for early career research, this rings true. She’s built a chiropractic career in research by… Read More ›

Chiropractic, Chiropractic Careers, Inside Chiro School
Inside Chiro School: My First Year as an Associate Chiropractor 

Wish you could have a firsthand account of what being an associate chiropractor is like? I\’m Kit Harlow, DC, a recent NWHSU grad who just wrapped up my first year as an associate chiropractor. Want to get into the nitty… Read More ›

Chiropractic
How NWHSU Measures Up: Tuition, Grad Rates & Board Scores

Choosing a chiropractic school is a huge decision. How do you compare different programs, and ultimately make your choice? We’ve compiled what matters in choosing a chiropractic school to show exactly how NWHSU measures up.   You’ll want to think… Read More ›