
June 24, 2025
Gass named CEO of Burrell Behavioral Health
Mat Gass is a 2006 graduate of Mizzou’s Master of Social Work program. He has more than 25 years of experience in behavioral health care.

June 5, 2025
Alumni Spotlight: Dave Gardner II, MHA ’23
Dave Gardner graduated from Mizzou with a Master's in Health Administration. He shares his experience at the College of Health Sciences here!

May 22, 2025
Photo gallery: May 2025 commencement
The Mizzou College of Health Sciences held its spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18. Nearly 800 students were awarded degrees, with graduates representing our many departments and programs.

May 1, 2025
Alumni spotlight: Madeline Cremin, MHA 2022
Name: Madeline Cremin Title: Program Manager: Clinical Operations, Mayo Clinic in Florida Mode of MHA degree: Residential What have you been up to since graduating from the MHA program at Mizzou? Since graduating from the University of Missouri’s MHA program in 2022, I launched my career as anAdministrative Fellow at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida. This fellowship was an invaluableexperience that allowed me to apply the knowledge and skills gained from the MHA program to a variety ofstrategic initiatives and operational projects within the organization. It provided hands-on exposure tohealthcare administration at an executive level, deepening my…

April 24, 2025
Alumni spotlight: Ethan Greenblatt, BHS ’19
Ethan Greenblatt is a health education supervisor with the St. Louis County Department of Public Health.

March 27, 2025
Alumni spotlight: Leah Freeze, MHA ’15
Leah Freeze is a practice administrator with Tiger Pediatrics.

March 4, 2025
Gail Peace establishes scholarship at Mizzou to drive health care innovation, leadership
Entrepreneur and Mizzou alumna Gail Peace established a full-ride scholarship for students interested in bringing innovation to the health care space.

Feb. 26, 2025
Alumni Spotlight: Emmy Matthews, MHA 2020
Name: Emmy Matthews Title: Product Operations Manager at Ludi, inc. Mode of MHA degree: Residential MHA What have you been up to since graduating from the MHA program at Mizzou? Through connections I made during the program, following graduating from the program, I began working for Ludi, which offers innovative and fully integrated compensation management software for health care organizations. Since joining, I have worked on both our Implementation and Product teams and cross-functionally supported almost every team across the company. Today, I am working in a new role to Ludi as its Product Operations Manager, ensuring successful product release…

Feb. 20, 2025
HMIAO announces name change to MHAAO (Master of Health Administration Alumni Organization)
Transition reflects commitment to MHA program and its community

Jan. 27, 2025
Alumni Spotlight: Blake Riley, MHA 2023
Name: Blake Riley Title: Carroll County Memorial Hospital, Chief Operations Officer Mode of MHA degree: Executive What have you been up to since graduating from the MHA program at Mizzou? I’ve continued as the Chief Operations Officer at Carroll County Memorial Hospital, a role I assumed about halfway through the Executive MHA Program. I’m really enjoying this position, the work, and the direction CCMH is headed. We’ve been a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital two years running and are far from satisfied. We’ve recently being working on Vision and Strategic Planning. It’s been refreshing to hear how committed and energized…