March 30, 2022
Social Work faculty member receives Tribute to Women Award
March 29, 2022 Kathleen Preble, School of Social Work assistant professor, received the Jordan Hoyt Memorial Tribute to Women Award at the MU Tribute to Women banquet March 15. Her nominators cited many ways that Dr. Preble, an expert in human trafficking, has worked to promote and elevate the status of women on campus and across Missouri. “Dr. Preble has shown visionary leadership at the University of Missouri … with the development of CIVIC, the Center for Interpersonal Violence Research In Context, an emerging intercampus research group,” wrote J. Kale Monk, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development…
March 21, 2022
Speech-language pathology graduate program receives reaccreditation
March 21, 2022 By Kelsey Carroll As of Feb. 19, 2022, the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) voted to continue accreditation for the graduate education program in speech-language pathology at University of Missouri for a period of eight years beginning Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2029. Department faculty and staff have been working hard since the start of the 2020–21 academic year towards earning this accreditation renewal. Barbara McLay, graduate program director, led the department’s efforts. “I’m very proud of our program and of the faculty, staff, students, departmental leadership, the School of…
March 11, 2022
Respiratory Therapy online program ranked No. 1
March 11, 2022 Congratulations to the Respiratory Therapy program! The online Bachelor’s Respiratory Therapy program was recently ranked No. 1 by Value Colleges. Value Colleges ranked the top 25 respiratory therapy programs according to their tuition rate, student satisfaction and graduate salary. Read the article. …
March 2, 2022
Jennifer Keely named Director of Respiratory Therapy Programs
March 1, 2022 Jennifer Keely, M Ed, RRT, RRT-ACCS, has been named director of MU respiratory therapy programs effective March 1. She served as interim director for the past year while a national search was conducted. “Professor Keely has been a leader in the design and implementation of quality online instruction in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences,” said Kathy Moss, department chair and clinical professor. “I am confident that she is the right person to lead our respiratory therapy programs as we look to the future.” An associate clinical professor, Keely has been teaching in the School of…
Feb. 17, 2022
Integrative Behavioral Health Center receives Community Action Partnership Award
Kelli Canada accepted the Council of Social Work Education Community Partnership Action Award on behalf of IBHC students and faculty. Feb. 17, 2022 Congratulations to the students and faculty of the School of Social Work’s Integrative Behavioral Health Clinic (IBHC), which received the…
Feb. 7, 2022
Douglas Clem wins first place in scientific presentation competition
Feb. 7, 2022 The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography recently awarded Douglas Clem first place in its National Scientific Presentation Competition. Clem is a clinical coordinator and clinical professor of the diagnostic medical ultrasound program in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions. The Scientific Presentation Competition evaluates sonographers’ original summary papers on clinical research, educational techniques, patient care, sonography department management, case studies presenting a diagnostic challenge, or other areas related to diagnostic medical sonography. Clem presented the paper “Atypical presentation of an adult man following repair of multiple coronary artery fistulas connecting to the main pulmonary artery…
Feb. 3, 2022
Respiratory therapy student wins state leadership award
Feb. 3, 2022 Jack Heerhold, Respiratory Therapy student, was recognized with the Glen Kolander Leadership Award from the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care. In order to receive this award, one must possess leadership skills and participate in campus activities that help to foster these skills.
Jan. 18, 2022
Fall 2021 Dean’s List
Jan. 18, 2022 Congratulations to 1,507 Health Professions students who made the Fall 2021 Dean’s List! Each school and college at the University of Missouri determines its own dean’s list eligibility for undergraduate students. Students who had privacy holds in MyZou are excluded from public lists. To qualify for the dean’s list in the School of Health Professions, a student must earn a 3.30 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours. Dean’s list honors only apply to Fall and Spring semesters. Courses graded S/U or Hearer do not count toward the required 12 graded hours. Self-paced courses…
Dec. 7, 2021
Health Professions students selected for AASB
Congratulations to Health Science majors Sharmarke Khadar and Jayda Moss, and to Social Work major Diamond Russell for being chosen for the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board (AASB). As leaders on campus, AASB members work to preserve MU traditions, foster a sense of pride within the Mizzou community and serve as the governing board for all True Tigers.
Dec. 7, 2021
PhD student earns research award
Congratulations to Jacob Thomas, a PhD student in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Thomas received the Health Science Research Day Dean’s Award for the School of Health Professions for his project “Validation of Azure Kinect Temporospatial Parameters During a Sit-to-Stand Task.” He is advised by Trent Guess, Physical Therapy associate professor.