Careers

Feb. 15, 2023

New Mizzou Nuclear Medicine clinical rotation offers path to profession’s sustainability

Program growth is necessary to address a shortage of nuclear medicine technologists.

Jan. 24, 2023

Summer Welcome peer advisors needed

The School of Health Professions is looking for enthusiastic and bright students to serve as Peer Advisors for the Student Services’ Office this summer. Peer Advisors play a key role in helping incoming freshmen and transfer students get acclimated to the University of Missouri and ready for their first semester at Mizzou! Typical tasks of Peer Advisors include helping new students register for classes using Schedule Planner/myZou, answering questions about their schedule/the university, and assisting the Academic Advisors. The unique nature of this position requires that you are available from May 18 through July 15. The pay is…

Nov. 1, 2022

Public Health students gain hands-on experience with Missouri Eliminate Tobacco Use initiative

Members of the ETU team at the summit in 2021 (from left) Cameron Reitan, Josie Ihnat (back row), Jamya Dean (front row), Mikayla Kitchen, Ginny Chadwick, Eriola Ayo, Michelle McDowell By Gracie Hedenberg The Missouri Eliminate Tobacco Use Initiative is a student-staffed effort to reduce tobacco use in Missouri, including on MU’s campus. Students Mikayla Kitchen, an undergraduate Public Health student, and Cameron Reitan, a Master of Public Health student, are both members of the MO ETU team, which provides hands-on public health experience before they enter the field.   Eliminate Tobacco Use (ETU) is an initiative that began at…

Oct. 26, 2022

From internship to full-time job: Health Science alumna finds meaning with nonclinical career

Elizabeth LaDriere, BHS '21, landed a full-time job with the same company she interned with the summer before her senior year.

Oct. 26, 2022

SLHS student Morgan Linneweh gets valuable research experience in Neurogenic Communication Disorders Lab

By Gracie Hedenberg If there is one thing Morgan Linneweh, a junior and student researcher in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, would tell her freshman self, it would be to embrace her mistakes because that’s how to learn. And Linneweh has learned a lot since she first stepped foot into Dr. Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale’s Neurogenic Communication Disorders Laboratory her freshman year, including research terminology, how to analyze data from lip, tongue and jaw sensors, and the connections she can make within MU.  For about six hours a week, Linneweh works in her lab reviewing charts, analyzing speech errors and determining sentence…

April 29, 2022

Catching up with Mizzou Athletics Hall of Famer Kris Schmidt

March 2022 Story courtesy of MIZZOU magazine MIzzou Athletics photo Kris Schmidt Softball Classes of 1988 and 1991 Inducted 1999 The life of a college athlete is all about repeatedly training, studying, practicing and preparing so that you’ll be ready for whatever you might encounter on game day. Kris Schmidt, BSW ’88, MSW ’91, found that this approach applied directly to her career after Mizzou softball — except her “game day” was when she was assigned to protect the lives of some of the most powerful people on Earth. After setting school records for hits, batting,…

March 8, 2022

New Radiography courses offered

March 8, 2022 The Mizzou Radiography program is pleased to announce new online coursework in Cardiac Interventional Radiography and Vascular Interventional Radiography, both designed by Dr. Richard Wall, a practicing cardiac cath lab tech from Las Vegas, Nevada.  Radiographers who want to expand their skills to another advanced modality can use those courses to not only expand their professional skillsets and certifications, but also apply them toward a certificate or degree.  Advanced certificate programs Bachelor’s degree for registered technologists Master’s degree with an emphasis in medical imaging…

Feb. 3, 2022

Best health care jobs

Feb. 3, 2022 Health professions are in demand! According to U.S. News & World Report, the best jobs in health care and health care support include: Diagnostic medical sonographer Occupational therapy assistant Speech-language pathologist Respiratory therapist Physical therapist Occupational therapist Radiologic technologist Nuclear medicine technologist…

April 19, 2021

Shining bright

One of the defining characteristics of School of Health Professions students is their desire to improve lives. David Gardner II, a senior Health Sciences major from Chicago, is an example of what it means to bring heart and dedication together to help others. Journey to Health Professions David Gardner attributes his success to support and drive from family members including his mother, Kristee Davis (top), a psychology professor, and grandmother, Geneva George, a civil rights activist. Gardner transferred to Health Professions his junior year after initially pursuing an education in animal science. Meeting with his adviser and…

March 2, 2021

Mizzou School of Health Professions launches online occupational therapy doctorate

March 2, 2021 Mizzou’s School of Health Professions Department of Occupational Therapy is now accepting applications for an online post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD). This new program is flexible and designed for practicing occupational therapists who wish to advance their formal education while continuing to work full time. The advanced degree provides an opportunity for professionals to gain in-depth knowledge and skills — positioning them to move into new roles with additional responsibilities and authority. …