Sep. 14, 2021
New Faculty Spotlight: Stephen Ball
Sept. 1, 2021 This piece is part of a series introducing all new faculty members for the academic year 2021–22. Stephen Ball has been a nutrition and exercise physiology professor with MU Extension since 2001. Now, as part of a cohort of several Extension faculty who are joining the School of Health Professions, he will teach and conduct research in the Department of Physical Therapy. Stephen Ball Professor, Physical Therapy What brought you to Mizzou/MU Extension? I grew up in Kirksville, MO and have always been a Tiger fan. I was…
Sep. 14, 2021
New Faculty Spotlight: Leslie Speller-Henderson
Sept. 13, 2021 This story is part of a series highlighting our new faculty for the 2021-22 academic year. Leslie Speller-Henderson recently moved to Missouri from Tennessee. She is part of a cohort of nutrition faculty from MU Extension that are joining the School of Health Professions. Leslie Speller-Henderson Associate Extension Professor, Health Sciences Tell us a bit about yourself. What brought you to Mizzou/ why did you choose to work at Mizzou? I came to Mizzou in June 2020 to be a part of MU Extension and the fantastic Nutrition, Health and Families team. I like to say Jo…
Sep. 14, 2021
New Faculty Spotlight: Kristin Miller
Sept. 8, 2021 This piece is part of a series in which we introduce new faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. Kristin Miller is part of a cohort of nutrition faculty from MU Extension who are joining the School of Health Professions. Kristin Miller Assistant Extension Professor, Health Sciences and Physical Therapy What brought you to Mizzou? I was born and raised a Mizzou fan since I’m from Ashland, MO. It was a natural choice to want to work for Mizzou and the timing was right for myself and my family. I’ve loved my time as a Tiger so far.
Sep. 14, 2021
New Faculty Spotlight: Susan Mills-Gray
Sept. 7, 2021 This piece is part of a series in which we are introducing all new faculty members for the 2021-2022 academic year. Susan Mills-Gray has worked for MU Extension for the past 38 years, and is pare of a cohort of nutrition faculty who are joining the School of Health Professions. Susan Mills-Gray, Extension Professor, Nutrition, and Exercise Physiology Tell us a bit about yourself. What brought you to Mizzou/ why did you choose to work at Mizzou? I grew up in southeast Missouri where I was exposed…
Sep. 13, 2021
New Faculty Spotlight: Kelsey Weitzel
Sept. 13, 2021 This piece is part of a New Faculty series in which we are introducing our new faculty members for the academic year 2021-2022. Kelsey Weitzel has been with MU Extension for almost five years, but is part of a cohort of nutrition faculty who are joining the school of Health Professions. Kelsey Weitzel Assistant Extension Professor, Health Sciences Why did you choose to work at Mizzou?…
Sep. 2, 2021
Erin Robinson named UM System Presidential Engagement Fellow
Sept. 2, 2021 Erin Robinson, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, was named to the 2021–22 cohort of University of Missouri System Presidential Engagement Fellows. Fellows represent the university at speaking events across Missouri. Past Health Professions fellows include Kathleen Preble and Virginia Ramseyer Winter.
Aug. 20, 2021
23 Health Professions students, faculty and staff help new students move in
Aug. 20, 2021 Twenty-three Health Professions students, faculty and staff helped students move into residence halls Aug. 19. Health Professions Dean Kristofer Hagglund, left, and Loren Bauerband, Health Sciences assistant professor, center, help a student move in at Southwest Village.
March 22, 2021
Crisis Intervention Training reduces stigma of mental illness in prisons
March 22, 2021 Before joining the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri, Professor Kelli E. Canada worked as a community clinical social worker in Chicago. There, many of her clients struggled with mental illness and were dealing with long stints in the prison system. What she discovered was corrections officers play an important role in prisoners’ lives, but often don’t understand how to deal with behaviors associated with mental illness. With that in mind, Canada partnered with the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC) to study how adjusting de-escalation techniques could improve corrections officers’ interactions with inmates with mental…
Oct. 6, 2020
Adapting for Accessibility
It was an aha moment when Bill Janes, a faculty member in the occupational therapy department, learned about Go Baby Go, a national network of students and professionals who modify ride-on toy cars for toddlers with limited mobility. “I realized this is why I became an OT, both because of how the kids responded to Go Baby Go and how it brought out a maker tendency in me,” Janes says. “I like to fix things and make them better for people.” Janes established Mizzou’s Go Baby Go chapter, a campus-wide collaboration that includes students in OT, art, physical therapy…
Oct. 6, 2020
Kicking the Habit
The Marlboro Man might be long gone, but smoking and nicotine use in the Show-Me State live on at surprisingly high rates, says Jenna Wintemberg, BA ’10, MPH ’12, PhD ’17, assistant teaching professor of health sciences. An alarming 19 percent of Missouri’s adults smoke. Up to 50 percent of Missouri high school students have tried tobacco or electronic cigarettes, which pack lots of nicotine and come with the risk of pneumonia and respiratory failure. “The numbers for e-cigarettes keep going up and up and up,” she says. Wintemberg, a nationally certified tobacco treatment specialist, developed Adolescent Cessation in Every…