March 8, 2022
A virtual way to rehab from a stroke
March 8, 2022 Contact: Brian Consiglio, 573-882-9144, consigliob@missouri.edu After a stroke, patients may lose feeling in an arm or experience weakness and reduced movement that limits their ability to complete basic daily activities. Traditional rehabilitation therapy is very intensive, time-consuming and can be both expensive and inconvenient, especially for rural patients travelling long distances to in-person therapy appointments. That’s why a team of researchers, including one at the University of Missouri, utilized a motion-sensor video game, Recovery Rapids, to allow patients recovering from a stroke to improve their motor skills and affected arm movements at home…
March 8, 2022
Mary Sebacher retires from radiography program
March 8, 2022 Updated May 3, 2022 After more than 50 years of service to the School of Health Professions’ radiography program, Mary Sebacher is fully retiring. Sebacher served as the director of the MU Radiography program from 1972–2003. In 2003, she stepped down as director and retired from the university, but continued to serve as an adjunct instructor. During her time at Mizzou, she served in various leadership roles within the radiography program. These roles include: coordinator, technical director-instructor, technical director-assistant professor, director-assistant professor and assistant clinical professor. Sebacher is a strong proponent of the campus writing program…
March 7, 2022
Physical Therapy students practice motivational interviewing
Story by Sara Belle Scott The Department of Physical Therapy is incredibly thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with our outstanding clinical and educational partners within MU Health Care, the School of Medicine, and the Shelden Clinical Simulation Center. Dr. Nikole Cronk Dr. Jack Wells Specifically, in an educational activity designed by faculty from the Department of Physical Therapy, including Dr. Erin Dannecker, associate professor, and Brad Willis, associate teaching professor, and faculty from the Department of Family and Community Medicine, including Dr. Jack Wells, professor, and Dr. Nikole Cronk, associate teaching professor, second-year physical…
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…
March 2, 2022
Back to the Future (COMO Magazine)
March 2, 2022 LAUREN SABLE FREIMAN Reflecting on Spanish flu in the midst of COVID-19. It’s fitting that Carolyn Orbann was immersed in research about a global pandemic when COVID-19 hit Columbia in March 2020. Spurred by the 100-year anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, Carolyn, an associate teaching professor in the department of health sciences at MU, had been studying how Spanish Flu impacted the state of Missouri. “I was trying to understand the flu mortality in the state by looking at all the counties to understand the geographic spread and understand why certain places…
Feb. 28, 2022
Physical Therapy research news
Physical Therapy professor Steve Ball and adjunct faculty member Dana Chole published studies recently.
Feb. 28, 2022
Missouri plans an ‘end’ to the coronavirus pandemic, but life isn’t back to normal (St. Louis Public Radio)
St. Louis Public Radio | By Sarah Fentem Published February 28, 2022 at 5:23 AM CST After two years of the coronavirus, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and other state officials have said they’re planning an “end” to the coronavirus pandemic as early as March. The state health agency plans on treating the virus as endemic — a persistent problem like the flu instead of an acute threat. Local and federal health authorities also are ramping down precautionary measures. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page recently announced the county would soon end…
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. 7, 2022
Smartphone reminders can improve memory for older adults with dementia
Feb. 7, 2022 COLUMBIA, Mo. – Older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment sometimes struggle to remember daily tasks, including managing medications, shopping for groceries and tracking upcoming events, including birthdays, anniversaries or doctor appointments. In a recent study involving researchers at the University of Missouri and Baylor University, older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment were able to improve their memory by using a personal assistant application on their smartphones to receive reminders about upcoming events and activities. Andrew Kiselica is an assistant professor in the MU School of Health Professions. He collaborated with principal investigators Michael…