Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Stephanie Knollhoff
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? SLHS 8001, Seminar in Medical Speech-Language Pathology What do you love about teaching? I enjoy the connection you can make with students by sharing knowledge and experiences. Tell us a bit about yourself! What’s your background? I have a master’s and Ph.D. in speech-language pathology. Prior to entering academia I worked clinically, primarily in medical settings. Before coming to the University of Missouri, I worked at another institution for three years teaching and conducting research. What…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Kate Trout
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Professor of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? Hlth_Sci 3400 Global Public Health and Healthcare Systems What do you love about teaching? I enjoy getting to know my students and learning from their diverse perspectives. I view the classroom as a platform to share their expertise, forward thinking and unique perspectives while learning about the most challenging global health issues! Some of the greatest public health and global health innovations have been from cross-cutting interdisciplinary efforts, such as collaborations with engineering, computer science, art, communications, biological sciences, social…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Laur
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Clinical Professor, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? SLHS 8030, Acquired Language Disorders What do you love about teaching? I love helping students make connections between information they learn in class and actual clients they are seeing in our clinic or out in community placements. I think it’s so rewarding to watch those critical thinking and clinical judgement skills develop. Tell us a bit about yourself! What’s your background? I graduated from Truman with my B.A. in 2007 and my M.A. in 2008. I…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Kristi Peterson
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy What classes are you teaching this semester? This semester will be concentrated on assisting in the Bachelors in Health Sciences with emphasis in Occupational Therapy Assistant (BHS-OTA) program’s kickoff before candidacy. What do you love about teaching? The greatest joy I take from teaching is watching the development of an individual’s knowledge base progress from the academic curriculum into their professional hands-on experiences in the field as practitioners. It is fulfilling to see this evolving connection from learning materials in class to application with patients and…
Sep. 10, 2020
The 1918 flu caused Halloween cancellations across the US. It could happen again
On the list of traditions canceled by the coronavirus pandemic, Halloween might be next on the cultural hit list. The fall of 1918 was the second and worst wave of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed between 50 million and 100 million people worldwide. “Not only was the peak of death right before Halloween, but they were still experiencing pretty severe waves,” said Carolyn Orbann, an associate teaching professor in the department of health sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Aug. 27, 2020
MU brings medical, public health experts together to plan for safe return to campus.
While the COVID-19 pandemic forced Mizzou to end its 2020 spring semester with classes online, university officials were already planning for the future of learning at Mizzou – even if that meant continuing to face a global pandemic. Under the leadership of UM System President and MU Chancellor Mun Y. Choi, a team of more than 130 people — including a public health expert who also served on Missouri’s statewide medical advisory team — strategized and planned for the future. It took several months to develop the university’s plan — known as Show Me Renewal. The…
Aug. 11, 2020
What a Korean Teenage Fashion Trend Reveals About the Culture of Mask-Wearing
In the United States, trust in government has been on a downward trend for two decades and is now near a historic low. To make matters worse, distrust in government is often paired with skepticism toward the health care system, says Carolyn Orbann, a University of Missouri anthropologist who studies how culture affects the spread of infectious diseases.
Aug. 10, 2020
COVID-19 course provides students a comprehensive look at pandemic
Throughout the summer, 50 students from the University of Missouri and other UM System campuses gathered remotely to consider the political, societal and personal implications of the coronavirus pandemic.
July 30, 2020
Physical Therapy faculty secure funding for interdisciplinary projects
July 30, 2020 The Department of Physical Therapy is proud to announce faculty members, Drs. Trent Guess and Becky Bliss as grant recipients of the 2020 Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program. Since 2012, the Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program has awarded grants to help promising medical discoveries transition from laboratory research to commercial investment and direct patient care. Specifically, Drs. Guess and Bliss will act as co-primary investigators on the development of the Mizzou Point-of-Care Assessment System (Mizzou-PASS). Aiming to address deficits in medical providers’ ability to complete multi-dimensional point-of-care concussion assessments, the Mizzou-PASS will measure postural control, motion analysis, and reaction…
July 21, 2020
Weightlifting with lighter weights at faster speeds can improve mobility and cardiovascular health for older adults, MU researcher finds
Stephen Sayers has been exploring the effectiveness of low weight, high-speed weightlifting on muscle performance and function in older adults.