March 10, 2025
School of Social Work PhD students present at national conference
Congratulations to four School of Social Work PhD students who recently presented posters as first authors at the Society for Social Work Research’s national conference in Seattle.
Feb. 25, 2025
Laura Morett receives Fulbright award for collaborative research in Turkey
Assistant professor with the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences will travel to Turkey in early 2026 to explore how gestures aid in learning tonal languages.
Feb. 13, 2025
Mansoo Yu publishes book on quality of life, addiction recovery
The handbook is designed to serve as a resource for a wide readership, including anyone interested in quality-of-life research, subjective well-being, public health and addiction research.
Jan. 30, 2025
Motion Analysis Center gets funding for mild cognitive impairment research
A $232,885 grant will support the Mizzou Motion Analysis Center's development of an innovative, accessible tool designed to assess mild cognitive impairment, frailty and fall risk in older adults.
Jan. 27, 2025
Mizzou Department of Physical Therapy at the 2025 APTA Combined Sections Meeting
The Department of Physical Therapy is headed to Houston, Texas, for the 2025 Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Jan. 24, 2025
Research explores why some communities were vulnerable during Hurricane Helene
Jennifer First will examine how mountain and inland communities received, understood and acted on flood warnings.
Nov. 26, 2024
Kate Trout wins New Investigator Research Award
The Marjorie Bowman and Robert Choplin New Investigator Award honors outstanding contributions by a new primary care investigator. This international recognition highlights Kate Trout’s independent scholarship and the cumulative impact of her work.
Nov. 21, 2024
Researcher exploring shape’s role in language cognition, development
Caroline Larson will explore how different languages around the world use shapes in words, how our understanding of shapes connects with language, and why some children struggle with this connection.
Nov. 18, 2024
Jennifer First joins GeoCAFÉ Scholars program
Jennifer First has joined the GeoCAFÉ Scholars program. GeoCAFÉ brings together university faculty from geosciences and health sciences to study climate-related health issues.
Nov. 12, 2024
Greg Cox named AI Faculty Fellow
Greg Cox, an assistant teaching professor with the Departments of Health Sciences and Physical Therapy, was recently named an AI Faculty Fellow by the Provost’s Office.