March 17, 2022
Students serve Missouri through alternative breaks
March 17, 2022 Last weekend, several Health Professions students traveled to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to serve at Cedargate Healthcare, a skilled nursing facility, on a Mizzou Alternative Breaks trip. The students spent a lot of one-on-one time with residents, crocheting with them and painting their nails. They also helped clean, did laundry, and passed out meal trays. Clockwise from top left are Jake Williams, Emily Dofing (Arts & Science), Bri Kimberley, Harper Russell, Daniya Mumtaz (Engineering) and Sydney Carlisle.
March 10, 2022
Five Health Professions students named to Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39
March 7, 2022 Congratulations to the five School of Health Professions students who were named to Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39 last week! Each year 18 graduate students and 39 seniors are honored for their outstanding achievements, academic success and contributions to Mizzou and the Columbia community. Mizzou 18 Bridget RennardMHS in Speech-Language Pathology Mark BremerMaster of Public Health Bridget listed Beth Kelley, associate professor, Speech, Language Hearing Sciences, as her mentor. “Bridget is outstanding and I’m delighted that she is being recognized with this honor.” Beth said. “Not only has Bridget excelled in all areas…
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…
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…
Feb. 18, 2022
Black Alumni panelists confirmed
Feb. 18, 2022 The annual Health Professions Black Alumni Panel will be held 6–7:30 p.m. April 5 via Zoom. Our six awesome alumni panelists are above, from left: • Freddie Avant, MSW ’84, associate dean, director and professor at Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Social Work in Nacogdoches, Texas • Ramone Hankle, BHS ’15, senior scrum master at Transunion in Chicago • Aliyha Hill, BHS ’18, MPH ’20, team lead at the CDC Foundation in Chicago • Debonie Lewis, BHS ’16, program manager at Whole Health Institute in Bentonville, Arkansas • Carmen Taylor,…
Feb. 3, 2022
Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences student publishes research
Feb. 3, 2022 Laura Williams, Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences master’s student, published a research paper, “The Neurological Stress Test of Pregnancy,” in Radiologic Technology, the official journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. …
Feb. 3, 2022
Respiratory therapy student wins state leadership award
Feb. 3, 2022 Jack Heerhold, Respiratory Therapy student, was recognized with the Glen Kolander Leadership Award from the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care. In order to receive this award, one must possess leadership skills and participate in campus activities that help to foster these skills.
Feb. 1, 2022
Physical Therapy students and faculty to present at national conference
Mizzou DPT is headed to the 2022 Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA with nearly 20 accepted presentations.
Jan. 18, 2022
Health Professions scholarship recipients will pay it forward
Thanks to our incredible donors who fund scholarships, many Health Professions students receive financial assistance. Since the holiday season is known as the Season of Giving, over the past few weeks on our social media we featured a few scholarship recipients who want to pay the kindness forward by giving back to their communities with their careers. Lydia Broadus Lydia received the Helen Smith Burnam Memorial Scholarship. With her bachelor’s degree in Social Work, she plans to work with at-risk youth, such as teen moms or juveniles in the justice system. “This scholarship is very much appreciated as it enables…
Jan. 18, 2022
Fall 2021 Dean’s List
Jan. 18, 2022 Congratulations to 1,507 Health Professions students who made the Fall 2021 Dean’s List! Each school and college at the University of Missouri determines its own dean’s list eligibility for undergraduate students. Students who had privacy holds in MyZou are excluded from public lists. To qualify for the dean’s list in the School of Health Professions, a student must earn a 3.30 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours. Dean’s list honors only apply to Fall and Spring semesters. Courses graded S/U or Hearer do not count toward the required 12 graded hours. Self-paced courses…