Dec. 4, 2022
Neurologic physical therapy residency prepares students for highly specialized field
Kayley Stock is a neurologic PT resident. Her program has strong mentorship and clinical opportunities so she can start providing patients with top-notch care as soon as possible.
Dec. 4, 2022
Students and faculty participate in Health Sciences Research Day
On Nov. 18, several Health Professions students presented research projects at the 2022 Health Sciences Research Day. Each year, the University of Missouri provides a forum to highlight original research and educational innovations by undergraduate medical, nursing and health professions students, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees working with faculty in those units. The day-long symposium awards prizes to the three best presentations in each of several student categories, and special Deans’ Awards recognize the most outstanding research conducted by trainees from each unit. The Health Professions Dean’s award went to Olivia Ervie, Grace Montag, and…
Nov. 12, 2022
Safe driving for seniors: OT students, educators inspect mature drivers’ cars
Nov. 8, 2022
Celebrating first-generation college students
One in five health professions students is the first in their family to attend college. Several of our faculty were also first-generation students and can remember what it was like. Their experiences shape their teaching philosophy and they have some advice and insights for current first-gen students. Bill Janes What advice do you have for current first-gen Mizzou students?Don’t be afraid to ask for help or admit when you need it. It can be intimidating to admit when you don’t know what’s going on or what some new term means –especially when it seems like everyone else…
Nov. 2, 2022
Meet the first Clinical Laboratory Science master’s graduate, Brenna Ildza
Ildza, an MU alumna, will graduate from the online Clinical Laboratory Science master's program in December.
Oct. 31, 2022
Social work student follows mom’s footsteps
By Kate Lickert Social work has changed over the years, but one thing has remained constant: social workers’ desire to help, care for and support those in need. Carmen Dieken, a current social work student, shares a special bond with the program and her mother. Dieken was 12 years old when her mom, Robin Hochgrebe, graduated with her MSW from the University of Missouri. Watching her mom help others through organizations such as Love Columbia and Burrell Behavior Health inspired Dieken to follow her mother’s footsteps into social work. “I want to help people,” Dieken said.
Oct. 31, 2022
Public Health students gain hands-on experience with Missouri Eliminate Tobacco Use initiative
By Gracie Hedenberg The Missouri Eliminate Tobacco Use Initiative is a student-staffed effort to reduce tobacco use in Missouri, including on MU’s campus. Students Mikayla Kitchen, an undergraduate Public Health student, and Cameron Reitan, a Master of Public Health student, are both members of the MO ETU team, which provides hands-on public health experience before they enter the field. Eliminate Tobacco Use (ETU) is an initiative that began at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and within the University of Texas System. For the Missouri initiative, funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health, students…
Oct. 25, 2022
SLHS student Morgan Linneweh gets valuable research experience in Neurogenic Communication Disorders Lab
By Gracie Hedenberg If there is one thing Morgan Linneweh, a junior and student researcher in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, would tell her freshman self, it would be to embrace her mistakes because that’s how to learn. And Linneweh has learned a lot since she first stepped foot into Dr. Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale’s Neurogenic Communication Disorders Laboratory her freshman year, including research terminology, how to analyze data from lip, tongue and jaw sensors, and the connections she can make within MU. For about six hours a week, Linneweh works in her lab reviewing charts, analyzing speech errors…
Oct. 10, 2022
COVID-19 pandemic hurt academic experience for African international students
Findings can help universities direct more tailored support to vulnerable populations during times of crisis.
Oct. 2, 2022
Physical Therapy and Radiography students connect with kids
MU Radiography and Physical Therapy students showed 5th-12th grade members of the Caleb Science Club different exercises, skills and equipment from their respective disciplines.