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Aug. 29, 2023

IPE Day participants focus on growing together

Faculty and staff worked to educate first- and second-year CHS students on interprofessional care.

Taylor Otto

Aug. 23, 2023

New faculty spotlight: Taylor Otto

This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Taylor Otto Assistant teaching professor and clinical coordinator of Radiography, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I am teaching Radiographic Image Analysis and Radiographic Procedures II. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I earned my bachelor’s degree in radiologic science in 2016 from Avila University and began working full-time at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City with the goal of…

Aug. 1, 2023

Respiratory Therapy recognized for credentialing success

The program received a 2023 CoARC award for Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist Credentialing Success.

Two students work with an airway management trainer at the University of Missouri.

June 29, 2023

Incoming Health Sciences students get a leg up through Summer Bridge program

Seven incoming College of Health Sciences students were on campus this summer to participate in the University of Missouri’s Summer Bridge Accelerator Program.

June 28, 2023

Get to know the 2023 College of Health Sciences summer peer advisors

CHS Summer Welcome peer advisors spend the summer months helping incoming freshmen and transfer students get acclimated and ready for their first semester at the university.

June 11, 2023

Spring 2023 dean’s list

A total of 1,632 Health Sciences students made the spring 2023 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list in the College of Health Sciences, a student must earn a 3.30 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours.

Trevion Barefield

May 4, 2023

Mizzou Made 2023: Traveon Barefield, BHS

Trevion Barefield, a Joliet, Illinois, native is completing his BHS in Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences — with an emphasis in Radiography.

Alese Thompson

April 26, 2023

Thompson recognized by American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

Alese Thompson, clinical site coordinator and assistant clinical professor of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, received three awards at the 2023 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Missouri Spring Conference.

April 13, 2023

Camp Catch-Ya-Breath for children with asthma

Camp Catch-Ya-Breath is a free weekend camp that empowers children ages 7-13 to learn how to obtain control of their asthma. The camp is co-hosted by the University of Missouri Respiratory Therapy program and Washington County Memorial Hospital. At Camp Catch-Ya-Breath, children with asthma learn the importance and benefits of asthma medication while participating in fun activities like swimming, hiking and crafts. For more information, call 573-438-5451 ext. 288 or email Christina Luksza at cluksza@wcmhosp.org.

A woman wearing a hijab uses a pipette in a lab.

April 9, 2023

Clinical Laboratory program ‘a dream come true’ for international student

Fatima Alsaihati came to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia.