April 29, 2022
Students participate in Undergraduate Research forum
April 29, 2022 Fourteen School of Health Professions students participated in the 2022 Spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum. Students presented research in diverse categories, including Life Sciences, Behavioral/Social Sciences, Applied Design, and Humanities. Health Professions faculty mentored 17 student presenters from multiple disciplines, as well. Health Professions student researchers Abdullah Alsharafi Major: Health Science Mentor: Jamie Hall Presentation: Construction of 3D Geometries of the Foot, Shank, and Distal Femur from CT Scans Lauren Greene Major: Health Science Mentor: Carolyn Orbann Presentation: Whooping Cough Trends in Missouri from 1914-1920 Carly Hays Major: Health Science Mentor:…
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 2, 2022
Back to the Future (COMO Magazine)
March 2, 2022 LAUREN SABLE FREIMAN Reflecting on Spanish flu in the midst of COVID-19. It’s fitting that Carolyn Orbann was immersed in research about a global pandemic when COVID-19 hit Columbia in March 2020. Spurred by the 100-year anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, Carolyn, an associate teaching professor in the department of health sciences at MU, had been studying how Spanish Flu impacted the state of Missouri. “I was trying to understand the flu mortality in the state by looking at all the counties to understand the geographic spread and understand why certain places…
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. 1, 2022
12 Students complete STAR Program
Feb. 1, 2022 The Student Training for Advanced Research (STAR) program was conceived to engage students in the high-impact practice of research. Last semester, the School of Health Professions had 12 students participate in five or more workshops offered by the Office of Undergraduate Research, making them STAR recipients! Workshop topics ranged from how to present research and how to write an abstract, to panel discussions on cultural competency in research. Kudos to these STAR SHP students! Annaliese Bauserman Annalise Bauserman Health Science St. Louis Kayla Burkle Kayla Burkle Health…
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…
Dec. 7, 2021
Health Professions students selected for AASB
Congratulations to Health Science majors Sharmarke Khadar and Jayda Moss, and to Social Work major Diamond Russell for being chosen for the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board (AASB). As leaders on campus, AASB members work to preserve MU traditions, foster a sense of pride within the Mizzou community and serve as the governing board for all True Tigers.
Nov. 15, 2021