Health Sciences

July 13, 2021

Virtual schooling exposes digital challenges for Black families, MU study finds

July 14, 2021 Contact: Brian Consiglio, 573-882-9144, consigliob@missouri.edu A new study from the University of Missouri found the unanticipated transitions to virtual schooling due to COVID-19 exposed the lack of digital resources among Black families in the United States, including access to Wi-Fi and technological savviness. The findings help explain the extensive stress virtual schooling caused for many Black families trying to keep their children learning and engaged online while at home during the pandemic. “What we found was parents and caregivers often felt disempowered in the rapidly changing environment, as they did not necessarily…

July 6, 2021

Study looks at which regions had hospitals at risk for reaching capacity during pandemic

July 1, 2021 Congratulations to Kate Trout, assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences, and Li-Wu Chen, chair and professor of the Department of Health Sciences, who co-authored article titled “Geographic distribution of bed occupancy during the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States: A nationwide study,” that was published in Health Science Reports. This study looked at which regions and areas had overwhelmed health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Dr. Trout, “reaching capacity for inpatient or ICU beds will have negative consequences on health outcomes and the health care system, especially for communities that already…

June 29, 2021

NextGen offers new possibilities for MU researchers addressing health disparities

June 29, 2021 Contact: Kenny Gerling, gerlingk@missouri.edu Loren Bauerband, an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions, uses large data sets gathered from many sources — often called big data — to research health disparities facing transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. Their work is complicated by the limitations of available data, which is often incomplete or not representative of the population. “We know that transgender individuals experience a lot of barriers to health care and access in general,” Bauerband said. “What I do is extend data about those topics to…

June 14, 2021

Spring 2021 Dean’s List

June 15, 2021 Congratulations to all students who made the Spring 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 3.3 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 must be…