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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,…

Best Jobs U.S. News 2022

Feb. 3, 2022

Best health care jobs

Feb. 3, 2022 Health professions are in demand! According to U.S. News & World Report, the best jobs in health care and health care support include: Diagnostic medical sonographer Occupational therapy assistant Speech-language pathologist Respiratory therapist Physical therapist Occupational therapist Radiologic technologist Nuclear medicine technologist…

Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Missouri

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.

Portraits of featured students

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…

Nov. 29, 2021

Physical Therapy faculty present at Educational Leadership Conference

Nov. 20, 2021 The Mizzou Department of Physical Therapy wants to highlight the outstanding scholarship by Becky Bliss, Lindsay Holland, Teresa Briedwell, and Jeff Bridges at the APTA’s Educational Leadership Conference this past weekend. Hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, Mizzou DPT faculty shared their scholarship to promote best practices in physical therapy education on the national stage, with presentations including “Utilizing the Master Adaptive Learner Framework in Residency Education: Ground Zero and Beyond” and “Adjustment in DPT Student Self-Regulated Learning Abilities….What it Means to Be a Graduate Learner.” Congratulations to all presenters! See photos from the weekend. …

Nov. 12, 2021

Celebrating National First-Generation Day!

Nov. 12, 2021 National First-Generation College Celebration Day is a day to celebrate the successes and leadership of first-generation college students and faculty. We are so proud of the following students and faculty and are excited to see what the future holds for you!    First-Generation College Students   Carly Bailey Major: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Science emphasis Hometown: Otterville, Missouri “I am grateful for my first-generation status because of the work ethic that I witnessed and that was instilled in me at a very young age. Remember, some life lessons can’t be learned in a lecture in a lecture…

subjects in motion analysis center

Oct. 6, 2021

Mizzou Motion Analysis Center presents research on international stage

Rose Schauffler Oct. 6, 2021 The Department of Physical Therapy is pleased to announce that faculty and students from the Mizzou Motion Analysis Center (Mizzou-MAC) were invited to share their research at the 17th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and 5th Conference on Imaging and Visualization in September. Virtually hosted from Bonn, Germany, Dr. Trent Guess provided an oral presentation titled, “Opportunities and Challenges in Computational Modelling of the Pediatric Knee.” Outstanding work, Dr. Guess. Additionally, Rose Schauffler, a master’s student in biomedical engineering and team member within the Mizzou-MAC, presented, “Novel Knee Arthrometer…

Jamie Hall

Sep. 17, 2021

Telehealth services provide quality pediatric care, MU survey finds

An MU survey finds that telehealth services are able to provide quality pediatric care, and bridge the gap for rural families

Stephen Ball portrait

Sep. 14, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Stephen Ball

Sept. 1, 2021  This piece is part of a series introducing all new faculty members for the academic year 2021–22. Stephen Ball has been a nutrition and exercise physiology professor with MU Extension since 2001. Now, as part of a cohort of several Extension faculty who are joining the School of Health Professions, he will teach and conduct research in the Department of Physical Therapy.   Stephen Ball  Professor, Physical Therapy   What brought you to Mizzou/MU Extension?   I grew up in Kirksville, MO and have always been a Tiger fan. I was…

Kristin Miller

Sep. 14, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Kristin Miller

Sept. 8, 2021  This piece is part of a series in which we introduce new faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. Kristin Miller is part of a cohort of nutrition faculty from MU Extension who are joining the School of Health Professions.  Kristin Miller Assistant Extension Professor, Health Sciences and Physical Therapy    What brought you to Mizzou?  I was born and raised a Mizzou fan since I’m from Ashland, MO. It was a natural choice to want to work for Mizzou and the timing was right for myself and my family. I’ve loved my time as a Tiger so far.