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December 2025 CHS graduates

Dec. 16, 2025

Meet our December 2025 graduates

The University of Missouri is preparing to award 1,832 degrees during December commencement ceremonies, including more than 200 new College of Health Sciences graduates.

Chelsea Rodriguez

Dec. 15, 2025

Mizzou Made 2025: Chelsea Rodriguez, MPH

Chelsea Rodriguez of San Antonio, Texas, is completing a Master of Public Health.

Sawiyyah Chanay

Nov. 14, 2025

New faculty spotlight: Sawiyyah (Chiquita) Chanay

Sawiyyah Chanay is a new assistant extension professor with the Department of Public Health.

Julie Kapp

Nov. 5, 2025

Childhood trauma project expands to include online training for public

The $110,000 in new grant funds will help the team create an online training module aimed directly at individuals and families.

A woman stands in front of a fountain

Nov. 3, 2025

Policy as medicine: Public health student strives to shape health care

Kate Karpinski’s love for public health began when she witnessed how public policy affects family medicine, public health initiatives, and obstetrics and gynecology care.

Dr. Nishant Jain with AMIA Chair Genevieve Melton-Meaux

Oct. 30, 2025

Jain named Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association

Nishant Jain, database administrator at the Missouri Cancer Registry and Research Center, has been named a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Julie Kapp

Oct. 9, 2025

Kapp to join public health leadership institute

Julie Kapp, professor and chair of the Department of Public Health, has been accepted into the prestigious Academic Public Health Leadership Institute.

Oct. 1, 2025

Student Ambassador applications now open

Apply to become a CHS Student Ambassador to grow your leadership, networking and public speaking skills.

Loren Schultz

Sep. 22, 2025

Schultz returns to facilitate Mizzou’s veterinary public health program

Loren Schultz, who held the same role from 2009 to 2020, brings extensive experience and a renewed vision to a program he helped shape in its early days.

Sep. 15, 2025

How Missouri residents can file for compensation under Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Missouri residents who are diagnosed with qualifying cancers may be eligible for compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.