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Oct. 5, 2023

Public Health researchers play key role in State Health Assessment

Team concludes whirlwind listening tour of Missouri locations, with plans to release the report later this year.

Oct. 1, 2023

Student Ambassador applications now open

The MU College of Health Sciences will be hosting informational sessions in the coming weeks for students interested in becoming 2024 Student Ambassadors. Informational sessions will be held in 106 Lewis Hall on: Thursday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 5 p.m. Ambassador applications officially opened on Oct. 1, and they must be submitted to the CHS Office of Student Services, 101 Lewis Hall, by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27. New ambassadors will begin service in the spring 2024 semester. Freshman, sophomore and junior Health Sciences students are invited to apply…

A young woman stands under the arch of Memorial Union at the University of Missouri

Sep. 26, 2023

Research project examines connections between two pandemics

Devanshi Patel's research project involved looking at similarities between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 flu.

Sep. 21, 2023

14 Health Sciences students awarded S.T.A.R. recognition 

These workshops prepare students from all disciplines for research by teaching them about topics ranging from resume creation to cultural competency in research.  

Julie Kapp

Sep. 6, 2023

New faculty spotlight: Julie Kapp

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. Julie Kapp Associate professor, Department of Public Health What classes are you teaching this semester? I generally teach HMI 8544 Managerial Epidemiology (Population Health Management) for the MHA executive and residential students in the spring semesters. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I have undergraduate degrees in psychology and sociology from Mizzou. My master’s and Ph.D. are in public health, concentrated in epidemiology, from Saint Louis University. I am recognized by…

Sep. 5, 2023

New study abroad program to focus on health care, public health in South Korea

Mizzou will launch its study abroad program in South Korea in the summer of 2024, with students spending two weeks in the country between late July and early August.

Sep. 4, 2023

Study looks at barriers, facilitators to accessing health care in rural Missouri

Aug. 30, 2023

IPE Day participants focus on growing together

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

Aug. 29, 2023

Salmonella testing can be a slow process. Mizzou researchers want to change that. (NPR)

Lise Saffran

Aug. 25, 2023

Saffran examines storytelling narratives of health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic