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)
Aug. 25, 2023
Saffran examines storytelling narratives of health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic
July 25, 2023
Public health faculty member gets CDC funding for obesity research
University of Missouri Extension has received $768,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the first year of a five-year project to tackle high rates of obesity in 10 Missouri counties.
July 25, 2023
MU researchers discover longhorned ticks in Boone County for the first time
Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine have recently discovered invasive longhorned ticks in Boone County, Missouri, for the first time.
July 21, 2023
Missouri Cancer Registry achieves Gold Certification
The MCR, which joined the Department of Public Health earlier this month, also achieved the 2022 NAACCR Registry of Distinction.
July 11, 2023
Missouri Cancer Registry joins Department of Public Health
The move provides increased opportunities for collaboration between public health researchers, scientists and clinicians.