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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

Jollyn Tyryfter

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.

June 28, 2023

8 students certified as health education specialists 

Certification through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing helps graduates show employers that they understand the eight areas of responsibility and know how to work to improve health and provide health promotion programs.

children wearing colorful backpacks run into a school

June 22, 2023

Missouri lags behind most states in children’s health, report finds