Sep. 24, 2024
Kelli Canada receives Marie M. and Harry L. Smith Endowment
The endowment is designed to promote and support the work of outstanding faculty at the University of Missouri, including support for research and teaching activities.
Sep. 17, 2024
Integrative Behavioral Health Clinic celebrates a decade of healing
The University of Missouri's Integrative Behavioral Health Clinic celebrates 10 years of community service.
Aug. 29, 2024
New faculty spotlight: Danielle Adams
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2024–25 academic year. Meet all of our new faculty members. Danielle Adams Assistant professor, School of Social Work What classes are you teaching this semester? I am excited to teach a core social work course, Evaluative Research (SW8953), to second-year master’s students this fall! Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I am originally from Rapid City, South Dakota, and I am the first person in my family to finish college. I studied psychology…
Aug. 29, 2024
New faculty spotlight: Jennifer First
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2024–25 academic year. Meet all of our new faculty members. Jennifer First Assistant professor, School of Social Work Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I am a proud graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Social Work. I obtained my MSW from Mizzou in 2012 and my PhD in 2019. Over the past four years, I have worked as an assistant professor in the College of Social Work at the University of…
Aug. 29, 2024
New faculty spotlight: Amy Mayes
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2024–25 academic year. Meet all of our new faculty members. Amy Mayes Assistant professor, School of Social Work What classes are you teaching this semester? I will be developing the online bachelor’s in Social Work program that will begin next year. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I am a licensed master social worker. I earned my doctorate in social work from the University of Southern California, my master’s in social work from…
Aug. 21, 2024
Born to run
Meet Amaris Vazquez Collazo: a Mizzou sophomore who’s not only competing in this year’s Paralympic Games in Paris but also serving as Puerto Rico’s flag bearer.
Aug. 14, 2024
Sarah Gehlert to deliver keynote address for Integrative Behavioral Health Clinic anniversary
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Integrative Behavioral Health Clinic, the School of Social Work is pleased to bring alumna and distinguished scholar Sarah Gehlert to campus for a keynote address.
June 27, 2024
Jessica Osaze receives Remington Williams Award
Osaze earned both her Master of Social Work and Master of Health Administration from the MU College of Health Sciences.
June 5, 2024
Mansoo Yu joins editorial board for BMC Public Health
Congratulations to Mansoo Yu, a professor with the School of Social Work and Department of Public Health, on joining BioMed Central’s Public Health journal as an editorial board member. BMC Public Health is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles under numerous scopes, some of which include public health informatics and the social aspects of health determinants. Yu currently is the only BMC Public Health editorial board member from the University of Missouri.
May 30, 2024
Spring 2024 College of Health Sciences dean’s list
A total of 1,603 Health Sciences students made the spring 2024 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list in the College of Health Sciences, a student must earn a 3.30 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours.