Oct. 21, 2023
Professor Mansoo Yu: A Journey from SKKU to Mizzou
Sep. 28, 2023
Seeds of hope: An inside look at efforts to improve working and living conditions in Missouri prisons
Mizzou researchers spent the past few years working to change prisons for the better — for incarcerated folks and the staff members who work there.
Sep. 22, 2023
POSTPONED – School of Social Work presents Visiting Scholar Dr. Natasha Bowen
*** Due to unavoidable travel delays, this event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for Spring 2024. *** Original post The MU School of Social Work will host Dr. Natasha Bowen, an expert in structural equation models, Oct. 12 and 13. Dr. Bowen’s scholarship focuses on elementary and secondary schools and how they can best support students from all cultural and economic backgrounds. As a social worker, she has prioritized social and racial justice in her work. She has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of school-based research and practice. She also has extensive statistical and methodological expertise,…
Sep. 18, 2023
School of Social Work announces new leadership team
Aaron Thompson, director of the School of Social Work, recently announced the leadership team for the school. Congratulations to assistant professors Ashley Givens and Erin Robinson, who respectively have been named directors of the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the School of Social Work. They will succeed Christine Woods and Carol Snively in those roles. The rest of the SSW leadership team includes: Carol Snively — associate director of academic affairs Kelli Canada — associate director of research Virginia Ramseyer Winter — Ph.D. program director Tiffany Bowman — field education director…
Sep. 14, 2023
Giving a voice to the voiceless
MSW candidate Jorge Saldaña was recently awarded the 2023-24 Gosnell Scholarship by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation.
Sep. 13, 2023
Canada, Peters publish book on community-engaged research
Social Work associate professors Kelli Canada and Clark Peters recently published the fourth volume in the Interdisciplinary Community-Engaged Research for Health series, titled 'Community-Engaged Research for Resilience and Health.'
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.
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. 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Tasha Childs
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. Tasha M. Childs Assistant professor, School of Social Work What classes are you teaching this semester? I am starting my seventh year of teaching undergraduate or graduate students and teaching two foundational Master of Social Work classes: Professional Social Work Practice (SW7000) Foundations of Human Behavior (SW7720) Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I received my bachelor’s degree in education and master’s in social work from Ohio State University. I am…
July 26, 2023
CHS researchers investigate consequences of weighing female patients during health care visits
University of Missouri study shows that weighing female patients at health care visits is associated with negative mental health.