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March 12, 2024

OT students making waves with adapted swimming lessons

Drowning is one of the top causes of death for children with autism. Mizzou occupational therapy students and faculty members are working to change that by offering lessons designed to meet the children's unique needs.

Portrait of Kelli Canada

March 7, 2024

Rehabilitative reform

Kelli Canada and her research team recently received a $2.8 million grant from Arnold Ventures to help transform the ways people live and work in four Missouri prisons.

Portrait of Sue Boren

March 7, 2024

Boren to receive AUPHA prize for teaching excellence

The prize was established in 2021 to honor Quint Studer, a successful health care executive and entrepreneur. Dr. Boren will be honored this June during the 2024 AUPHA Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida.

A young man stands in front of technology in a lab space.

March 5, 2024

Pitching a revolutionary way to diagnose concussions

Ph.D. candidate Jacob Thomas worked with Associate Professor Trent Guess to create a smaller, more affordable way for athletic departments and clinics to spot concussions.

March 1, 2024

4 Health Sciences students named to Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39

Each spring, the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board honors 18 graduate or professional students and 39 seniors.

Siemens Healthineers interns Kelsee Mortimer, Hayden Camp and Erica Goodin worked to improve health care solutions for Missourians during their summer internships.

Feb. 29, 2024

Siemens Healthineers interns improve health care in mid-Missouri

Kelsee Mortimer spent this past summer interning with the Siemens Healthineers Enterprise Services team, where she facilitated a new health alliance with Boston Scientific.

Feb. 28, 2024

Social work student knows the value of education

Douglas Odongo is a doctoral student studying Social Work. As a Ghanian, education is everything. His father encouraged him and his siblings to reach for the stars when it came to education. Once his father passed away in 2015, he knew he needed to continue in his honor.

A group of students stand on stairs outside of a building

Feb. 26, 2024

Internship takes public health student to CDC headquarters

Emma Rohan, a senior public health major from Union, Missouri, completed an internship with the University of Michigan’s Future Public Health Leaders Program.

Botswana Blackburn leads a lecture of Mizzou students

Feb. 22, 2024

Botswana Blackburn’s strong Mizzou connection

Botswana Blackburn, Health Sciences department chair and teaching professor, has relished in educating the next generation of Tigers.

Feb. 20, 2024

Participants revealed for 2024 Black Alumni Panel

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the sixth annual College of Health Sciences Black Alumni Panel on Tuesday, Feb. 27.