Dec. 5, 2022
Students and faculty participate in Health Sciences Research Day
From left: Tim Wolf, School of Health Professions associate dean for research; Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale, associate professor in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences dept.; Grace Montag, senior; and Olivia Ervie, senior. On Nov. 18, several Health Professions students presented research projects at the 2022 Health Sciences Research Day. Each year, the University of Missouri provides a forum to highlight original research and educational innovations by undergraduate medical, nursing and health professions students, as well as predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees working with faculty in those units. The day-long symposium awards prizes to the three best presentations in each of several student…
Dec. 1, 2022
Respiratory Therapy alum returns to Mizzou and encourages students
Ivan Lee (BHS '12) has been selected by the American Respiratory Care Foundation to receive their 2022 International Fellowship to travel from Singapore to multiple locations throughout the U.S. to promote the development of respiratory care.
Nov. 17, 2022
Health Sciences Extension professor receives APLU public service award
Jo Britt-Rankin, Health Sciences Extension professor, received the 2022 Ellen Swallow Richards Public Service Award.
Nov. 15, 2022
Public health professor and PhD student win international engagement award
Nov. 13, 2022
Safe driving for seniors: OT students, educators inspect mature drivers’ cars
Nov. 9, 2022
Celebrating first-generation college students
One in five health professions students is the first in their family to attend college. Several of our faculty were also first-generation students and can remember what it was like. Their experiences shape their teaching philosophy and they have some advice and insights for current first-gen students. Bill Janes What advice do you have for current first-gen Mizzou students?Don’t be afraid to ask for help or admit when you need it. It can be intimidating to admit when you don’t know what’s going on or what some new term means –especially when it seems like everyone else has it all…
Nov. 3, 2022
Meet the first Clinical Laboratory Science master’s graduate, Brenna Ildza
Ildza, an MU alumna, will graduate from the online Clinical Laboratory Science master's program in December.
Nov. 1, 2022
Social work student follows mom’s footsteps
BSW student Carmen Dieken (left) as a child with her mother, Robin Hochgrebe. By Kate Lickert Robin Hochgrebe graduated from Mizzou’s School of Social Work with her BSW in 2008 and her MSW in 2013. Social work has changed over the years, but one thing has remained constant: social workers’ desire to help, care for and support those in need. Carmen Dieken, a current social work student, shares a special bond with the program and her mother. Dieken was 12 years old when her mom, Robin Hochgrebe, graduated with her MSW from the University of Missouri. Watching her mom help…
Nov. 1, 2022
Public Health students gain hands-on experience with Missouri Eliminate Tobacco Use initiative
Members of the ETU team at the summit in 2021 (from left) Cameron Reitan, Josie Ihnat (back row), Jamya Dean (front row), Mikayla Kitchen, Ginny Chadwick, Eriola Ayo, Michelle McDowell By Gracie Hedenberg The Missouri Eliminate Tobacco Use Initiative is a student-staffed effort to reduce tobacco use in Missouri, including on MU’s campus. Students Mikayla Kitchen, an undergraduate Public Health student, and Cameron Reitan, a Master of Public Health student, are both members of the MO ETU team, which provides hands-on public health experience before they enter the field. Eliminate Tobacco Use (ETU) is an initiative that began at…
Oct. 26, 2022
From internship to full-time job: Health Science alumna finds meaning with nonclinical career
Elizabeth LaDriere, BHS '21, landed a full-time job with the same company she interned with the summer before her senior year.