March 11, 2022
Respiratory Therapy online program ranked No. 1
March 11, 2022 Congratulations to the Respiratory Therapy program! The online Bachelor’s Respiratory Therapy program was recently ranked No. 1 by Value Colleges. Value Colleges ranked the top 25 respiratory therapy programs according to their tuition rate, student satisfaction and graduate salary. Read the article. …
March 10, 2022
Five Health Professions students named to Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39
March 7, 2022 Congratulations to the five School of Health Professions students who were named to Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39 last week! Each year 18 graduate students and 39 seniors are honored for their outstanding achievements, academic success and contributions to Mizzou and the Columbia community. Mizzou 18 Bridget RennardMHS in Speech-Language Pathology Mark BremerMaster of Public Health Bridget listed Beth Kelley, associate professor, Speech, Language Hearing Sciences, as her mentor. “Bridget is outstanding and I’m delighted that she is being recognized with this honor.” Beth said. “Not only has Bridget excelled in all areas…
March 8, 2022
A virtual way to rehab from a stroke
March 8, 2022 Contact: Brian Consiglio, 573-882-9144, consigliob@missouri.edu After a stroke, patients may lose feeling in an arm or experience weakness and reduced movement that limits their ability to complete basic daily activities. Traditional rehabilitation therapy is very intensive, time-consuming and can be both expensive and inconvenient, especially for rural patients travelling long distances to in-person therapy appointments. That’s why a team of researchers, including one at the University of Missouri, utilized a motion-sensor video game, Recovery Rapids, to allow patients recovering from a stroke to improve their motor skills and affected arm movements at home…
March 8, 2022
Mary Sebacher retires from radiography program
March 8, 2022 Updated May 3, 2022 After more than 50 years of service to the School of Health Professions’ radiography program, Mary Sebacher is fully retiring. Sebacher served as the director of the MU Radiography program from 1972–2003. In 2003, she stepped down as director and retired from the university, but continued to serve as an adjunct instructor. During her time at Mizzou, she served in various leadership roles within the radiography program. These roles include: coordinator, technical director-instructor, technical director-assistant professor, director-assistant professor and assistant clinical professor. Sebacher is a strong proponent of the campus writing program…
March 8, 2022
New Radiography courses offered
March 8, 2022 The Mizzou Radiography program is pleased to announce new online coursework in Cardiac Interventional Radiography and Vascular Interventional Radiography, both designed by Dr. Richard Wall, a practicing cardiac cath lab tech from Las Vegas, Nevada. Radiographers who want to expand their skills to another advanced modality can use those courses to not only expand their professional skillsets and certifications, but also apply them toward a certificate or degree. Advanced certificate programs Bachelor’s degree for registered technologists Master’s degree with an emphasis in medical imaging…
March 7, 2022
Physical Therapy students practice motivational interviewing
Story by Sara Belle Scott The Department of Physical Therapy is incredibly thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with our outstanding clinical and educational partners within MU Health Care, the School of Medicine, and the Shelden Clinical Simulation Center. Dr. Nikole Cronk Dr. Jack Wells Specifically, in an educational activity designed by faculty from the Department of Physical Therapy, including Dr. Erin Dannecker, associate professor, and Brad Willis, associate teaching professor, and faculty from the Department of Family and Community Medicine, including Dr. Jack Wells, professor, and Dr. Nikole Cronk, associate teaching professor, second-year physical…
March 2, 2022
Jennifer Keely named Director of Respiratory Therapy Programs
March 1, 2022 Jennifer Keely, M Ed, RRT, RRT-ACCS, has been named director of MU respiratory therapy programs effective March 1. She served as interim director for the past year while a national search was conducted. “Professor Keely has been a leader in the design and implementation of quality online instruction in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences,” said Kathy Moss, department chair and clinical professor. “I am confident that she is the right person to lead our respiratory therapy programs as we look to the future.” An associate clinical professor, Keely has been teaching in the School of…
March 2, 2022
Back to the Future (COMO Magazine)
March 2, 2022 LAUREN SABLE FREIMAN Reflecting on Spanish flu in the midst of COVID-19. It’s fitting that Carolyn Orbann was immersed in research about a global pandemic when COVID-19 hit Columbia in March 2020. Spurred by the 100-year anniversary of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, Carolyn, an associate teaching professor in the department of health sciences at MU, had been studying how Spanish Flu impacted the state of Missouri. “I was trying to understand the flu mortality in the state by looking at all the counties to understand the geographic spread and understand why certain places…
March 1, 2022
Why I give: Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox
Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox, MSW ’06 “I give because my social work colleagues and the veterans I serve inspire my passion for learning and love of the profession. Those who have dedicated their lives on the front lines in defense of our mission, values and freedom deserve support in their endeavors to succeed. I give because I am a first-generation social worker, a first-generation college graduate and an eighth-generation veteran. I also give because my social work education freed me from poverty, ignorance and inequality. Students entering a career in public service deserve our support, and I give to honor all the…
Feb. 28, 2022
Physical Therapy research news
Physical Therapy professor Steve Ball and adjunct faculty member Dana Chole published studies recently.