Feb. 3, 2022
Best health care jobs
Feb. 3, 2022 Health professions are in demand! According to U.S. News & World Report, the best jobs in health care and health care support include: Diagnostic medical sonographer Occupational therapy assistant Speech-language pathologist Respiratory therapist Physical therapist Occupational therapist Radiologic technologist Nuclear medicine technologist…
Feb. 3, 2022
Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences student publishes research
Feb. 3, 2022 Laura Williams, Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences master’s student, published a research paper, “The Neurological Stress Test of Pregnancy,” in Radiologic Technology, the official journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. …
Feb. 3, 2022
Respiratory therapy student wins state leadership award
Feb. 3, 2022 Jack Heerhold, Respiratory Therapy student, was recognized with the Glen Kolander Leadership Award from the Missouri Society for Respiratory Care. In order to receive this award, one must possess leadership skills and participate in campus activities that help to foster these skills.
Feb. 1, 2022
Physical Therapy students and faculty to present at national conference
Mizzou DPT is headed to the 2022 Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA with nearly 20 accepted presentations.
Feb. 1, 2022
Treatment for trauma is not one-size-fits-all
Feb. 1, 2022 Researchers at the University of Missouri and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have found that identifying trauma in probationers with mental illness can help tailor the treatment they need outside of a correctional facility and potentially reduce their risk of incarceration. “For the probationers that experienced serious mental illnesses, over two-thirds of them had experienced a significant number of traumatic events,” said Ashley Givens, an MU assistant professor in the School of Social Work, who interviewed 207 probationers with current mental illnesses about their trauma and analyzed how it was affecting them. Read the full story…
Jan. 19, 2022
Transformational gift will help advance children’s health
A generous gift from Janet and John Farmer will continue Janet Farmer’s legacy of advancing children’s health, especially children with special health care needs. As a long-time faculty member in the Department of Health Psychology, Janet Farmer’s research focused on ways to enhance quality of life for children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular interest in early intervention, health promotion and interdisciplinary care coordination. “Dr. Farmer has dedicated her career to scholarship and clinical services to support children and their families,” said Dean Kristofer Hagglund. “The Janet and John Farmer Endowed Faculty Fund in Child Health will support outstanding faculty following in Dr. Farmer’s footsteps.”…
Jan. 18, 2022
Wagovich to depart; Goodman returns as interim chair
Jan. 18, 2022 Stacy Wagovich, chair of the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS), will step down at the end of February to join her husband at the University of Texas at El Paso. She will serve as associate dean for research and scholarship in their College of Health Sciences. “I am grateful for the opportunity to have led this outstanding department of faculty and staff committed to cutting-edge research and excellence in the classroom and clinic,” Dr. Wagovich said. “The faculty, staff and students of SLHS are the heart of our programs and the reason for our…
Jan. 18, 2022
Health Professions scholarship recipients will pay it forward
Thanks to our incredible donors who fund scholarships, many Health Professions students receive financial assistance. Since the holiday season is known as the Season of Giving, over the past few weeks on our social media we featured a few scholarship recipients who want to pay the kindness forward by giving back to their communities with their careers. Lydia Broadus Lydia received the Helen Smith Burnam Memorial Scholarship. With her bachelor’s degree in Social Work, she plans to work with at-risk youth, such as teen moms or juveniles in the justice system. “This scholarship is very much appreciated as it enables…
Jan. 18, 2022
Fall 2021 Dean’s List
Jan. 18, 2022 Congratulations to 1,507 Health Professions students who made the Fall 2021 Dean’s List! Each school and college at the University of Missouri determines its own dean’s list eligibility for undergraduate students. Students who had privacy holds in MyZou are excluded from public lists. To qualify for the dean’s list in the School of Health Professions, a student must earn a 3.30 GPA in a minimum of 12 graded (A-F) credit hours. Dean’s list honors only apply to Fall and Spring semesters. Courses graded S/U or Hearer do not count toward the required 12 graded hours. Self-paced courses…
Dec. 15, 2021
Getting Cheryl back to the things she loves
Dec. 15, 2021 Contact: Deidra Ashley, ashleyde@missouri.edu On Dec. 12, 2020, Columbia resident Cheryl Overstreet had a stroke in her brainstem. After eight days in University Hospital and another 17 at Rusk Rehabilitation Center, she headed home in a wheelchair — uncertain of her future. Would she be able to walk again? Would she regain full use of her left arm? Would she ever get back to doing the activities she loved? With the help of University of Missouri School of Health Professions practicum students, Overstreet is back on her feet, reclaiming control of her arm — and even…