Nov. 29, 2021
Physical Therapy faculty present at Educational Leadership Conference
Nov. 20, 2021 The Mizzou Department of Physical Therapy wants to highlight the outstanding scholarship by Becky Bliss, Lindsay Holland, Teresa Briedwell, and Jeff Bridges at the APTA’s Educational Leadership Conference this past weekend. Hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, Mizzou DPT faculty shared their scholarship to promote best practices in physical therapy education on the national stage, with presentations including “Utilizing the Master Adaptive Learner Framework in Residency Education: Ground Zero and Beyond” and “Adjustment in DPT Student Self-Regulated Learning Abilities….What it Means to Be a Graduate Learner.” Congratulations to all presenters! See photos from the weekend. …
Nov. 16, 2021
112 Health Professions students participate in Service Days
Earlier this month, 112 Health Professions students served the community at 10 different locations throughout Columbia for the seventh annual School of Health Professions Service Days event. Students played board games and socialized with the residents of the Bluffs, a non-profit skilled health care provider; bagged more than 2,000 pounds of dry ingredients for the Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri; packed hygiene kits for Afghan refugees at the Assistance League; and much more. The event was organized by graduate students and former student ambassadors Matt Vollmar, Lexie Chirpich, Mady Flatt, Carolyn Russell and Mackenzie…
Nov. 15, 2021
Botswana Toney Blackburn named 2021 Faculty Alumni Award winner by Mizzou Alumni Association
Nov. 12, 2021
Celebrating National First-Generation Day!
Nov. 12, 2021 National First-Generation College Celebration Day is a day to celebrate the successes and leadership of first-generation college students and faculty. We are so proud of the following students and faculty and are excited to see what the future holds for you! First-Generation College Students Carly Bailey Major: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Science emphasis Hometown: Otterville, Missouri “I am grateful for my first-generation status because of the work ethic that I witnessed and that was instilled in me at a very young age. Remember, some life lessons can’t be learned in a lecture in a lecture…
Nov. 4, 2021
A Brighter Tomorrow: Burrell Behavior Health partners with MU to provide tuition assistance for social workers (KOMU)
COLUMBIA – Burrell Behavioral Health is partnering with the University of Missouri to provide tuition assistance for students pursuing a master’s in social work. The tuition assistance comes during a time of staffing shortages for mental health and health care workers. Burrell is incentivizing their staff members to pursue higher education in social work by giving a stipend of $10,000 to use toward MU’s tuition. Dr. Aaron Thompson, director of MU’s School of Social Work, said the program comes during a time of need for the community. “A lot of families are reaching out for help because the pandemic…
Nov. 3, 2021
A closer look at autism and special interests
Nov. 3, 2021 The November 2021 issue of Autism Advocate Parenting Magazine features research by Kerri Nowell, assistant clinical professor of Health Psychology. Dr. Nowell and her team found that television, objects and music were the most common interests, and that highly verbal males were most likely to have special interests.
Nov. 2, 2021
Thank you, Dr. Schatz!
Enid Schatz will step down as chair of the Department of Public Health in Summer 2022 in order to focus on research. School of Health Professions Dean Kristofer Hagglund will initiate a national search for a new department chair before the end of this year. “I’m grateful for all of the work Dr. Schatz has done to grow our Public Health degree programs and increase the visibility of Public Health at Mizzou,” Dean Hagglund said. “The Department of Public Health has a very bright future.” Dr. Schatz is a professor of Public Health and core faculty in the Department of…
Nov. 1, 2021
Sonographer grateful for MHS program
Nov. 1, 2021 Besnike Kashtanjeva is a first-year student in our new MHS in CDS program. Kashtanjeva wrote: “The university’s motto reading ‘Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law’ speaks to my immigrant roots and the struggles of my parents, myself and those of our nation currently. As I mature in my field, I will also be pursuing education in the form of teaching at, hopefully, the university level for the transfer of experience & knowledge to prepare generations of vascular sonographers to come.”…
Nov. 1, 2021
Cheak-Zamora leads American Public Health Association’s Maternal and Child Health Section
Nov. 1, 2021 Nancy Cheak-Zamora, associate professor of Health Sciences, is serving as the chair of the American Public Health Association’s Maternal and Child Health Section. In honor of the section’s 100th year, APHA talked to Dr. Cheak-Zamora about how the section’s advocacy efforts have evolved and what’s ahead. “It’s really important to develop our future practitioners and make sure we’re there to support them,” Dr. Cheak-Zamora said.
Oct. 29, 2021
Credit Card Debt Is Bad for More Than Just Your Finances (The New York Times)
Carrying credit card debt isn’t just bad for your budget. It may also affect your health. The stress of carrying card debt through adulthood is linked to poor health, including joint pain or stiffness that interferes with daily activities, a recent study from the University of Missouri found. Beyond the worries about repaying debt, one reason for poor health may be that people with high debt have little money left to pay for resources that protect their health, the study said.