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Feb. 25, 2021

Health Sciences major named Intern of the Week

Congratulations to Caleigh Achim, a Health Sciences major who was named Intern of the Week at Sprekk Supply Group (SSG)! SSG is a medical technology company focused on accelerating the use of cutting-edge technologies for chronic pain treatments, specifically for neck and spine.  In January, Achim started working for SSG as a medical device sales intern, where she learns about their products, devices and pain-managements strategies, creates sales presentations on the products, and gets hands-on experience pitching the products and devices in sales meetings with medical professionals and clients that SSG serves.  “I have truly been privileged to have an…

Teresa Briedwell

Feb. 25, 2021

Teresa Briedwell Receives Award for Outstanding Service

Feb. 25, 2021 Teresa Briedwell, associate department chair and teaching professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, received the award for Outstanding Service in the Area of Education from the Missouri Physical Therapy Association.    This award acknowledges and honors members of MPTA whose contributions in the area of education, administration, research, practice, and service to the profession and community service have been of exceptional value.   Briedwell was nominated by Dana Martin, director of clinical education and associate teaching professor in the Department of Physical Therapy.   Some highlights from her letters of support:  …

Feb. 25, 2021

Tori Specketer represents SLHS as grad student board member

Feb. 26, 2020 Victoria (Tori) Specketer, MHS student in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, has been selected as the next Missouri Speech-Language Hearing Association (MSHA) graduate student board member. Specketer will start this executive board position on Aug. 1, 2021. The graduate student board member advocates for speech-language pathology and audiology students in Missouri. Tori will communicate with the ten NSSLHA chapters from around the state about MSHA events and activities, including opportunities for students to participate at the state level. “I am really looking forward to getting to know all of the MSHA Executive Board Members,” Specketer said. “I…

Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Missouri

Feb. 25, 2021

Students present research at American Physical Therapy Association’s centennial event

Feb. 25, 2021 The Department of Physical Therapy would like to congratulate Mizzou DPT students Morgan Woods, Connor Redmon, Jason Cook, Jenna Lawler, Kayley Stock, and Breanna Sitzes on their recent research presented virtually at the 2021 APTA-Combined Sections Meeting (CSM). This year marked the centennial anniversary of the APTA, and the CSM is the profession’s premier event. Congratulations to these outstanding students, as well as their faculty mentors and fellow co-authors. Adapting to COVID-19: Pediatric Physical Therapists and Telehealth Authors: Hall JB, Woods ML, Luechtefeld JT. Poster Presentation Differences in Sleep, Pain, and Depression Among Chronic Pain Populations: Implications…

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Feb. 22, 2021

Future Tigers: Meet your professors!

The School of Health Professions is excited to offer a series of evening video sessions for admitted students to meet their professors and explore our degree programs. These Zoom sessions will be led by faculty members and students in each discipline. At least one School of Health Professions student ambassador – maybe one you’ve met! – will be on hand as well. You can sign up for as many info sessions as you want. Ask as many questions as you want in the sessions. Or, if you’re the quiet type, feel free to just watch, listen and learn! All sessions…

Kim Kimchi

Feb. 17, 2021

Dr. Kim Kimchi Assumes Full-Time Role in Health Psychology

Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Kimchi on her full-time position with the Department of Health Psychology! She previously held a visiting role. An Associate Clinical Professor, Dr. Kimchi serves as Director of Health Psychology Services, co-training director of the department’s doctoral psychology training program and director for behavioral health with the Weight Management and Metabolic Institute. Dr. Kimchi’s clinical work in health psychology and neuropsychology is split between several departments in the hospital, primarily neurosurgery and general…

Ben Nolte receives vaccinnation

Feb. 10, 2021

Health care students give — and receive — COVID-19 vaccinations

Patient-facing students from the School of Health Professions, School of Medicine and School of Nursing headed to Faurot Field to help protect themselves, their patients and our community. Students at the University of Missouri are joining health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19. MU Health Care and the Student Health Center recently held a vaccination clinic where dozens of patient-facing students from the School of Health Professions, School of Medicine and School of Nursing received their first COVID-19 vaccination. Hear from students who received — and helped administer — the vaccine as they share why…

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Feb. 9, 2021

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – 2021 MERC Program

Feb. 9, 2021 The Department of Physical Therapy is excited to host the Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program in 2021. This program aims to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning within and beyond the School of Health Professions. Developed by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the MERC program will provide participants with the knowledge necessary to understand purposes and processes of medical education research, to become informed consumers of the medical education research literature, and to be effective collaborators in medical education research. Available to SHP faculty and staff at no cost, the MERC program will…

Tim Wolf

Feb. 5, 2021

Tim Wolf named editor in chief of occupational therapy journal

Feb. 5, 2021 Tim Wolf, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Professions, was recently named editor in chief of OTJR: Occupation, Participation, and Health. The international, peer-reviewed journal is one of the top journals in the field of occupational therapy and offers empirical and review articles. “I look forward to continuing on the work Dr. Classen [previous editor in chief] and the editorial board have completed as we continue to pursue our vision to be the top journal in occupational therapy,” Wolf said.

MU logo: Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound

Feb. 3, 2021

Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound ranked No. 6 in nation

Feb. 23, 2021 Congratulations to the Mizzou Diagnostic Ultrasound program, which was ranked No. 6 for Best 15 Ultrasound Tech Schools in 2021 by Best Value Schools. In addition to a traditional Bachelor of Health Science degree for entry-level sonographers, the School of Health Professions offers an online Master of Health Science degree for registered sonographers seeking to advance their careers. “We are excited to see the Mizzou Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound program recognized at this level,” said Sharlette Anderson, MHS, RDMS, RVT, RDCS, associate clinical professor and clinical coordinator of the DMU program. “We have worked hard to…