Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Kaleea Lewis
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Professor (joint appointment), Department of Public Health and Women’s and Gender Studies (College of Arts & Sciences) If applicable, what classes are you teaching this semester? I am teaching an Intro to Public Health and Health Promotion Course (P_HLTH 2200). If applicable, what do you love about teaching? I enjoy teaching because it allows me to learn alongside my students. While every course has a set of predetermined objectives and benchmarks that have to be met, I really value the learning journey we take together as we explore different examples that help…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Brittany Ramirez
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I am co-teaching HS 1000, Introduction to the Health Professions. I am also teaching HS 4400- Culture and Health Literacy for the Health Professions What do you love about teaching? I love being able to utilize my knowledge from working in the clinical sports medicine setting the past ten years to give real life examples for students to learn from. I believe this helps to connect what they are reading from a text to how it…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Anika Edwards
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Teaching Professor, Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? Humanism & Health Literacy (HS4100), Clinical Ethics (HS 4480), and co-teaching Intro to Health Professions (HS 1000) What do you love about teaching? I love the opportunity it provides for me to pour into students as it was done for me from teachers that I’ve had the privilege to learn from. It allows for me to contribute any way that I can to help them find their purpose and prepare for their careers and life after graduation. It…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Stephanie Knollhoff
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? SLHS 8001, Seminar in Medical Speech-Language Pathology What do you love about teaching? I enjoy the connection you can make with students by sharing knowledge and experiences. Tell us a bit about yourself! What’s your background? I have a master’s and Ph.D. in speech-language pathology. Prior to entering academia I worked clinically, primarily in medical settings. Before coming to the University of Missouri, I worked at another institution for three years teaching and conducting research. What…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Kate Trout
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Professor of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? Hlth_Sci 3400 Global Public Health and Healthcare Systems What do you love about teaching? I enjoy getting to know my students and learning from their diverse perspectives. I view the classroom as a platform to share their expertise, forward thinking and unique perspectives while learning about the most challenging global health issues! Some of the greatest public health and global health innovations have been from cross-cutting interdisciplinary efforts, such as collaborations with engineering, computer science, art, communications, biological sciences, social…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Laur
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Clinical Professor, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? SLHS 8030, Acquired Language Disorders What do you love about teaching? I love helping students make connections between information they learn in class and actual clients they are seeing in our clinic or out in community placements. I think it’s so rewarding to watch those critical thinking and clinical judgement skills develop. Tell us a bit about yourself! What’s your background? I graduated from Truman with my B.A. in 2007 and my M.A. in 2008. I…
Sep. 11, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Kristi Peterson
What is your title with Health Professions? Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy What classes are you teaching this semester? This semester will be concentrated on assisting in the Bachelors in Health Sciences with emphasis in Occupational Therapy Assistant (BHS-OTA) program’s kickoff before candidacy. What do you love about teaching? The greatest joy I take from teaching is watching the development of an individual’s knowledge base progress from the academic curriculum into their professional hands-on experiences in the field as practitioners. It is fulfilling to see this evolving connection from learning materials in class to application with patients and…
Sep. 10, 2020
The 1918 flu caused Halloween cancellations across the US. It could happen again
On the list of traditions canceled by the coronavirus pandemic, Halloween might be next on the cultural hit list. The fall of 1918 was the second and worst wave of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed between 50 million and 100 million people worldwide. “Not only was the peak of death right before Halloween, but they were still experiencing pretty severe waves,” said Carolyn Orbann, an associate teaching professor in the department of health sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Aug. 27, 2020
MU brings medical, public health experts together to plan for safe return to campus.
While the COVID-19 pandemic forced Mizzou to end its 2020 spring semester with classes online, university officials were already planning for the future of learning at Mizzou – even if that meant continuing to face a global pandemic. Under the leadership of UM System President and MU Chancellor Mun Y. Choi, a team of more than 130 people — including a public health expert who also served on Missouri’s statewide medical advisory team — strategized and planned for the future. It took several months to develop the university’s plan — known as Show Me Renewal. The…
Aug. 18, 2020
Department of Physical Therapy student awards
Each year the Department of Physical Therapy selects students from the graduating class to receive awards named after Mizzou Physical Therapy faculty and alumni. Listed below is each award and the student recipients. Judy Kleiboeker Frieders Award Judy Kleiboeker graduated as a physical therapist from the University of Missouri in June 1968. She passed away on September 16, 1968. Judy was a scholar, related well to fellow classmates and patients, exhibited leadership qualities, and showed much promise of contributing to the field of Physical Therapy. This award is an honor and a challenge to the student who receives it. The…