June 24, 2020
First-generation student intends to pay it forward
An MU medical student and scholarship recipient wants to help build a diverse medical community while serving underrepresented populations.
June 23, 2020
A dirty job: Tracking coronavirus using human waste
MU scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance Project.
June 9, 2020
Learning from history to fight against COVID-19
Grant awarded to MU researchers looks for similarities, differences between 1918 flu pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic.
May 27, 2020
Local makers design bed for COVID-19 patients
An MU task force has partnered with local makers to design a device that helps COVID-19 patients and keeps health care workers safe.
May 14, 2020
COVID-19 and stroke care
An MU Health Care neurologist has published more than 40 new recommendations for evaluating and treating stroke patients based on international research examining the link between stroke and novel coronavirus.
May 12, 2020
MU offering online COVID-19 summer course to students of all majors
The eight-week course is open to all MU and UM System students and will be taught by faculty from all of MU’s academic schools and colleges.
May 5, 2020
MU researchers explore compounds to treat COVID-19
In the midst of a global pandemic, an interdisciplinary collaboration is in pursuit of life-changing precision health advancements and research that could potentially treat COVID-19.
May 4, 2020
MU researcher identifies four possible treatments for COVID-19
One of the antivirals, remdesivir, was recently FDA approved while the other three remain under study.
April 29, 2020
Task force creates equipment to protect health care workers
A multi-disciplinary team is creating respirator masks worn by doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists to guard against infection from airborne viruses.
April 29, 2020
Meals for healing
MU Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology staff prepares meals for health care workers fighting COVID-19.