MU School of Medicine

W. David Arnold speaking with a patient.

March 5, 2025

Mizzou researchers identify first-ever neurotherapeutic to address muscle weakness

Sarcopenia — severe muscle weakness that comes with aging — impacts nearly half of all adults over age 80.

Pam Brown

March 4, 2025

Pamela Brown awarded 2025 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence

Annual awards recognize five outstanding educators at the University of Missouri.

Group of students with Truman Tiger

Feb. 27, 2025

Mizzou Alumni Association announces Mizzou 18 and Mizzou ’39 awards

Eighteen graduate and 39 undergraduate students have been recognized for outstanding contributions.

Group at ribbon cutting

Feb. 14, 2025

Mizzou celebrates reopening of the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library 

The new, updated spaces are designed to meet the needs of students, faculty and healthcare professionals.

Keith Cassidy and Zachary Berndsen.

Feb. 3, 2025

A protein at the heart of heart disease

Mizzou researchers discover the structure of a protein that could lead to more targeted heart disease treatments.

An elderly person being helped by a staff member.

Jan. 3, 2025

Mizzou researchers aim to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home residents with dementia

A new National Institutes of Health-funded study finds nursing home residents with dementia are more likely to be involved in avoidable hospitalizations.

Anna Boone

Nov. 19, 2024

NIH grant aims to curb cognitive difficulties for breast cancer survivors

With the grant, Mizzou researcher Anna Boone will test a new type of training to help survivors improve thinking and memory.

Ross Zafonte

Nov. 12, 2024

Ross Zafonte returns to Mizzou as School of Medicine Executive Vice Dean

Jesse Hall

Nov. 1, 2024

Building a competitive edge

Internal funding often paves the way for extramural awards.

Paul de Figueiredo

Oct. 29, 2024

Revolutionizing disease prevention

Mizzou researcher Paul de Figueiredo is co-leading a DARPA-funded project aimed at protecting the microbial samples necessary to speed treatments for infectious diseases.

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