Maria Meyers, director of the UMKC Innovation Center, has been pioneering programs that promote entrepreneurship since she joined UMKC in 2003. The tools: the interconnecting programs that form a network of resources for businesses in the Kansas City area and beyond. Each program is designed to work solo or in concert to form a symphony … Continue reading Scaling up business
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Amy Johnson, who has type 1 diabetes, has already benefitted from research. But if an invention from the UMKC School of Pharmacy can make the leap from lab to real life, Johnson will benefit even more. The 2014 UMKC graduate is currently tethered to the latest-greatest insulin-delivery system: a pager-sized pump connected through a tube … Continue reading Fewer needles, no tubes
Sitting in his office amid stacks of unkempt papers and books, Jeffrey Price must swat away a fruit fly now and then as he discusses his research. It would probably be more surprising if there were no insects buzzing around him. Price, an associate professor of the School of Biological Sciences and the Department of … Continue reading Measuring circadian rhythms
When it comes to improving a centuries-old industrial process, it’s hard to imagine a more complete job than John T. Kevern, Ph.D., is crafting at UMKC’s School of Computing and Engineering. Kevern’s approach to making concrete costs less than the current standard; reduces the product’s carbon footprint in two different ways; saves energy; and recycles … Continue reading Rebuilding a centuries-old process
Physicians spend a significant portion of their day entering notes about their patients into computers, and the demands of digital recordkeeping can become a burden. But in addition to providing instant access to a patient’s complete medical history, electronic health records create a wealth of information for researchers. Mark Hoffman and his team work to … Continue reading Connecting the dots
