Thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of nearly $20 million, researchers and clinicians from University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute (MAHI) will collaborate with colleagues from across the bi-state region to create a broad new multidisciplinary translational research network. The five-year grant was awarded […]
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine and Truman Medical Centers (TMC) are pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Evans, M.D., as the new chair of the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery at both institutions. He will replace James Hamilton, M.D., who has provided excellent leadership to the UMKC and TMC Departments of […]
The UMKC School of Medicine celebrated its second class of graduates from the Master of Science in Anesthesia (MSA) Program on Saturday, May 7, at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. James Gibbons, M.D., assistant clinical professor of Allied Health and director of Education for the Department of Anesthesiology at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in […]
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine announced the receipt of a gift commitment of $1.5 million to fund the creation of an Endowed Chair in Pathology. The gift comes from an alumnus of the medical school who wishes to remain anonymous, but wants to express his support for the School of Medicine’s […]
The NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development announced a five year grant totaling $1,463,866 for The Children’s Mercy-Truman-UMKC Center, one of only 18 NIH-funded Neonatal Research Network centers in the nation, and the only one in Missouri or Kansas. This new Neonatal Research Network site at Children’s Mercy Hospitals […]
The UMKC Health and Life Sciences Schools co-hosted the UMKC Health Sciences Research Summit on Wednesday, April 20, in the UMKC Health Sciences Building on the Hospital Hill Campus. The purpose of the Research Summit was to make the UMKC community aware of the health sciences related research being conducted in the Schools of Biological […]
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