School of Medicine

Researchers find improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

Posted by on April 20, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Results of study led by UMKC-St. Luke’s investigators featured in the New England Journal of Medicine While coronary artery bypass surgery has long been the standard treatment for patients with the most extensive forms of coronary artery disease, the results of a recent study by an international team of researchers suggests that advances in technology […]

Dr. Diane Harper is featured presenter at AAAS annual conference

Posted by on February 24, 2011 at 4:48 pm

Dr. Diane Harper, Professor in the UMKC Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Informatics and Personalized Health, was a featured presenter at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Washington, DC. Dr. Harper is a much sought-after expert on women’s health, HPV and cervical cancer. She is […]

Med School presents Sarah Morrison Student Research Awards

Posted by on December 20, 2010 at 11:13 am

The UMKC School of Medicine Student Research Office has announced the latest recipients of the Sarah Morrison Student Research Awards. The goal of the awards program is to support is to help students learn the value and application of research in the study and practice of medicine.  Click here for this quarter’s Student Research Award […]

UMKC School of Medicine awarded $1.7 million Dept. of Defense contract to study shock/trauma treatment

Posted by on October 28, 2010 at 4:02 pm

The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct a research program to develop a treatment strategy for hemorrhagic shock that can be administered in conjunction with initial resuscitation efforts by combat medics on the battlefield or in medical […]

School of Medicine student to receive prestigious radiology society research award

Posted by on October 21, 2010 at 3:57 pm

The Radiological Society of North America has selected University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine student Neil Thakur, MS 6, to make an oral presentation and receive a 2010 Trainee Research Prize for medical students during the 2010 RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nov. 28-Dec. 3, in Chicago. The RSNA Scientific Program Committee […]

UMKC to co-host series of China-U.S. dialogues on education, entrepreneurship and research

Posted by on October 11, 2010 at 3:55 pm

Business, civic and academic leaders from the United States and China will gather in Kansas City for the 14th Biennial Edgar Snow Symposium, Oct. 18-20, 2010. This year’s Symposium includes panel discussions on secondary education, entrepreneurship, international medical research and a special double session on energy and the environment. The Symposium is jointly sponsored by […]