Graduate student Maham Bhatti (School of Community Health Sciences) has been accepted into the University of Missouri Health Care Administrative Fellowship, a unique two-year program dedicated to fostering the next generation of health care leaders.  As a MU Health Care fellow, Bhatti will be working side-by-side with executive…
Jay Shen (Health Care Administration), Guogen Shan (Health Care Administration), Carolee Dodge-Francis (Environmental and Occupational Health), Pearl C. Kim (Health Care Administration doctoral student), Ji Won Yoo (School of Medicine), and Yong-Jae Lee (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea) recently published a paper,…
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented her research “Effect of Meditation and Prayer on Cognitive Function of Older Adults with Multimorbidity” at International Symposium of Contemplative Practices, Mind and Life Institute Flagship Conference, in Phoenix. She also received a scholarship to attend this conference.  
Donica’ Beckett (Public Health), Philip Danquah (Social Work), Johanna Andrews (Public Health), Melva Thompson-Robinson (Public Health), Carolee Dodge Francis (Education). Presented a research poster, "Perspectives of Vulnerability to Sexual Risk Behaviors among Self-Identified Heterosexual African American College Students…
Jennifer Kawi (Nursing) is the recipient of a $30,000 Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare award to support three Jonas Scholars with a $10,000 scholarship each in the 2018-2020 Jonas Scholar cohort.  Catherine Dingley (Nursing) submitted the application.
David Becker (Journalism and Media Studies Graduate Teaching Assistant), is one of the producers of Cracked Up. The film follows Saturday Night Live actor Darrell Hammond and his history of child abuse.The film premiered Nov. 14 in New York City as part of the DOC NYC, a storytelling documentary festival. It is an Academy-qualifying…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) recently published "What Does the 1992 Consensus Mean to Citizens in Taiwan?" on the Diplomat. The article analyzes first-hand survey data and reveals that Taiwanese people do not have a consensus on the definition of the 1992 Consensus.
Stewart Chang (Law) published an article, "Our National Psychosis: Guns, Terror, and Hegemonic Masculinity" in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.  Chang was interviewed on the "Taking Liberties" podcast about the article. 
Ashley Yuill, assistant director of the Jean Nidetch Women's Center, presented a webinar for the American College Personnel AssociationCommission for Student Involvement.  The topic was "Supporting our Student Survivors: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Supervision."

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