Read the latest edition of MU Medicine magazine.
The NextGen Precision Health building is slated to open in October. The 265,000-square-foot facility will be home base for a University
of Missouri System initiative to deliver more translational medical research that improves the lives of
people in the state and beyond.
Research
The study of T cells has shaped the career, family and friendships of Diana Gil Pagés, who is developing a treatment to alert the immune system to cancers it has been ignoring.
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Russ Waitman, an informatics expert and prairie chicken enthusiast, is helping MU scientists get better at the
clinical research dance.
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Giving
Thomas Cooper, a retired doctor from the country, and Michela Fabricius, a medical student from the city, share a special bond.
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Murphy Mastin, one of the original graduates of the Springfield Clinical Campus, plans to return to Missouri to
practice medicine.
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Education
When Abdoulie Njai sees a need, he springs into action. In the past year, he led efforts to start a Common Read program at the School of Medicine and led outreach efforts to encourage members of Columbia’s Black community to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The PAWS program prepares students like Mikella Vermaire to become competitive medical school applicants.
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MU Adapts Medical Education to Meet COVID-19 Challenges
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Letter from the EVC
We are all extremely excited for the grand opening of the NextGen Precision Health building in October. This facility is a tremendous commitment by the University of Missouri System to make translational health research a priority to benefit the residents of Missouri and beyond. We have identified 15 current scientists, many of whom are School of Medicine faculty, who will move into the facility over the next few months. In addition, new faculty will be joining us from across the country, such as the new radiology and imaging faculty that Department of Radiology Chair Talissa Altes has been recruiting. Many of them will bring in federally funded research.
However, we should remember this — NextGen is more than a building. The building is certainly the most visible evidence of our pursuit of research excellence. Our goal has always been to have facilities throughout MU and our systemwide campuses in Kansas City, Rolla and St. Louis to be part of NextGen research investigations in many ways. Our leadership is setting up important mechanisms by which all our scientists, who are engaged in precision health research across the spectrum, can form successful teams. As we successfully recruit new scientists to join this initiative, I will be letting you know periodically about them and what they bring to NextGen. I am certain you will be impressed with our personnel and the team science they produce.
Richard J. Barohn, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and
Hugh E. and Sarah D. Stephenson Dean
University of Missouri
