Centers, Institutes & Labs

The Baker Research Lab’s interests concern the welfare of people who are unable to produce adequate saliva either due to genetics, autoimmunity or side effects from treatments. A comprehensive approach to hyposalivation involves not just treatment but also preventative aspects, which are both warranted and viable.

The Telehealth laboratory is dedicated and passionate about studying applications, implementation and usability of virtual platforms in improving access to care for isolated, rural or underserved patients.

The mission of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) is to connect University of Missouri health care professionals and basic scientists who have a problem to solve with quantitative experts across campus in fields such as computer science, math, statistics and engineering.

The Cardiac Cellular Physiology laboratory researches fundamental aspects of heart muscle cell function, and examines pathological alterations in muscle cell function in diseases including heart failure, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmia.

Helping you become a more valuable member of MU Health Care.

The MU Center for Health Ethics seeks to address complex ethical issues through dialogue across multiple related disciplines and in the broader academic and public community.

The Center for Health Policy (CHP) is an objective, nonpartisan center of excellence committed to addressing questions of access to quality, affordable health care.

MU PCOR is a multi-disciplinary Center within the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Through a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), we were funded to build capacity for and promote patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) at Mizzou, collaborate on interventions to change practice, and focus on work with large data sets.

The Center for Precision Medicine aims to be the leader in improving the quality of patient care with targeted prevention, precise diagnosis and personalized treatments.

The primary mission of CHRI is to facilitate research activities, scholarship and innovation within the Department of Child Health and the University of Missouri at large with the ultimate goal of fostering optimal health care and wellness to all children living in mid-Missouri and beyond.