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Laine Young-Walker, MD, chair of the University of Missouri School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Awards and Honors

Dr. Young-Walker earns 2026 AAMC Presidential Award

(10/2/26) Laine Young-Walker, MD was recently among the recipients of the 2026 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Presidential Awards. ...

John Ruth Visits the CTN Team

Research

Mizzou launches Center for Translational Neurogenetics

(10/2/26) The University of Missouri recently unveiled the new Center for Translational Neurogenetics (CTN), a campus-wide hub dedicated to advancing the diagnosis and treatment of ...

Michael Petris, professor of biochemistry in Mizzou’s School of Medicine

Research

Researchers unlock new way to harness copper against disease

(10/1/26) University of Missouri researchers have discovered a new way to harness one of the ...

Scott Rector & Taylor Kelty

Research

Exercise Rewires Liver Metabolism Differently Based on Sex

(10/1/26) Mizzou researchers found endurance exercise altered how liver cells created energy, a process known ...

John Ruth and his family

Research

Ruth family’s search for answers into action on rare disease

(9/30/26) John Ruth former linebacker at the University of Missouri returns to Mizzou as an ...

Andrew Behrmann

Awards and Honors

Behrmann awarded NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Award

(9/29/26) Andrew Behrmann was recently awarded a Predoctoral Fellowship Award from the National Institutes of ...

Brennan Spellman

Students

M3 Brennan Spellman pursues challenges outside classroom

(9/29/26) During his M1 year, Brennan Spellman decided to pick up running and later completed ...

Camila Manrique-Acevedo and Guido Lastra

Research

Mizzou researchers seek treatment for high blood pressure

(9/28/26) University of Missouri researchers are leading the fight against one of the world’s deadliest ...