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SOM Faculty Promotion group

Awards and Honors

2025-26 newly promoted faculty; milestone anniversaries

(10/21/26) The University of Missouri recently celebrated faculty members who earned promotion, tenure or both during the 2025-26 academic year. The Offices of the President ...

Limberg and Padilla

Research

Researchers earn $3.9 million NIH grant for insulin research

(10/20/26) Researchers in Mizzou’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) are working to better understand how insulin delivers sugar to cells throughout the ...

Center for Child Well Being Ribbon Cutting

Outreach Programs

$6.4 Million Grant to Bolster Maternal, Child Health

(10/20/26) The Center for Child Well-Being will expand psychiatry access, resources and workforce development. ...

Nathan Bresette and Ai-Ling Lin

Research

Mizzou develops AI tool that investigates the gut microbiome

(10/19/26) University of Missouri researchers are using artificial intelligence to uncover hidden clues among the ...

W. David Arnold, the executive director of the NextGen Precision Health initiative

Research

Mizzou discovery could help preserve muscle strength

(10/15/26) A groundbreaking discovery at the University of Missouri could help older adults maintain the ...

Dr. Aware and Dr. Lin

Research

From India to Mizzou, Dr. Aware ascends in medical research

(10/15/26) In affiliation with the Mizzou School of Medicine Department of Radiology and NextGen Precision ...

Emma Teixeiro-Pernas, PhD

Research

Researcher Earns $2.8 Million to Study Lung’s Immune System

(10/14/26) New University of Missouri School of Medicine research plans to use findings to improve ...

Ai-Ling Lin, PhD, professor of Radiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine

Awards and Honors

Dr. Ai-Ling Lin earns 2026 Distinguished Investigator Award

(10/8/26) Ai-Ling Lin, PhD, professor of Radiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine ...