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Raghuraman Kannan

Awards and Honors

Raghuraman Kannan, PhD, named 2025 NAI Fellow

(12/15/25) Two professors at the University of Missouri are joining the ranks of the most prestigious academic inventors in the country. Curators’ Distinguished Professor Raghuraman ...

Mature Man With Sleep Apnea Wearing A CPAP Mask In Bed Sleeping

Research

Untreated Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Mortality

(12/12/25) A new study published in npj Aging, one of the leading journals in gerontology and geriatrics, provides compelling evidence that untreated obstructive sleep apnea ...

Neuroscience Spinal Cord Injury research group

Research

Cell Transplantation Boosts Health After Spinal Cord Injury

(12/11/25) Researchers learn that transplanting young nerve cells to the spinal cord injury site improved ...

Care for ALS Patients illustration

Research

Engineering smarter care for ALS patients

(12/10/25) Bill Janes is on a mission to improve life for people with amyotrophic lateral ...

Alejandro R. Chade, MD is a professor of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology and Medicine

Research

Possible Therapeutic Targets for Kidney Disease Identified

(12/3/25) Mizzou researchers identify genes linked to chronic kidney disease, opening doors for new treatments ...

John Markley, Lindsey Saint, Dunpeng Cai and Shiyou Chen group photo

Research

Researchers create new way to study heart valve stiffness

(12/2/25) Mizzou researchers create first humanized model of aortic valve calcification, paving the way for ...

Nathan Bresette, a doctoral student in the Informatics PhD Program

Awards and Honors

Bresette places first at EQ competition, earns $15,000 prize

(11/25/25) Nathan Bresette’s venture “RgentAI” won Mizzou’s EQ competition, earning $15K to grow his AI ...

Robert Thomen, PhD is an associate professor of radiology and bioengineering at the Mizzou School of Medicine

Research

Researcher Receives $1.8 Million to Study Asthma Triggers

(11/20/25) MU researcher earned $1.8M NIH grant to study lung vasculature in asthma using xenon ...