Health & Life Sciences

UMKC Life Sciences

Did You Know...

UMKC has seven different schools with ongoing research in Health and Life Sciences and is one of fewer than 30 universities in the nation to have Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy all centrally located on one campus
UMKC researchers were funded for more than $52 million in research grants and contracts in 2011.
With the upcoming launch of the Center for Translational Research in Urban Health, UMKC is poised to expand its leadership role as a regional hub for life and health sciences research.
The UMKC School of Medicine and Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute played a key role in securing a $20 million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award to create the Frontiers translational research network.
The Fungal Genetic Stock Center at the UMKC School of Biological Sciences was selected to participate in the DOE Joint Genome Institute "1000 Genomes Project."
Children's Mercy, Truman Medical Center and UMKC have partnered on a five-year grant of nearly $1.5 million to create one of only 18 NIH-funded Neonatal Research Network centers in the nation, and the only one in Missouri or Kansas.
UMKC School of Pharmacy investigators received a National Science Foundation "Chemistry of Life Processes" grant to refine the Light Activated RNA Interference technique for controlling gene expression with light.
Researchers at the UMKC School of Dentistry identified an important new mechanism in the process by which bones build and maintain both strength and elasticity. The results of their most recent findings were published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
UMKC School of Medicine and Saint Luke's researchers found that improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients and narrowing the "benefit gap" between CABG and PCI. Results of study were featured in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In response to growing workforce demand for allied health care workers, UMKC has launched a new Bachelor of Health Sciences degree program. The program will provide coursework in the physical, biological, behavioral, business and social domains of health science and will focus on urban issues.
The UMKC School of Pharmacy and Missouri State University signed an agreement that will allow students on the MSU campus to enroll in UMKC's Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. The program will train pharmacy professionals to serve pharmacy healthcare needs in the southern region of Missouri.
Reflecting its mission to advance the health of the community, the UMKC School of Medicine announced a new certificate program to offer training and continuing education programs for beginning, intermediate and advanced emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.

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Health & Life Sciences

Did You Know...

UMKC has seven different schools with ongoing research in Health and Life Sciences and is one of fewer than 30 universities in the nation to have Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy all centrally located on one campus

UMKC researchers were funded for more than $52 million in research grants and contracts in 2011.

With the upcoming launch of the Center for Translational Research in Urban Health, UMKC is poised to expand its leadership role as a regional hub for life and health sciences research.

The UMKC School of Medicine and Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute played a key role in securing a $20 million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award to create the Frontiers translational research network.

The Fungal Genetic Stock Center at the UMKC School of Biological Sciences was selected to participate in the DOE Joint Genome Institute "1000 Genomes Project."

Children's Mercy, Truman Medical Center and UMKC have partnered on a five-year grant of nearly $1.5 million to create one of only 18 NIH-funded Neonatal Research Network centers in the nation, and the only one in Missouri or Kansas.

UMKC School of Pharmacy investigators received a National Science Foundation "Chemistry of Life Processes" grant to refine the Light Activated RNA Interference technique for controlling gene expression with light.

Researchers at the UMKC School of Dentistry identified an important new mechanism in the process by which bones build and maintain both strength and elasticity. The results of their most recent findings were published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

UMKC School of Medicine and Saint Luke's researchers found that improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients and narrowing the "benefit gap" between CABG and PCI. Results of study were featured in the New England Journal of Medicine.

In response to growing workforce demand for allied health care workers, UMKC has launched a new Bachelor of Health Sciences degree program. The program will provide coursework in the physical, biological, behavioral, business and social domains of health science and will focus on urban issues.

The UMKC School of Pharmacy and Missouri State University signed an agreement that will allow students on the MSU campus to enroll in UMKC's Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. The program will train pharmacy professionals to serve pharmacy healthcare needs in the southern region of Missouri.

Reflecting its mission to advance the health of the community, the UMKC School of Medicine announced a new certificate program to offer training and continuing education programs for beginning, intermediate and advanced emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.