School of Medicine

It was a major step forward in a plan begun more than a decade ago to launch a nationally prominent biomedical engineering department.

Evidence implies that even among heavy smokers, a genetic component puts some people more at risk for lung cancer than others.

Findings by teams of University scientists appear in two papers in the Jan. 13 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Photo by Tim ParkerRandall S. Jotte shows Tondra Holman how to secure her 1-year-old daughter, Kenisha, in a car seat.A University program provides car and booster seats to Missouri children at the highest risk for motor vehicle injury and death.

“He manages to combine superb listening skills with a critical yet thoughtful and mature approach,” says Leslie Kahl, M.D.

The analysis, published in a recent issue of the journal Nature, revealed that the chromosome has about 1,150 genes and 940 so-called pseudogenes.

Photo by Bob BostonBrian Rawls wins the Guiding Star Award at the Clinical Employee Recognition Reception hosted by the Faculty Practice Plan.

Colleague: He “is a pioneer in fetal and pediatric heart imaging and one of the most prominent pediatric cardiologists in the country.”

When given cognitive tests, patients performed better when their stimulators were turned off than when they were turned on.

School of Medicine researchers will examine the effectiveness of strengthening exercises as a substitute for ankle surgery.