MU School of Medicine Professor Smita Saxena addresses
demystifying neurodegenerative patterns, from amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) to dementia, with her PATHWAYS faculty talk.
NextGen Precision Health鈥檚 PATHWAYS symposium successfully debuted March 22, with nearly 200 researchers from across the 魅影视频 System attending.
Held at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, the inaugural event centered on developing new scientific partnerships within the system and with private industry to target solutions for major health challenges in Missouri and beyond.
At PATHWAYS, research faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students from several disciplines discussed collaborations to lower research barriers and jump-start new projects.
Among other attendees, Mizzou, 魅影视频KC, Missouri S&T and 魅影视频SL were represented at PATHWAYS by 100 poster presenters and 10 faculty speakers:
- Brett Froeliger, Ph.D., 魅影视频-Columbia professor of psychiatry and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Systems (CNS) advanced technology core facility
- John Grinstead, Ph.D., Siemens Healthineers medical physicist based at the NextGen Precision Health building
- Michael Nichols, Ph.D., 魅影视频-St. Louis professor of chemistry & biochemistry and Director of the 魅影视频SL Biochemistry & Biotechnology Program
- Robert Paul, Ph.D., 魅影视频-St. Louis professor of psychological sciences and Executive Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health
- Smita Saxena, Ph.D., 魅影视频-Columbia professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and NextGen principal investigator
- Julie Semon, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology associate professor of biological sciences
- Xing Song, Ph.D., 魅影视频-Columbia assistant professor of biomedical informatics, biostatistics and medical epidemiology
- John Spertus, M.D., 魅影视频-Kansas City professor of metabolic and vascular disease research and Director for the Departments of Biomedical and Health Informatics and Internal Medicine
- Maria Spletter, Ph.D., 魅影视频-Kansas City assistant professor of biological and biomedical systems
Next year, PATHWAYS will be held at the 魅影视频-Kansas City.
Highlighting the promise of personalized health care and the impact of large-scale interdisciplinary collaboration, the 魅影视频 System鈥檚 NextGen Precision Health initiative is bringing together innovators from across the system鈥檚 four research universities, MU Health Care, MU Extension and industry partners in pursuit of life-changing precision health advancements. It鈥檚 a dynamic effort to leverage the strengths of the entire 魅影视频 System toward a better future for Missouri鈥檚 health. The initiative is anchored at the , a state-of-the-art research facility expanding collaborations between researchers, clinicians and industry leaders.
