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UMKC Vice Chancellor Empowers Research Programs
Great research performed by brilliant people is not always enough to acquire funding, grants, or a future on its own. The process behind grant writing, budget creation, and…
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BioKansas CEO Boosts Biosciences Ecosystem
Being an effective intermediary involves a micro understanding, implemented at a macro level. For Dr. Sonia Hall, President and CEO of BioKansas, the goal is to strategical…
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KCU Professor Fast-Tracks Therapies from Bench to Bedside
Scientific discovery is validated by the benefits of the breakthrough in the medical clinic. What is sometimes overshadowed is the fact that basic science that lays the gro…
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TMC/UH Doctors Collaborate to Achieve Vaccine Adoption Among Minorities
Faced with a global pandemic that disproportionately affected marginalized members of the community, a pair of powerhouse physicians teamed up to ensure the entire communit…
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KU Mathematician Pivots Research During Pandemic, Explores Impact of Human Behavior on Disease Spread
How well do public health measures reduce the spread of COVID-19? And how do people make decisions about whether to follow those protocols? New research by a University of …
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Saint Luke’s Cardiologist Determined to Improve Diabetes Care, Outcomes
Sometimes the most dangerous element of disease is not its immediate manifestations, but secondary dangers that follow. For patients with diabetes, the most instantaneous i…
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