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Children’s Mercy Executive Champions Nexus Informatics Conference
Children’s Mercy Executive Champions Nexus Informatics Conference

The speed of modern medical research and discovery owes no small credit to technology and big data. Housing and handling this data technology is a challenge. For Mark Hoffm…

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UMKC Professor Connects Academia & Industry to Solve Wicked Challenges
UMKC Professor Connects Academia & Industry to Solve Wicked Challenges

The globalized world is a complex landscape of networks. Anthony Caruso, PhD, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering and Associate Vice Cha…

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KCU Professor Works Alongside Students to Amplify Growth & Development
KCU Professor Works Alongside Students to Amplify Growth & Development

Teaching can sometimes create a separation between students and professors; there is the lecturer and the lectured. For Jennifer Dennis, MS, PhD, Chair of Pathology and Ana…

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UH Physician Elevates Community with Servant Leadership and Student Mentorship
UH Physician Elevates Community with Servant Leadership and Student Mentorship

For some, the term servant leader means something different, something more significant. Stefanie Ellison, MD, FACEP, Associate Dean for Learning Initiatives at the Univers…

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National Innovator Chases Future Cures with KC Life Sciences Community
National Innovator Chases Future Cures with KC Life Sciences Community

Everyone has many roles to play, and the collaborative result of these roles makes up their identity. However, when one of these roles is threatened, everyone reverts to th…

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Children’s Mercy Researcher Sees Opportunities to Improve Pediatric Outcomes
Children’s Mercy Researcher Sees Opportunities to Improve Pediatric Outcomes

Pediatric medicine poses a unique dilemma. Historically, few studies have been conducted on children to determine the proper dose for many commonly prescribed medications. …

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KC Principal Investigator Guides MedTech Industry into Ethical Service
KC Principal Investigator Guides MedTech Industry into Ethical Service

Technology tends to move in bursts and is often so profoundly engaged in uncovering what is possible that it does not pause to ask how it should be done responsibly. For Li…

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MRIGlobal Uses Wearable Technology to Defend Soldiers
MRIGlobal Uses Wearable Technology to Defend Soldiers

Every morning, more than 1.4 million Americans wake up and serve their country as active-duty armed forces. That is the population of Dallas or San Diego and is three-quart…

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