Hall Family Foundation Funds One Health Research in KC Region
The Hall Family Foundation is providing the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI) funding to support grants that further its regional vision of One Health, the nexus of human and animal research. The program will offer five grants worth $50,000 each, annually for the next three years targeting advanced, collaborative research to improve health for people and animals. Learn More >
KCU Announces New Executive Dean of the Medical School
Darrin D’Agostino, DO, has joined KCU as executive dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and vice president for Health Affairs. D’Agostino was previously associate dean of Community Health and Innovation, and professor of medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. D’Agostino will oversee curriculum, graduate medical education, clinical outreach and research within the COM for both the Kansas City and Joplin campuses. Learn More >
KU-Led Research Team Looks to Predict Outcomes of Protein Mutations with Award from Keck Foundation
Imagine if doctors could diagnose and treat patients not only according to the standard protocols for particular conditions, but also by considering each patient’s unique biology.The field of personalized medicine stands to grow even more, thanks to a research team led by the University of Kansas Medical Center that received a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to develop a set of rules that will predict how specific amino acid mutations alter the functions of proteins in the body. Learn More >