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BioNexus KC and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Announce 2025 Transforming KC: Health Outcomes Research Grant Recipients
KANSAS CITY, MO. — BioNexus KC, in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), is proud to announce the recipients…
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BioNexus KC Celebrates 25 Years of Advancing Life Sciences Innovation in the Kansas City Region
KANSAS CITY, MO. – This year, BioNexus KC proudly celebrated its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century of uniting the region’s life sciences and healthcare community…
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Annual Art Display and Online Auction Benefitting KC STEAM Programs Held at Linda Hall Library for Third Consecutive Year
Kansas City, MO — BioNexus KC is excited to present the 2024 Science2Art exhibit at the Linda Hall Library. This free exhibit showcases stunning art…
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Senior U.S. Department of Commerce Official Visits KC BioHub in Kansas and Missouri
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryam Janani-Flores, Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), visited the Kansas City Inclusive Biologics and Biomanufacturing…
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Nexus Connection
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Researcher at UCM Explores Environmental Impact on Disease
Cassandra Dawn Pauling, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology (Wildlife Diseases, Immunology) at the University of Central Missouri (UCM) studies how certain diseases move through nature…
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UMKC Researcher Pioneers Infrared Spectroscopy-based Early Detection of Oral Cancer
At the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Research Associate Professor Rong (Rose) Wang, PhD, is advancing a powerful new approach to one of…
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Fresh Food for Every Neighborhood: Kanbe’s Markets is On a Mission
Max Kaniger, CEO and founder of Kanbe’s Markets, envisions a future where every Kansas City resident can walk down their street and buy fresh produce.…
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Expert Exchange: KU Professor Utilizes Digital Health Technology to Understand, Influence & Improve Teen Behavior
Technology is exiting a sort of adolescent phase. Many technologies have grown in impressive spurts and occasionally lose their way. Data analytics, IoT Devices, wearables,…
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Weighing Female Patients at Healthcare Visits is Associated with Negative Mental Health, MU Study Finds
A routine trip to the doctor’s office almost always includes being weighed, a request that can be stressful. However, stepping on the scale isn’t always…
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Children's Mercy Kansas City Opens Youth Clinic to Address Mental Health Care Crisis
The nation’s youth are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. More than 15 million children need mental health services, but only 30-50 percent receive care.…
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Study Details How Program at KU School of Medicine-Wichita Helps Doctors Deliver Mental Health Care to Children Across Kansas
Moving knowledge, not patients. Putting more brains into a child’s case. They’re not medical descriptions, but they encapsulate the approach of KSKidsMAP, which brings an…
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Life sciences leaders amplifying new and existing opportunities in the KC region.
Bridging the Gap: A Call to Action for Health Equity
By: L. Nathan Gause, MD, MBA, FAAOS | Vice Chair, Clinical Operations and DEIB, Assistant Professor, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery | University of Missouri –…
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Equity “With all Deliberate Speed”
By Dan Cranshaw, JD | Executive Director | KC Health Collaborative For those of us working to advance health equity, the recent Supreme Court ruling…
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Four Takeaways on Advancing Health Equity
By: Jake Pitts, MSW | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Officer of Clinical Departments at University Health Health equity is challenging. However, its value can’t be…
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