healthcare

MRI scan of a patient's brain

Oct. 2, 2025

Researcher awarded nearly $3 million to study how the brain repairs itself after a stroke

Mizzou Engineering professor Shinghua Ding is undertaking new research funded by a prestigious National Institutes of Health grant.

Praveen Rao

Oct. 2, 2025

Engineer’s work underpins new telehealth research center

Associate Professor Praveen Rao is sharing his expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve rural health care.

Shwetha Ramachandra and Bret Ulery

Sep. 29, 2025

Healing backs without screws or metal implants

With NIH funding, University of Missouri researchers are pioneering biological alternatives that could someday help the body heal itself.

Don Flora

June 3, 2025

Mizzou alumnus builds legacy of service

Don Flora’s campus experiences at Mizzou prepared him for a life of helping others and giving back.

Starfish-inspired heart monitoring device

April 2, 2025

Scientists unveil starfish-inspired wearable tech for heart monitoring

Mizzou researchers' device includes AI technology to detect potential heart problems with over 90% accuracy.

Graduate student researchers with Prasad Calyam looking at anklet sensor data

Oct. 9, 2024

Securing personalized healthcare data

Mizzou Engineers are enhancing healthcare data security using anklet sensors and cloud computing technology.

Brian Whorley

Aug. 28, 2024

Making health care affordable

Mizzou alumnus Brian Whorley’s company empowers patients to get the health care they need and pay on their own timeline.

Dong Xu

Aug. 14, 2024

Mizzou researcher Dong Xu weighs in on future of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) can write, create videos and power self-driving cars. Someday, University of Missouri researcher Dong Xu predicts, it also will perform surgeries.

Finger

Jan. 4, 2022

Custom finger clip offers a new way to measure blood pressure, other vitals

Researchers are customizing a commercial finger clip device to provide a rapid, noninvasive way for measuring and continually monitoring blood pressure.