Deaton addresses MU’s health initiatives during Chancellor’s Report
Like the other three UM System campus chancellors, MU Chancellor Brady Deaton detailed MU’s health initiatives during his Chancellor’s Report.
Deaton highlighted programs such as the Master of Public Health, which is the second program of its stature in Missouri and the only at a public university in the state. He said it is vital to national and international security.
“We drew on the major strengths that we, as a large university, had,” Deaton said.
The School of Medicine has hired 134 new medical faculty members since July 2009, and MU trains more Missouri physicians than any other university in the nation.
The Sinclair School of Nursing saw a 112 increase in enrollment this fall, and is ranked first in the nation for scholarly productivity among public Association of American Universities.
A new graduate certificate will equip social workers with the education they need to help the nation’s armed forces personnel, veterans and their families. MU is only one of 25 universities across the nation offered a program like this.
The Nutrition and Exercise Physiology has a new “MUNCH” center, which includes a research metabolic kitchen, a food choice behavior lab and a teaching kitchen.