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Awards and Honors

MD-PhD program hosts 2026 APSA Midwest Regional Meeting

(3/31/26) The University of Missouri School of Medicine MD-PhD Program hosted the 2026 American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Midwest Regional Meeting on February 7. ...

Adebowale Adebiyi, PhD is a professor of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Mizzou School of Medicine.

Research

Researcher Earns $2.8 Million to Study Infant Kidney Injury

(3/5/26) Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are more likely to have kidney problems, and premature infants particularly are at a higher risk ...

man having chest pain

Research

Increasing Muscle Elasticity Improves Heart Failure

(1/13/26) If someone’s in heart failure, that means their heart is no longer able to ...

Mature Man With Sleep Apnea Wearing A CPAP Mask In Bed Sleeping

Research

Untreated Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Mortality

(12/12/25) A new study published in npj Aging, one of the leading journals in gerontology ...

Alejandro R. Chade, MD is a professor of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology and Medicine

Research

Possible Therapeutic Targets for Kidney Disease Identified

(12/3/25) Mizzou researchers identify genes linked to chronic kidney disease, opening doors for new treatments ...

Kerry McDonald, PhD is a professor and the chair of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology at the Mizzou School of Medicine

Research

Researcher Earns $2.6 Million to Study the Heartbeat

(11/5/25) MU’s Kerry McDonald received $2.6M NIH grant to study heart mechanisms and explore new ...

MU Researchers Luis Martinez-Lemus, DVM, PhD, Shawn Bender, PhD and Jaume Padilla, PhD

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Researchers Target Mechanisms Behind Cardiovascular Disease

(10/22/25) MU gets $2.7 million grant to focus on how a specific protein activity affects ...

heart contraction illustration

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Key Protein Critical in Maintaining Heart Health

(7/23/25) MU researchers uncover how sarcomeres—tiny muscle units—enable heartbeats and may play a role in ...