University of Missouri celebrates grand opening of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building

The building anchors the NextGen initiative, which will accelerate critical health care discoveries and treatments.

Influx of imaging researchers bolsters NextGen Precision Health’s mission

The MU Department of Radiology is bringing together experts from around the nation to seek breakthroughs in disease research.

We Shall Rise

UMKC Dance brings work and art to the community

Director of the NIH to present at Mizzou

In honor of the opening of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building, Francis Collins will explore the promise of precision medicine.

The art of science

One Mizzou artist and faculty member created a moving tribute to her late father. That work is now at the center of the new Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building.

Dancing with Big Data

Waitman's informatics expertise helps the University of Missouri strut its stuff

A Life of Science Suits Dr. Gil Pagés to a T

Diana Gil Pagés, PhD, is developing a treatment for cancer that alters T cells to make them more likely to attack tumor cells.

Nextgen Precision Health Is a Big Idea Whose Time Has Come

Soon after Talissa Altes, MD, took over as chair of the Department of Radiology in 2016, she started to hear about a big idea that would eventually become known as NextGen Precision Health.

Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building Grand Opening Oct. 19

University of Missouri Board of Curators honors Sen. Roy Blunt with naming of NextGen Precision Health Building

The Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building is on schedule to open in October 2021.

NextGen talent

A new approach to hiring marshals multiple researchers around real-world problems.

NextGen researchers profile: Haval Shirwan and Esma Yolcu

Husband-wife duo Haval Shirwan and Esma Yolcu are harnessing the immune system to fight disease.

Photo gallery: Most powerful MRI scanner in Missouri arrives at NextGen Precision Health building

Its remarkable capabilities will contribute to research innovations. But first, workers had to get it inside.

‘Dark matter’ in cat genomes may shed light on human disease

MU researchers find cat genome resembles human genome more closely than nearly all other mammals.

Research with heart

MU researcher Craig Emter is looking for how to best prescribe exercise to treat heart failure patients.

Researchers Receive More Than $6 Million to Study Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Disease

Two grants will fund diabetes-related cardiovascular disease research into potential treatments to improve vascular function.

NextGen offers new possibilities for MU researchers addressing health disparities

Faculty from the MU School of Health Professions are using big data to tackle systemic health disparities.

Cores of Discovery

With top-tier magnetic and electron imaging, Mizzou clinicians and researchers practice at the fore of the resolution revolution.

NextGen researcher profile: Russ Waitman

NextGen Precision Health’s director of medical informatics is using data to help accelerate research and improve health care for millions of people.