Why are some zip codes healthier than others? Why do some groups in Missouri bear a greater burden of asthma, high blood pressure and diabetes? These and other questions are the focus of “Healthy Lives, Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri One Community at a Time,” on April 27,… Continue reading
By Shraddha Sankhe Related Blog Post: Remembering Joye Patterson. Note: This interview took place on Feb. 23 between Joye Patterson and Smith/Patterson Fellow Shraddha Sankhe. As the Smith/Patterson Fellow for 2011-12, I had an opportunity to interview former MU Professor Joye Patterson. Joye taught science writing at the School of Journalism from 1966 to… Continue reading
By Jon Stemmle Earlier today, an email went out to the J-School community announcing the passing of Joye Patterson. I first met Joye in 2008. It was that year that one of Joye’s former students, Russell G. Smith II, established the Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Fellowship and Lecture Series in her honor. As… Continue reading
By Jennifer Coffman Related post: Photovoice Missouri honors best of student work Today, more than ever, teens are overflowing with creativity. What they lack, oftentimes, is an audience. Sometimes they find it through Facebook or the occasional viral Youtube video, but rarely do those audiences contain the types of people who can… Continue reading
HCRC founder Glen T. Cameron will present the keynote speech at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication on April 20, the opening day of the conference. The theme for this year’s conference is Health Literacy Research and Practice, which fits in with the HCRC’s work on health literacy that stretches back more than five… Continue reading
More than 20 students were honored finalists for their work in Photovoice Missouri, a state-wide health photography program and competition. The students traveled to an awards ceremony in Columbia, Mo., on Friday, April 13, where they were celebrated for their achievements throughout the school year on the Photovoice Missouri project. The… Continue reading
HCRC Director Jon Stemmle and MU Life Sciences Center Director Jack Schultz have co-authored a piece in the latest Chronicle of Higher Education titled “Teaching Future Scientists to Talk.” The article explains the experiences and lessons learned from their work on the SciXchange project where they work with MU undergraduate science students and teach them how… Continue reading
