Research
BioNexus KC: KCU Professor’s Research Focuses on Aging and Cancer for Boomer Generation
Dec 18, 2019
By 2030 the baby boomer generation will all be of retirement age, expanding the size of the older population to one of every five people in our country. Dr. Ehab Sarsour, has accepted the challenge of this staggering demographic change. His research focuses on the role of aging on cancer behavior, progression and its response to therapy.
KCU graduate wins award for work in medical informatics
Dec 16, 2019
Not all research scientists conduct their work wearing white coats in labs testing cells in a petri dish. A new wave of research is being conducted via...
Bench to Clinic: First Year Med Student Gaining Additional Doctorate Degree Impacts Breast Cancer Research
Oct 30, 2019
What does a scientist do when he has a heart for treating cancer patients, but wants to conduct research that could cure them? For Andrew Sulaiman, PhD, the answer is simple. Do both.
Professor Embarks On New Degree, Presents KCU Research At Johns Hopkins University
Aug 29, 2019
As new students embark on their graduate degree programs at Kansas City University, assistant professor Ryan Sheehy, PhD, also takes on new-student status...
KCU Research Symposium is "A Day of Discovery"
Mar 28, 2019
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences celebrated science with its annual Research Symposium, held March 20 at both the Kansas City and KCU-Joplin...
Student Researcher Will Present At National Conference
Nov 15, 2018
Roy Muriu has a sense of urgency to understand Alzheimer’s disease. “My grandmother was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,” Muriu...
Q&A: Student Researcher Reacts to Work Being Published
Oct 24, 2018
Dami Lee, a fourth-year medical student at KCU, took part in a cadaveric anatomical research project specifically regarding breast reconstruction along with...
KCU Student Research Opens Dialogue On Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Aug 17, 2018
Are doctors talking with patients about sexually transmitted disease? How quickly would the cycle of sexually transmitted infections be broken if the partners...
Science is Cool at Annual Research Symposium
Mar 23, 2018
“If you don’t think this is cool, then you may be dead.” The light-hearted comment came from Kansas City University of Medicine and...
KCU Research Well-Represented at KCMD Consortium
Jan 17, 2018
(L-R, Ganesh Thiagarajan, PhD (UMKC); Amy Whitaker, KCU Anatomy Fellow; Barth Wright, PhD, KCU faculty) KCU researchers joined scientists from three other...
Dr. Jingsong Zhou Publishes New Study on ALS
Dec 11, 2017
Dr. Jingsong Zhou has dedicated much of her professional life to research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Because ALS affects neurological function,...
KCU Dean Highlights Duchene Muscular Dystophy (DMD) Research Through Art
Sep 18, 2017
The annual Science to Art exhibit and dinner sponsored by Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute (KCALSI) and the Kemper Museum of Art is always...