Center for Population Health and Equity

KCU students gained hands-on experience alongside optometrists, while hundreds of kids picked out frames and left feeling confident, excited and ready to learn.

Hundreds of Kansas City students now have a brighter view of the classroom and beyond, thanks to a partnership between local school districts, Kansas City University and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation.

For the past decade, Kansas City University has welcomed hundreds of local children to campus each year for a week-long vision clinic that changes lives through the power of sight.

Medical and dental students at Kansas City University stepped out of the classroom and into hands-on learning, welcoming hundreds of elementary school students for free health screenings to officially launch the program for the 2025–26 school year. 

Elementary students from Vita Nova Charter School visited Kansas City University (KCU) for Score 1 for Health, a program founded by former Kansas City Chiefs player Deron Cherry.

For newly arrived refugees, the American health care system can feel like a maze without a map. A partnership between Kansas City University’s Center for Population Health and Equity and Della Lamb Community Services is helping to change that.

Kansas City University and Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) have partnered through the Center for Population Health and Equity to provide psychological services and support mental health needs in KCPS elementary schools. 

Kansas City University is pleased to announce a combined total of $1.25 million in philanthropic gifts, underscoring the university’s commitment to advancing health care education and fostering equity.

Kansas City University is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Honderick, MPH, MS, RN, CPH, as the director of the Center for Population Health and Equity on the University’s Joplin, Missouri, campus. 

Medical and dental students at KCU stepped out of the classroom and into hands-on learning, welcoming hundreds of elementary school students to campus for free health screenings marking the official launch of Score 1 for Health for the 2024-25 academic year.

Score 1 for Health Wellness Day was a huge success as approximately 155 fifth graders from Cecil Floyd, Jefferson and Royal Heights elementary schools arrived on the KCU-Joplin campus.

Kansas City University has thus far received a total of $16 million in federal and foundation support for the development and building of a new Center for Population Health and Equity  on both Kansas City and Joplin campuses.