Pathology and the anatomical sciences form a bridge between the basic sciences and clinical medicine. Anatomical sciences provide an understanding of the structure and function of the body; pathology provides an understanding of all aspects of human disease. At the University of Missouri, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences is a single academic department encompassing all of these areas.
Faculty in the department teach and conduct research in functional anatomy, histology, cell biology, evolutionary morphology, neuroscience, pathology, and laboratory medicine, and practice medicine in anatomic pathology, forensic pathology, and clinical pathology (laboratory medicine).
Our web site has navigation bars on the right to view educational programs, clinical services, and research areas of interest. The divisions of the department are Anatomical Sciences (which includes integrative/functional anatomy and histology), Clinical Pathology (which includes all laboratory testing), Anatomic Pathology (which includes all biopsies and Pap smears), and Forensic Services (including the medical examiner service for Boone and Callaway counties).
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News
Dr. Sharon Stack will be the discussion leader of the Tumor Biology and Angiogenesis session at the Gordon Conference on Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis.
Dr. Matthew Ravosa was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009. Fellows of the AAAS are elected by current Fellows as a recognition of their advancement of the field, and Professor Ravosa was one of only 15 Fellows elected in the United States in 2009 in the field of anthropology. His work on the functional anatomy of the skull has important implications for medicine and dentistry, and was the topic of a Medical School Update.
Drs. Kristina Aldridge and Judy Miles received a grant from the Simons Foundation for Autism Research to study "Autism Dysmorphology Study--ADM training and validity study & 3D facial subgrouping".
Dr. Zezong Gu received a grant from the NIH-NIEHS as part of the “La Jolla-Parkinson's Disease Center Grant - Missouri Consortium”; 07/01/2009 - 06/30/2013 ($72,720/yr direct costs).
Dr. Slava Glinskii received a VA Merit Award ($880,000) to study the role of beta-gal mediated interactions in prostate cancer metastasis.
Dr. Kristen Taylor received a K99/R00 NIH Grant ($719,000) to work on defining the functional methylome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Two new books have been published by faculty in the department:
Dr. Doug Miller's new textbook on diagnosis of brain diseases through biopsies has been published and is now available. It has been published by Cambridge University press with the following citation:
Miller, DC (2009) Modern Surgical Neuropathology. Cambridge University
Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86932-4. 536 pages.
Dr. Matt Ravosa has a new textbook out on functional anatomy of the face and skull:
C.J. Vinyard, M.J. Ravosa & C.E. Wall, Editors (2008) Primate Craniofacial Biology and Function. New York: Springer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-387-76584-6. 496 pages.
Congratulations to Rachel Menegaz, PhD candidate in the Integrative Anatomy program and an MU Life Sciences Fellow! Rachel won a Pollitzer Travel Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
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