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, pathobiology, 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).
If you cannot find something you need, please email or call us using the "Contact Us" button on the right, or below. If you are looking for a prior Newsletter, Grants & Awards notice, or Lab Advances issue, you can browse the Archived Notices. If you have any suggestions or comments, please send them to us by using the Contact Us tab.
News
Gift of Body Commemoration is scheduled for March 20, 2013 from noon to 1:00PM. The department receives bodies donated by those who want to advance scientific investigation and education of students training to be doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. Bodies are also used by physicians and researchers who are involved in more specific anatomical studies in medical specialties such as orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, and plastic surgery. This event will honor donors who have given their bodies to advance medicine at MU.
On March 9, 2013 the Columbia Public Schools’ Planetarium, the Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences and the Department of Anthropology teamed up to show just how our changing planet effected life on its surface by presenting “Earth’s Wild Ride”: Dinosaurs, Cave Men, and Our Changing Planet. Approximately 12-15 students and faculty ran tables and activities associated with the fossil record, extinction events, and global climate change geared towards students ranging K-12 and their families.
For more news stories, click here >>
Archived publications are available as PDF Files.
Home
Ask a Pathologist
Education
Clinical Services
Research
Forensic Services
Clinical & Anatomic Pathology
Anatomical Sciences
People
Links
News
Calendars
Giving to the Department
Contact Us
Contact Us | Maps and Directions |
Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences | School of Medicine | University of Missouri
copyright © The Curators of the University of Missouri | an equal opportunity/ADA institution