Biomedical Sciences

The Department of Biomedical Sciences is dedicated to upholding the mission of the university through excellence in teaching, preeminence in scholarship and research, and effective leadership in professional service.

The department enjoys a well-earned reputation for providing exceptional professional and graduate teaching. Our faculty is committed to developing competent, productive and respected DVM, MS and PhD graduates.

The department makes significant contributions to scientific knowledge through the faculty’s nationally recognized, extramurally funded research programs in comparative medicine. We are renowned for our groundbreaking work in cardiovascular sciences, exercise physiology, neurohumoral control of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, functional genomics, muscle physiology and plasticity, reproductive endocrinology, membrane transport, and toxicology. The faculty also enjoy a superb reputation for active service and dynamic leadership in scientific and professional societies.

We welcome interactions and collaborations with like-minded individuals, whether professional students, graduate trainees seeking dedicated mentoring, or researchers pursuing scientific discovery.

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES NEWS

Mizzou researchers use novel method to uncover impact of maternal oxycodone on placental cells

Published 11/6/2024
Cheryl Rosenfeld, DVM, PhD, professor at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, recently published research titled “Effects of Oxycodone on Placental Lineages: Evidence from the Transcriptome Profile of Mouse Trophoblast Giants Cells” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A New Approach to Treating a Difficult Type of Breast Cancer

Published 9/4/2024
Mizzou researcher Salman Hyder is the first to identify a drug that kills triple negative breast cancer cells and stops the formation of blood vessels that tumors need to grow.

How Does the Brain Respond to Sleep Apnea?

Published 7/23/2024
Nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. have sleep apnea, and more than 30 million of them use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping.