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January 2016

PYSK: Lori Osborne, Health Service Coordinator, Columbia Public Schools

PYSK, Working

Lori Osborne Health services coordinator at Columbia Public Schools Age: 53 Job description: My job includes the care and coordination of student health; nursing services; policy and procedure management as it relates to student health and emergency management; and the hiring for my department of approximately 50 people. Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: 30. Original hometown: […]

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Funding Mental Health

Features

A look at the first three years of Boone County’s childhood mental health tax.   Five years ago, a group of social service agencies began meeting to discuss the needs of the children and families in Boone County. As the providers of many of Boone County’s mental health services, the group had a general idea

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Sprouty Suppression

Daily News

As MU’s researchers know, cancer treatment is complicated; progress doesn’t always move forward. Over the course of three years, associate professor Sharad Khare studied the effects of Sprouty2, a gene proven to suppress tumor growth in various cancers. In most cases, the gene blocks molecular circuits that contribute to metastasis, or the spreading of cancer

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Cracking the Code

Features

Months after a nationwide transition in medical coding, how have University of Missouri health care providers adapted?   The week when hospitals and health care providers across the United States stared down a potentially cataclysmic event, likened by many to Y2K, Dr. Aaron Gray was celebrating his 10th wedding anniversary with his wife in the

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Over the Counter Care

Features

Customer service keeps three local pharmacies competitive. “Insurances oftentimes dictate where a patient can fill their medications, taking the choice away from the consumer. It’s difficult when we lose a patient because their insurance is forcing mail order.” – Tanya Alberty, D&H Drugstore. Read how she and her husband, Darran, navigate the tricky insurance world.  “From

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On Rereading

Art & Culture, Living

Regular readers of this column know that I have a pretty desperate problem with inventory management when it comes to books. Right now I have enough unread novels on my shelves to last me at least a couple of years and yet still I continue to buy more. Thousands of new books are published every

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Jill Womack, Founder and Executive Artistic Director, TRYPS Institute at Stephens College

Blog, Community, People

TRYPS Institute at Stephens College, a children’s theater company in Columbia, allows children of all ages to learn and experience the art of theater through hands-on experience with professionals. Like genies working their magic, Jill Womack and the TRYPS crew create a whole new world for their young performers. Jill was an aspiring actress when

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University Club prepares for American Culinary Federation event

Daily News

  MU’s University Club will host the 20th annual President’s Dinner for the American Culinary Federation’s Central Missouri chapter on January 30th. The event will celebrate the culinary tradition of formal apprenticeship, which the ACF is trying to promote in mid-Missouri. Daniel Pliska, executive chef at MU’s University Club, is also the president of the ACF Central Missouri

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