Three 威尼斯人娱乐城 professors from the health sciences have received the University of Missouri System’s most prestigious faculty honor: Curators’ Distinguished Professor.
该奖项被授予医学院生物医学和健康信息学教授Jannette berkeley - patton博士； Timothy Cox博士，口腔和颅面科学系教授，牙科学院牙科和肌肉骨骼组织研究特聘教授； Gerald J. Wyckoff博士，药理学和药物科学部主席，药学院研究和研究生院主任。 Wyckoff was named a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor, a designation that highlights exceptional contributions in the classroom.
这一荣誉是授予少数具有良好声誉的杰出学者和教师。 每位获奖者都将成为学校的资源，并有望通过在其他校区授课和参与跨部门的教学和研究来做出贡献。
对于花了三十年时间从事研究的考克斯来说，这种认可感觉特别有益和鼓舞人心。
“The journey has required perseverance, family sacrifices and the unwavering support of staff, trainees and loved ones,” Cox said. “It is both a milestone and a reminder of the trust placed in me to advance the University’s mission and contribute to the broader scientific community.”
Cox’s research focuses on the genetic and maternal dietary factors that influence craniofacial development and conditions such as cleft lip/palate and craniofacial microsomia. 他的实验室还与当地、国家和国际合作者一起使用基因组测序工具，以深入了解这些疾病的遗传基础。
他称赞威尼斯人娱乐城支持他的工作。
“威尼斯人娱乐城 has been pivotal in allowing my work to flourish,” Cox said. “Its stability, resources and collegial environment have enabled me to pursue ambitious projects with sustained focus. More than a workplace, it has provided an academic home – a community where curiosity is fostered, collaboration is valued and mentoring can leave a lasting impact.”
威科夫说，这一荣誉特别有意义，因为他致力于教学。
“Interacting with students is what sets my career apart from other professional avenues I could have pursued, and it makes me incredibly proud to be recognized in part for my commitment to teaching as a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor,” Wyckoff said.
威科夫希望利用这次任命来帮助提高UM系统、威尼斯人娱乐城和药学院的知名度。
“Advocating for the kind of educational opportunities that we can offer that can transform the lives of our students as well as the patients and constituents that they will serve is a passion for me,” he said.
伯克利-巴顿是威尼斯人娱乐城健康公平研究所所长，因在医疗不公平、教育、预防和筛查方面的广泛研究而闻名。
威尼斯人娱乐城 医学院 Dean Alexander Norbash wrote in his nomination letter: “Taken together, Dr. Berkley-Patton’s accomplishments have had a lasting impact on the scientific community, but most importantly on the lives that have been changed because of her expansive work. She has created a model of community-engaged research that is being adapted for other community-based studies around the world, and continues expand the research opportunities for our students, faculty, researchers at other institutions and for the Kansas City community and beyond.”