The Discovery Series is NextGen’s flagship community science event series. It’s designed to bring the frontiers of health research into focus for patients, caregivers, clinicians, policy makers, and those who are just irrepressibly curious. Whether it’s cardiometabolic health, gene therapy, artificial intelligence tools, healthy aging, or the toughest cancers, every month there’s a world-class expert on hand to discuss the latest breakthroughs and to answer your questions. Research cannot be successful without input from the communities it will impact. The Discovery Series is an acknowledgement that scientists have as much to gain from an open dialog as non-scientists do.
These events also provide opportunities for UM System faculty, staff and students across disciplines, along with partners from private industry, to learn about the scope of precision health research and identify potential collaborations.
Links for upcoming events and recordings for previous talks are available on the Discovery Series page. Information on continuing education is available below.
For questions about the Discovery Series or if you have suggestions for future precision health lecture topics, please contact Mary Christie at mchristie@health.missouri.edu.
Caption: Chiswili Yves Chabu, Ph.D. speaks to attendees at a Discovery Series event in Columbia, Mo. on November 7, 2023. He discussed a novel new approach to treating pancreatic cancer using a bacterial biologic to make cancer cells more sensitive to the body’s immune system.
Continuing Professional Education Credit
Successful Completion of this activity, which includes participating in the educational offering, participating in the evaluation process and completing the verification of attendance, enables the learner to satisfy the requirements for continuing education.
Nursing Contact Hours
University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).
1.0 contact hour may be awarded.
Physicians
The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Financial Relationships
Current ACCME and Midwest Multistate Division, ANCC rules state that participants in continuing education activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial interest in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s). Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form for the NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series. No planning committee member or speaker has a relevant financial interest.
Reviewed 2024-03-01