http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles Fri, 12 May 2006 15:27:52 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/3 James M. Keller, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been engaged in interdisciplinary and collaborative research throughout his career. Currently, he is working on a project that draws upon the latest technological advances to improve elder care with a team led by fellow electrical and computer engineer Marjorie Skubic and a group of people from MU’s Schools of Nursing, Social Work, Health Management and Informatics, Physical Therapy, and Engineering, along with colleagues from the Medical Automation Research Center (MARC) at the University of Virginia. Fri, 12 May 2006 15:27:52 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/3 (LuAnne Roth) http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/25 In her twelve years as a nursing home director, Professor Marilyn Rantz says that she has never once met an individual who wanted to be in the facility. Most view the idea of entering a nursing home as a dreadful specter that they would be happy to avoid. As a professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing, Rantz has developed a collaborative project designed to change that attitude from dread into anticipation and even excitement. Fri, 12 May 2006 15:29:54 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/25 (LuAnne Roth)