NextGen Precision Health

The NextGen Precision Health initiative unites the ��ҵ��'s four public research universities, ��ҵ�� Health Care, MU Extension and private partners toward a single goal: finding precision health solutions for society's toughest diseases.

2025 BIANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE

Since our founding in 2021, NextGen Precision Health has been tackling the biggest health challenges facing Missourians. Get a glimpse of the new collaborations we’re forging, the community interest we’re building, and the new class of talented young scientists we’re fostering to ensure this initiative endures. Explore our progress at the link below.

NextGen Events

Discovery Series, October 2025 - Henry Colecraft

October 13, 2025: Henry Colecraft, PhD

NextGen Discovery Series | "Heartbeats, Brainwaves, and the Tiny Switches Behind Them"

November 18, 2025: Carissa Philippi, PhD

NextGen Discovery Series | "Trapped in Thought: Understanding Depression and Trauma Through the Brain"

Clinical Research Study Coordinator Bootcamp – December 4-5

A two-day training designed to provide basic knowledge that is beneficial for research coordinators and staff. The program includes lectures, interactive activities, and breakout group exercises.

News & Updates

Faculty talk by Missouri S&T biological sciences professor Yue-Wern Huang

Pathways 2025: Accelerating The Scientific Pipeline

Annual symposium aims to fast track collaborations between UM System health researchers.

Three postdoctoral fellows named for 2025-2026.

NextGen Fellows: Meet Our Inaugural Research Cohort

The NextGen Postdoctoral Fellowship runs for a two-year term and is designed to enhance professional development with mentoring and community engagement opportunities at an early career stage.

The patterning of body shape depends on the spacing, timing and amount of gene expression. We have developed chemical tools that allow for us to control the spacing, timing and degree of gene expression using light.

Discovery Series

The NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series is a monthly seminar that provides learning opportunities for UM System faculty and staff across disciplines, the statewide community and our other partners. All are welcome to join the discussion to learn about the scope of precision health research and identify potential collaborative opportunities.

Discovery Series

What is Precision Health?

Precision health develops interventions for individuals and populations to improve diagnosis, treatment and patient care. Rather than using a traditional one-size-fits-all approach, precision health is based on individualized factors, such as genetics, environment and lifestyle.

For Missouri, for Society, for the World

Dedicated to solving the world's greatest health challenges, research through the ��ҵ��'s NextGen Precision Health initiative provides major returns on investment through healthier communities, better educational opportunities for students, accelerated economic growth and game-changing precision health technologies for Missouri and beyond.

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Health & Innovation

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Education & Training

NextGen Discovery Series

The NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series is a monthly seminar designed to open up the world of health science research to all Missourians. All are welcome to join the discussion, learn about the latest developments in a range of fields, and engage with experts from around the world.

About Discovery Series

World-Class Research Spaces

The state-of-the-art Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building on the MU campus brings a range of health researchers, clinicians and industry partners together under one roof in search of life-saving precision health diagnostics, treatments and therapies. Their collaborative effort using the building’s advanced instrumentation and multidisciplinary laboratory spaces streamlines the process of developing new solutions for patients.

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The promise of personalized health care