
Jerry C Parker
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Jerry C Parker
@JerryCParker2
Associate Dean and Professor Emeritus @mumedicine; health outcomes researcher and enthusiast for all things Mizzou


This is an awesome thread. 100 paintings from places around the world, one from each of the years in the 1600s. It's a great historical/cultural snapshot and an opportunity to briefly get outside of whatever industry/bubble you are currently in, as a timeline refresher.





EO Wilson’s books, especially those on #biodiversity , were very inspiring to me. Sad to see this news. npr.org/2021/12/27/106…




Today, our leadership team is being bolstered by Dr. @BradleyAPerkins, who's joining as our Chief Medical Officer after an executive role with @CDCgov and co-founding @commons_prjct. Welcome, Brad! kariusdx.com/about/news/kar…

The @NIH has awarded Erika Boerman, PhD, a $1.8 million grant to study the role perivascular nerves play in the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Read more: fal.cn/3fuSn



“The whole scientific community is watching [the fluvoxamine] study and trying to see whether ...we can help in our own trials,” says NIH director Dr. Francis Collins about a study to determine if the antidepressant could be an early COVID treatment. cbsn.ws/3qnvBf5

And here's a beautiful visualization by Philo Bluyssen's team showing how important it is to control leakage youtube.com/watch?v=mJ81IB… The surgical-type mask is terrible. The good-fitting cloth mask at the end has the least leakage. HT @jljcolorado






In order to find whether we have neighbors in outer space, we must first understand how life began on Earth. The @BurkeLabRNA recently won a $5 million grant from @NASA that will help them pursue that question. #MizzouResearch ow.ly/akaZ50CfQzR