home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Resources and Services Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: May 2025

Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: May 2025

Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.

This month’s featured article, “Self-Assembled Multilayered Concentric Supraparticle Architecture” was co-authored by Dr. Agasthya Suresh and Dr. Raghuraman Kannan of the Department of Radiology and Dr. Anandhi Upendran of the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology . The article was published in Advanced Materials (impact factor of 27.4 in 2023).

Note that Dr. James Stevermer also had publications in JAMA as a member of the USPSTF:

See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=May&Year=2025

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Health Sciences Library Closed Juneteenth

The Health Sciences Library will be running on holiday hours* for Juneteenth.

Wednesday, June 18th: 8:00am-5pm

Thursday, June 19th: All Mizzou Libraries are CLOSED in observance of Juneteenth

We will reopen at 8am on Friday, June 20th.

For a complete list of Mizzou Libraries hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.

*When the campus is closed for holidays, after-hours access will not be provided. Questions? Visit https://library.muhealth.org/services/after-hours-access-pilot/ for more info

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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New MU Authored Trending Article in PubMed

A recently trending article in PubMed was Autophagy-mediated downregulation of AXL and TIM-1 promotes sustained Zika virus infection co-authored by Drs. Megan Sheridan, Toshihiko Ezashi, and Michael Roberts.

What is a PubMed trending article?

Trending articles is a marker of increased interest in a PubMed abstract. Trending articles are those with a significant increase in daily PubMed views in the past two days as compared to the previous baseline period, which is approximately a week.

You can see the full list of trending articles here.

Interested in tracking the impact of your articles after they are published? Email asklibrary@health.missouri.edu to learn how we can help.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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Book Highlight: Test-Taking Strategies for the USMLE STEP 2 Exam: Proven Methods to Succeed

This week we are highlighting Test-Taking Strategies for the USMLE STEP 2 Exam: Proven Methods to Succeed from our online collection.

This book aims to hel you build the test-taking skills you need to ace your coursework and UMSLE exams. This book walks you through the process of how to generally approach questions, how to approach specific types of questions (i.e., those with labs or images), and how to review questions and their answers.

Each chapter includes an explanation and/or exam-taking advice and sample questions, which are followed by a breakdown of the question/answer process.

This book is a great resource for anyone who is currently studying for their UMSLE exams.

You can access the book online.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Resources and Services Barbero Gift Helps Fund Instant Access to Journal of Pediatrics

Barbero Gift Helps Fund Instant Access to Journal of Pediatrics

Thanks to the generosity of the Department of Child Health for helping us provide instant access to Journal of Pediatrics articles back to 1932 with funds from the Barbero Gift Fund.

The Barbero Fund was establlished in 1998 in honor of Dr. Giulio Barbero. Dr. Barbero was internationally recognized for his research on cystic fibrosis and one of the founders of the Cystic Fibrosis Association. During his time as chair of the department of Child Health, he developed rural sateliite clinics to treat children with gastrointestinal disease and was instrumental getting the Ronald McDonald House in Columbia, Missouri.

If you are interested in donating to the Health Sciences Library, please visit https://mizzougivedirect.missouri.edu/fund.aspx?item_id=960.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Resources and Services New MU Authored Trending Article in PubMed

New MU Authored Trending Article in PubMed

A recently trending article in PubMed was Screening for Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement co-authored by Dr. James Stevermer from the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

What is a PubMed trending article?

Trending articles is a marker of increased interest in a PubMed abstract. Trending articles are those with a significant increase in daily PubMed views in the past two days as compared to the previous baseline period, which is approximately a week.

You can see the full list of trending articles here.

Interested in tracking the impact of your articles after they are published? Email asklibrary@health.missouri.edu to learn how we can help.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Resources and Services Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: April 2025

Overview of Recent University of Missouri Publications in Medicine and Related Fields: April 2025

Each month we provide an overview of University of Missouri School of Medicine faculty-authored articles in medicine and related fields as well as a featured article with the highest journal impact factor.

This month’s featured articles were co-authored by Dr. Vovanti Jones of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation:

The articles were published in JAMA (journal impact factor of 63.5 in 2023).

See the list of publications in medicine and related fields we retrieved for this month: https://library.muhealth.org/facpubmonthlyresult/?Month=April&Year=2025

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Health Sciences Library Summer Hours

The Health Sciences Library will have the following hours from Sunday, May 18th to Saturday August 2nd.

Summer Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 8am-8pm
Friday: 8am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-6pm
Sunday: 12pm-6pm

Holiday Hours:

Memorial Day*

Sunday, May 25th: 12pm-5pm
Monday, May 26th: CLOSED

Juneteenth*

Wednesday, June 18th: 8am-5pm
Thursday June 19th: CLOSED

Independence Day*

Thursday, July 3: 8am-5pm
Friday, July 4: CLOSED

For a complete list of Mizzou Libraries hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.

*When the campus is closed for holidays, after-hours access will not be provided.
Questions? Visit https://library.muhealth.org/services/after-hours-access-pilot/ for more info

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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Health Sciences Library Memorial Day Weekend Hours

The Health Sciences Library will be running on holiday hours* for Memorial Day weekend.

Sunday, May 25th: 12:00pm-5pm

Monday, May 26th: All Mizzou Libraries are CLOSED in observance of Memorial Day.

We will reopen at 8am on Tuesday, May 27th.

For a complete list of Mizzou Libraries hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.

*When the campus is closed for holidays, after-hours access will not be provided. Questions? Visit https://library.muhealth.org/services/after-hours-access-pilot/ for more info

 

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

Picks For Your Summer Reading List

We asked staff in the Health Sciences Library what books they’d recommend for someone’s summer TBR aka their to be read list.

This list ranges from YA to nonfiction, newer published books to some classics. A book to fit anyone’s reading interests.

Click here to see the book recommendations: https://bit.ly/HSLSummerPicks

 

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.