Research Conference Highlights Student Achievements
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The 2026 Student Research Conference will take place April 16.
This conference is an annual opportunity for students to present the research they have conducted under the guidance of Truman faculty. Undergraduate and graduate students from all academic disciplines were invited to present their scholarly or creative work. A full conference program and all presentation abstracts can be found online at osr.truman.edu/src. The abstracts can be electronically browsed and extensively searched.
Face-to-face oral presentations will take place in the Student Union Building and Magruder Hall. Studio art exhibits and the Annual Juried Student Exhibition will be on display in the University Art Gallery. A list of presentations that are scheduled for each session can be found in the conference schedule available at osr.truman.edu/src.
Dr. W. David Arnold, executive director of the NextGen Precision Health Initiative, will present as the plenary speaker of the conference from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Arnold is a physician-scientist and tenured professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, and medical pharmacology and physiology at the University of Missouri, where he is a founding leader of the Center for Translational Neurogenetics. With a nontraditional training trajectory that bridges clinical medicine, translational neuroscience and therapeutic development, his research focuses on translational neuromuscular physiology in the context of health, aging and disease. His work has helped to define neural contributions to sarcopenia and mechanisms of neuromuscular decline across the lifespan, and his team has published the first efforts to develop neurotherapeutics for the treatment of age-related loss of physical function. Arnold has contributed to the development of gene-replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, therapeutic development efforts in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, and advances in genetic and molecular therapies for neuromuscular disorders such as myotonic dystrophy type 1.
This conference is an annual opportunity for students to present the research they have conducted under the guidance of Truman faculty. Undergraduate and graduate students from all academic disciplines were invited to present their scholarly or creative work. A full conference program and all presentation abstracts can be found online at osr.truman.edu/src. The abstracts can be electronically browsed and extensively searched.
Face-to-face oral presentations will take place in the Student Union Building and Magruder Hall. Studio art exhibits and the Annual Juried Student Exhibition will be on display in the University Art Gallery. A list of presentations that are scheduled for each session can be found in the conference schedule available at osr.truman.edu/src.
Dr. W. David Arnold, executive director of the NextGen Precision Health Initiative, will present as the plenary speaker of the conference from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Arnold is a physician-scientist and tenured professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, and medical pharmacology and physiology at the University of Missouri, where he is a founding leader of the Center for Translational Neurogenetics. With a nontraditional training trajectory that bridges clinical medicine, translational neuroscience and therapeutic development, his research focuses on translational neuromuscular physiology in the context of health, aging and disease. His work has helped to define neural contributions to sarcopenia and mechanisms of neuromuscular decline across the lifespan, and his team has published the first efforts to develop neurotherapeutics for the treatment of age-related loss of physical function. Arnold has contributed to the development of gene-replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, therapeutic development efforts in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, and advances in genetic and molecular therapies for neuromuscular disorders such as myotonic dystrophy type 1.
Additional information about the 2026 Student Research Conference can be found at osr.truman.edu/src. Questions about the conference should be directed to the Office of Student Research at osr@truman.edu.
