Daniel Armstrong

Researchers from Missouri S&T and Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) will present their research at an annual symposium hosted by the Ozark Biomedical Initiative (OBI) on Saturday, Aug. 18.

The event will be held 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. The event is open to the public.

The OBI is a partnership between PCRMC and Missouri S&T that fosters collaborative research for improving health care. Since its establishment in 2015, the OBI has held an annual symposium to share advances made by university and hospital researchers with the local community.

Dr. Daniel Armstrong, the Robert A. Welch chair and professor of chemistry at the University of Texas-Arlington, is the keynote speaker. He will discuss his work designing chiral separations for biological and pharmacological applications. He was named Curators’ Distinguished Professor of chemistry in 1989 at Missouri S&T, where he taught for 13 years. His presentation begins at 9 a.m.

To register or to view the full schedule, please visit obi.mst.edu.