COVID-19 Vaccine Answers From the UMKC Health Sciences Deans

Updates on developments and distribution
The three UMKC Health Sciences Campus deans sit masked and distanced. From left to right in the photo: Mary Anne Jackson, dean of the School of Medicine; Joy Roberts, interim dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies; and Russ Melchert, dean of the School of Pharmacy and interim dean of the School of Dentistry.

UMKC is one of the fortunate few universities in the U.S. to have its health professions schools clustered on one campus, and its medical, nursing, pharmacy and dental faculty and students have been on the front lines fighting this pandemic since the beginning.

This Q & A round table with the UMKC Health Sciences Campus deans will be updated often with the latest information about the COVID-19 vaccine, its effects, distribution and developments.

Mary Anne Jackson, dean of the School of Medicine; Russ Melchert, dean of the School of Pharmacy and interim dean of the School of Dentistry; and Joy Roberts, interim dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies, are involved in leading vaccination efforts for our campus and Kansas City area communities.

Find the Q&A here.