Our July WISER Woman is Dr. Laura Page. Dr. Page is Assistant Dean of Professional Development & Leadership for the University of Missouri Graduate School. Dr. Page currently provides professional development to 6,000 masters and doctoral students, and serves as a liaison to campus colleagues as an advocate for the graduate student experience. Her commitment to helping students explore diverse career pathways led her to develop a comprehensive gradESSENTIALS program that assists students across all disciplines with goal setting, skill building, leadership development, and career preparedness. Learn more about her gradESSENTIALS program here.

Stephani Stancil, PhD, APRN is an adolescent medicine clinician scientist in the Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Innovation at Children's Mercy and an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. For over a decade, her clinical practice has focused on complex teens in specialized and vulnerable populations. Her research focuses on developing precision therapeutics for adolescent mental health conditions by understanding variability in exposure and response. Dr. Stancil will join our Lunch with a Researcher: Precision Medicine panel on September 30th, from noon to 1pm. Register today.