Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center (RBHSIC)
Why It Matters:
This transformative facility elevates health sciences education at MSSU by offering immersive, realistic learning environments right on campus.
Key Features:
- A state-of-the-art simulation hospital featuring acute care, emergency, labor & delivery units, NICU, and even a model ambulance—all designed to mimic real hospital settings.
- Expanded cadaver lab and anatomy & physiology teaching labs for hands-on training.
- Radiologic technology lab with CT scan, ultrasound, and X-ray suites.
- Virtual reality clinical training center for immersive simulation-based learning.
- Collaborative research labs, aimed at fostering partnerships, including one with Kansas City University – Joplin.
- A welcoming Campus Welcome Center situated within, serving as the new “front door” to campus for prospective students and families.
Julio S. Leon Health Sciences Center
The 85,000 sq ft Health Sciences Building delivers cutting-edge training facilities for health care professionals, proudly funded through the Lewis & Clark Discovery Initiative.
It houses a variety of programs including:
- Nursing
- Dental Hygiene
- Kinesiology
- Medical Laboratory Sciences
- Psychology
- Radiologic Technology
- Respiratory Therapy
- Simulation Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Education (SCICE)
- Located on the third floor, SCICE replicates a hospital environment with advanced human-patient simulators—enabling immersive, interdisciplinary clinical education.
