How to utilize our program:
- Access our resource library to stay in touch with breakthroughs and best practices to be implemented at your school
- Contact our specialists who are happy to collaborate, provide guidance and assist in your healthy school initiatives
- Follow, sign-up and attend conferences, webinars and trainings through our events
Our services
Food & Nutrition
Create a nutrition environment where students learn and practice healthy eating
School Health Services
Provide first aid, emergency care and assessment of and planning for chronic conditions
Physical Education & Activity
Implement a comprehensive approach to help students develop motor skills, knowledge and behaviors
Counseling, Psychological & Social Services
Create the frameworks and supports needed to better the social and emotional wellbeing of students
Health Education
Give students the knowledge, attitude and skills to make decisions that promote their own health and the health of others
Employee Wellness
Fostering the physical and mental health of school employees protects school staff and helps to support students’ health and academic success.
Asthma
Support children with asthma to be healthy and active.
Leadership team
Everyone on our team is dedicated to fostering healthy schools by helping the people in them.
Jennifer L. Hunter
Director of Missouri Healthy Schools Missouri Healthy Schools
Anna Trainer, MA, MPH
Project Manager Missouri Healthy Schools
Deb Cook, RN
School Nurse Advisor Missouri Asthma Prevention and Control Program
Elissa Brueggemann, BSN, RN, NCSN
Missouri State School Nurse Consultant Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Eric Armbrecht, PhD
Research Advisor Missouri Healthy Schools
Guy Danhoff, DBA
Outreach & Digital Media Manager MOSHAPE President
Kelly Vaugh, RN, BS
School Nurse Specialist Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Laura Beckmann
MHS Consultant
Lisa Dierking
Coordinator of School-Based Mental Health MO DESE
Lisa Lauer, MEd
Senior Nutritionist Department of Health and Senior Services
Nirja Shah, MPH, CHES
MHS Website Manager Missouri Healthy School
Peggy Gaddy, RRT, MBA
Program Manager Missouri Asthma Prevention and Control Program
Rebecca Brown, MPA, AE-C, RRT
Community Asthma Coordinator Asthma Ready Communities, University of Missouri Child Health
Tammy Rood, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPN, AE-C
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Assistant Professor University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing
Marty M. Marsh, Ed.S., C.M.A.A.
Outdoor Education Consultant Missouri Department of Conservation