Meet The Team

Dr. Staudinger serves as the Director of the MSSU-KCU Stress Research Consortium (MKRC). The MKRC is housed within the Biomedical Research Laboratory (BMRL), which is comprised of approximately 3,000 square feet of office and wet-lab space located 6.8 miles from the KCU campus on the campus of Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) in Joplin.

Dr. Creamer is a basic research scientist with experience in in vivo and in vitro modeling of various cellular mechanisms involved in signaling pathways, and the downstream changes in gene expression in response to those signals in both normal and disease states. In particular, he has an interest in investigating the role of various signaling networks, including nuclear receptors, and their effects on the transformation, proliferation, survival, and development of drug resistance in models of human breast cancer.

Dr. Arnce. brings over 25 years of clinical experience in settings of critical access hospitals, level I trauma, heart and stroke centers and emergency departments. As an Assistant Professor at KCU, his background is vital in offering key educational components within the classroom and clinical laboratory. He continues to practice in Emergency Medicine at Freeman Hospital and facilitates KCU COM student’s access to broad clinical research topics and retrospective clinical studies.