The mission of the Comparative Orthopaedic Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Columbia (COL-UMC) is three-fold:
We feel that this mission can best be accomplished through a multi-disciplinary, multi-species approach by a team of scientists and clinicians dedicated to the goals this laboratory. We believe that information should be shared and disseminated among investigators in order to most expediently progress toward the ultimate goal of treating, curing, and eliminating the common and debilitating diseases affecting joints.