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2019 Regenerative Medicine Minnesota Research Awards Announced
Regenerative Medicine Minnesota awarded $3 million to fund 11 research grants looking for better therapies for people with diabetes, cartilage injury, heart disease, cancer, COPD, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, and age-…
Building Trust by Putting Down the Chart
The University of Minnesota Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) is introducing a fresh approach to doctor-patient interactions.
Narrative health, which is gaining momentum around the country, is a model that encourages…
2019 Regenerative Medicine Minnesota Research Awards Announced
Regenerative Medicine Minnesota awarded $3 million to fund 11 resear
UMN's External Research Funding Reaches Record High in 2018
According to a new report by the University of Minnesota's Office of the Vice President for Research, the external research portfolio grew by 6.5 percent YOY to $793 million.
Overall, 51 percent of all fiscal 2018 research awards were…
Dr. Keith Vossel Finds Link Between "Silent Seizures" and Alzheimer’s
Dr. Keith Vossel, director of the Vossel Lab, with help from researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), has found that some seizures, those that can't be seen, may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
Findings by UMN Researchers Could Help Fight Cancer
Interdisciplinary researchers from IMV have made a key discovery that could help fight Human T-cell leukemia virus type (HTLV-1).
Breakthrough in Understanding How Skin Cancer Develops
After 14 years of investigative work, Dr. Rebecca Morris, member of the Masonic Cancer Center, published an innovative study on skin cancer. Her research induced carcinogenesis with a hydrocarbon carcinogen and a plant compound using a…
UMN Doctors Teams up to Improve Treatments for Dogs and People Facing Brain Cancer
The structure of brains across mammal species is remarkably similar. This similarity has allowed doctors from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and Medical School to collaborate on research into glioblastoma, a…
More than the Sum of Our Parts
I can’t resist a good metaphor.
When I was working on my presentation to the Board of Regents, I found myself using the six sister stars of the Pleiades to represent the six schools/colleges of the AHC. It made a nice visual reference…
Interprofessional Education
Interprofessional education is a hot idea. Fortunately for us, at the University of Minnesota we are at the forefront of making this a reality. The complexity of human life, which is increasing with new discoveries every day, demands that…