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Shailey and Natarajan

Pandemic Resource Inequity On an International Level

Shailey Prasad and Karthik Natarajan speak about global distribution and supply chain challenges and inequity around pandemic resources.
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Tapping Our Youth’s Potential

It’s no secret that we’re facing potential shortages in future health care staffing or that we need a more diverse workforce.
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New Method Preserves Viable Fruit Fly Embryos in Liquid Nitrogen Primary tabs

Cryopreservation, or the long-term storage of biomaterials at ultralow temperatures, has been used across cell types and species.
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A Interprofessional Internship Highlights: CUHCC Project Team

The Community-University Health Care Center team are working to update and re-design learning material for students and residents completing rotations.
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Mobile Health Initiative, Community Partners Host COVID Vaccine Informational Events and Clinics

This spring, the University’s Mobile Health Initiative has held several COVID vaccination clinics and informational events around the Twin Cities.
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University of Minnesota to host new research center for organ and tissue preservation

The University is one of two institutions in the United States to host a new center aimed at creating human organ banks through the cryogenic storage of organs donated for transplantation.
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Clinical Training Sites of Excellence

Getting our health sciences learners the clinical experience they need to confidently and competently join our health care workforce takes several critical factors.
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M Simulation Partners with Howard University to Further DEI Efforts in Standardized Patient Training

Standardized patients (SPs) are regular people who help learners better communicate with patients.
Health Equity

ODAT supports innovations to improve health equity and accessibility

Among the approaches to address health disparities, new healthcare innovations have the potential to improve health equity and accessibility.
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Answering the Call

In a crisis, we all want to help. Sometimes, we don’t know how. One thing the pandemic taught us is that it doesn’t take big heroic acts to help alleviate the suffering around us or to create change.