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Anything that was written in a ski lodge draws a certain amount of skepticism. Despite this, the “Agile Manifesto,” created in 2001 and intended as a set of principles for creating a better software design process, has permeated business…

Carolyn Fairbanks and George Wilcox have worked for nearly 20 years on developing a non-opioid treatment for chronic pain management and have received a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to continue their researchAs a…

You know how that first snow of the winter looks so beautiful and magical? And how by the end of winter it just looks like a long commute followed by an evening shoveling? But to a young child, that end-of-winter snow may look like one…

Bobbi Daniels, MD, has been appointed associate vice president in the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) and will oversee and provide leadership for clinical practice. Daniels has served as senior strategy advisor for OACA since…

A New Year, a new chance to magnify our impact by working together! The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) was formed a year ago to do just that. Here are some of our new initiatives from 2019 and some ideas for how we will be…

Epigenetics is a novel, rapidly growing field of biology and medicine that is transforming our understanding of life. This exciting area focuses on stable changes in gene expression that take place without altering the primary DNA…

In 1918, the University Student Health Service was founded to “protect the health of students and prevent disease.” Ruth Boynton served as the director from 1936 to 1961. She was the first woman in the country to direct a co-educational…

A New Year, a new chance to magnify our impact by working together! The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) was formed a year ago to do just that. As we expand our goals for 2020, let's take a moment to reflect on our first year as…

It is hard to work and teach interprofessionally if we don’t know what the people around us are doing and how we interconnect. That’s why I think messaging is so important. And I love that no matter what I throw out there, people respond.

In January 2019, Associate Professor Keri Hager and colleagues from the College of Pharmacy, Duluth reached out to health care and social service partners to determine the needs of the community. Substance abuse disorders and mental health…