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The academic calendar for health sciences reflects activity year-round. However, until the Tuesday after Labor Day, we enjoy the relative calm of a campus without the additional 48,000 Twin Cities students pursuing knowledge.  

Work is underway to launch the six inaugural BOLD Ideas grants announced at the beginning of this month.  

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and community are expanding upon work done during the Immigrant Microbiome Project that was partially funded by CTSI in 2015. The project identified changes in gut microbiomes in Southeast Asia…

John Wagner, MD, has been named Director for the Institute for Cell, Gene, and Immunotherapy (ICGI).

For many of us, our daily interactions are most often with our students, patients and our colleagues. With the bustling pace of our days, it’s easy to forget that there is a whole wide world beyond the rich and complex landscape of the…

Native Americans have higher rates of heart disease and diabetes, while also being more likely to die from diabetes, chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, cancer, stroke, kidney disease, suicide, assault and drug-related causes. To address…

The School of Public Health is creating a new method for identifying important molecular changes to cancer cells. This new method could lead to improved treatments and help more patients defeat the disease. Called “Bidimensional…

I wanted to share with you the exciting – and somewhat surprising – response to our inaugural BOLD Ideas Grant funding opportunity. 

Technology plays a huge role in health care. In addition to having an impact on efficacy and quality of care, technology can offer solutions to tough problems.

One in ten Minnesota families experience food insecurity, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This lack of consistent access to healthy, affordable food has been shown to be associated with inequities in health outcomes,…