Medical School COVID-19 Research

DEAN JAKUB TOLAR, MD, PhD

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Welcome to the University of Minnesota Medical School, a world-class institution with a long history of leadership and discoveries that have changed the practice of medicine. We engage undergraduates in science and medicine, train medical students, produce PhDs in research, and enrich the experience of post-doctoral students, residents and fellows...

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OUR MISSION

We provide innovative education and training, research that advances medicine, and clinical care that improves the lives of our patients.

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Give the best of ourselves to create a Medical School where individuals thrive, collaborations elevate, and the best of medical practice, research and education form our legacy.

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Minnesota's physicians trained at UMN Medical School

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The University of Minnesota Medical School is committed to excellence. Our mission will only be achieved through embracing and nurturing an environment of diversity, inclusiveness, equal opportunity, and respect for the similarities and differences in our community. Read our diversity policy.

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MEDICAL DISCOVERY TEAMS

Medical Discovery Teams work to advance research and care surrounding critical issues that affect our state; Addiction, Biology of Aging, Optical Imaging and Brain Science and Rural & American Indian Health Disparities.

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Our graduates play an important role in improving the medical profession, changing public policy and advancing health care. Seventy-percent of Minnesota's physicians trained at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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U OF M COVID-19 RELIEF

You can help. Two new funds have been created at the University of Minnesota to support student emergency needs and to assist medical personnel on the front lines as they lead and develop new COVID-19 treatments, therapies and vaccines.

HEADLINES

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Teaching Medical Students How to Combat Misinformation on Social Media

Ricardo Battaglino, PhD, in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, teamed up with fellow U colleagues to study the use of apilimod in treating COVID-19. Early results, using cell culture work, show that the drug is five times more effective than remdesivir.

Mohamed Hassan, MD, FAASLD, a professor in the Department of Medicine, discusses his research on Hepatitis B virus—a type of viral hepatitis that disproportionately impacts the immigrant population in the Twin Cities.

Ramla Kasozi, MD, MPH, a third-year family medicine resident at the University of Minnesota Medical School, will serve as the newly elected Resident Director of Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians.

Stanley Thayer, PhD, in the Department of Pharmacology helped narrow in on a potential drug target that rescues synaptic connections and restores cognitive function in patients with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.

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Update from Dean Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD

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