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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...

POINTS OF PRIDE

OUR MISSION

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

OUR VISION

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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NIH Research

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Rural Physicians Training

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Training Native American Physicians

$216   Million

Sponsored Research

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Primary Care Physicians Training

70%

Minnesota's physicians trained at UMN Medical School

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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 ALUMNI

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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PHILANTHROPY

Your support enables our researchers to discover and deliver new treatments and cures, prepare leaders of the future, and transform healthcare delivery and quality.

HEADLINES

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U of M Medical School Makes the Switch to Beneficial House System

The findings suggest the combination of 107 compressions per minute and a depth of 4.7 cm (about 2 inches) in the first five minutes of CPR can be associated with significantly improved outcomes when Emergency Medical Services (EMS) rescuers are treating cardiac arrest outside the hospital.

Anna Wojcicki was one of 22 medical students selected to participate.

Michael Kyba, PhD, Darko Bosnakovski, DVM, PhD, and their team discovered a way to deactivate DUX4 and take away the toxic effects in cells, as well as in a mouse model for FSHD.

Clinicians and researchers are using blood samples and Pap smears to evaluate for proteins that may be more common in women with ovarian cancer, hoping to one day develop a screening test.

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