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Dr. Justin Howard in the Department of Medicine was interviewed live on MPR News with Angela Davis about inflammatory bowel disease and gastrointestinal health.“IBD stands for Inflammatory Bowel...

Medical School Senior Events Manager Hannah Carter brings collaboration, curiosity and careful planning to events that support Medical School students, families and colleagues.

Meghan Swanson, PhD, has been awarded a groundbreaking $34.7M grant to fund Project MAPLE, or Mapping Autism with Precision in Language and Expression.

In this study, Dr. Chakrawarti and team looked at how gut bacteria relate to how people with HIV respond to N-803, an experimental immune-based therapy.

Henry Betancourt, MD, is a resident at the CentraCare St. Cloud Family Medicine Residency Program in St. Cloud, Minnesota. We spoke with Dr. Betancourt about why he chose the program, his medical...

We are excited to announce that Dr. Connor Buechler and Dr. James Pathoulas have joined the UMN Department of Dermatology as Assistant Professors!

Drs. Ryan Langlois and Michael Gale Jr. in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology spoke to the Star Tribune about their new NIH grant to study how animals fight infection.

The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that Scott Dehm, PhD, was named co-leader of the Genomics, Cell States, and Signaling (GCSS) research program in April 2026....

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (7/30/2026) — A University of Minnesota research team has identified a type of plaque that represents a new potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease...

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When did you first want to be a doctor?I first became interested in becoming a doctor in high school after taking human anatomy and physiology classes. What drew me to medicine was the ability to...

 Jacky Lu, PhD, M(ASCP)CM joined LMP as an assistant professor and microbiologist June 29. Lu received a PhD in microbiology and immunology from the Vanderbilt University...

The NAVIGATE program is a coordinated specialty care program for individuals diagnosed with first-episode psychosis, based on the National Institute of Mental Health study called RAISE (Recovery...

Join us in-person on September 17-18, 2026, for the 8th annual Annual Twin Cities Pediatric Update in Brooklyn Park, MN. The 2-day educational event hosted by Children’s Minnesota, the University of...

When thinking about how traditional research works, it’s common to focus on a deficit model. Researchers tend to put community populations under the microscope for perceived sickness. Since its...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (07/23/2026) — New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found that rates of cannabis use during adolescence have declined since 2013, though some large...

This past June, Dr. Tarbia Hamid made University of Minnesota history as the first official graduate of the Global Breast Cancer Fellowship.

LMP Department Chair Bharat Thyagarajan is pleased to announce an exciting new chapter for the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology leadership team with new appointments to key Vice...

Dr. Sarah Lacher in the Department of Biomedical Sciences spoke to WCCO Radio about the health impacts of wildfire smoke and ways to stay safe during poor air quality days.“Getting a handle on what...

This grant awards Mizuho Dahlman, PhD, with $25K for one year for her research titled, "Oncolytic Adenovirus for Colon Cancer as Viro-Immunotherapy."