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Dr. Augie Lindmark ’19 Combines Science with Activism, Humanities
A 2019 graduate from the University of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Lindmark, now a resident physician at Yale New Haven Hospital, talks about his passion for combating health disparities, which are...
Alumni
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U of M Researchers Examine the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in Offspring of Hypertensive Pregnancies
Jean Regal, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Emilyn Alejandro, PhD, from the Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, team up for a first-of-its-kind research project to...
Duluth, Faculty, Research
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Medical School Resident Elected to Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians’ Board
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...
Spotlight, Students
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In Disruption, Defiance
Unexpected events in the future are a given. So, too, is our ability to find vitality in disruption, defiance in crisis, and confidence in academic medicine and in each other.
Office of the Dean
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HIV Research Seeks Answers for Patients Affected by Impaired Cognitive Function
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...
Faculty, Research
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Teaching Medical Students How to Combat Misinformation on Social Media
Kristina Krohn, MD, in the Department of Medicine, started a four-week course that teaches medical students how to use social media and their medical education to connect others with timely and...
Education, Students
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Medical School Grand Rounds: Moving the Dial on Health Equity Through Impactful Research
Please join us for a special Medical School Grand Rounds with Drs. Michele Allen and Brooke Cunningham to review the state of the science of health equity and health disparities research,...
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Primary Care is a Point of Intervention for Youth Facing Housing Instability
Janna Gewirtz O’Brien, MD, FAAP, a fellow in the Department of Pediatrics, leads a team in a secondary data analysis of Minnesota youth. The findings suggest that primary care could act as a point of...
Faculty, Research
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University of Minnesota Study Finds Three Anti-seizure Drugs Equally Effective for Severe Form of Epilepsy
There are three treatment options commonly used by doctors in the emergency room to treat patients with refractory status epilepticus, severe seizures that continue even after benzodiazepine...
Research
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Duluth Medical Student Earns Alumna-Honoring Scholarship for Non-traditional Students
Tegan Carr, a first-year medical student at the Medical School’s Duluth campus, talks about how support from the Nancy I. English M.D. (‘92) Memorial Scholarship has encouraged her mid-career shift...
Alumni, Duluth, Students
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For Early Treatment of Mild COVID-19, University of Minnesota Trial Shows Hydroxychloroquine Has No Benefit Over Placebo
First randomized clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine to treat non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19.
Faculty, Research
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U of M Team Examines the Protective Role of PDE5 Inhibitors During COVID-19 Infection
Bong Sook Jhun, PhD, FCVS, leads a team of researchers in examining the protective role that common PDE5 inhibitor medications might play during COVID-19 infection. If proven, these medications could...
Research
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Dr. Mike Underwood ’09 Reflects on How His PhD Training Changed Trajectory of His Career
Mike Underwood, PhD, Branch Chief in CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health, may have first moved to Minnesota simply looking to earn a doctoral degree in pharmacology from the Department of...
Alumni, Spotlight
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U of M Musculoskeletal Researcher Hopes to Generate Novel Therapies for Osteoporosis Treatment
Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery studies the mechanisms that regulate age-related bone changes in women, focusing on protein phosphatase and enzyme histone deacetylase.
Faculty, Research
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U Medical School Studying How to Protect Against Current, Future Strains of the Coronavirus
Geoffrey Hart, PhD, in the Department of Medicine, and Marco Pravetoni, PhD, in the Department of Pharmacology, teamed up to develop a universal vaccine and monoclonal antibodies to protect against...
Faculty, Research
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Understanding the Psychological Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young People’s Mental Health
Kathryn Cullen, MD, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has been researching psychological and biological sequelae of COVID-19 in adolescents with and without non-suicidal self-...
Faculty, Research
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Uncertainty as an Agent of Change
I had the opportunity this week to present an update on the Medical School to the Board of Regents. I am always proud of the work you do, but recounting the progress we have made in the past six...
Office of the Dean
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Mapping the Brain Toward Better Treatments for Depression
Julia Lemos, PhD, in the Department of Neuroscience, received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study how chronic stress rewires the “roadmap” of the brain’s...
Faculty, Research
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‘Foundations in Health Equity’: New Course to Address Health Disparities
Taj Mustapha, MD, in the Department of Medicine, received COVID-19 Medical Education Innovation Grant to further her development of a new course that will be used to explore and address racial,...
Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Faculty, Students
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Cleft, Craniofacial Surgeons Enlist Students, Trainees for Surgical Outcomes Research
The Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery boasts well-known faculty physicians in cleft palate and craniofacial surgery and care. As they study surgical outcomes, Brianne Roby, MD, and...
Education, Faculty, Students