CLHSS drives healthcare improvements through continuous research and innovation. This work is enriched by crucial partnerships with members of our research community, ranging from other universities to patients who are directly impacted by the topics we study. 

In 2021, the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health partnered to establish CLHSS, the first partnership of its kind in Minnesota. Since then, CLHSS has continuously grown and reached a wider audience across Minnesota’s health systems.

We’ve made structural changes to our healthcare research initiatives that reflect their maturation and our renewed focus on data science, social and behavioral sciences, and patient and community engagement. Additionally, we expanded and diversified our funding to enable new collaborations and further research and education.

Dr. Melissa Brunsvold Inducted into the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators

Awards

Medical student Christina Lan’s work in the Peruvian Amazon as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow and how it shaped her commitment to community-centered family medicine.

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Dr. Devaleena Das studies how knowledge about the body is produced, expanding what counts as evidence so science and medicine can better reflect the complexity of lived experience.
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From the Inspiration of Her Father and Sister to a Successful Match in Brooklyn
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