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![Geoff Yang Geoff Yang](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/g_yang.png?itok=FLIGaHmk)
Guang (Geoff) Yang, MD, PhD Appointed Instructor In Molecular Diagnostics
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology announces the appointment of Guang (Geoff) Yang as an instructor in Molecular Pathology effective Sept. 28. He is currently an LMP...
Pathology
![Cohn & Klobuchar Cohn & Klobuchar](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/ccak_0.jpg?itok=VAdxNHky)
Convalescent plasma for treating COVID-19 patients gives Cohn a national profile
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 launched its deadly rampage across the American Midwest at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago in September 1918. A month...
Pathology
![Liam Chen Liam Chen](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/liam_chen_0.jpg?itok=FaOaB1vr)
Liam Chen, MD, PhD Joins LMP
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology announces the appointment of Liam Chen to our faculty as an associate professor and Director of Neuropathology effective August 31. Chen comes to...
Pathology
![Amy Beckman Amy Beckman](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/amy-beckman_0.png?itok=PVMqNtgo)
Amy Beckman, MD, Joins LMP Faculty
The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology announces the appointment of Amy Beckman to our faculty as an assistant professor effective July 29. Beckman has been in the department since 2015...
Pathology
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Stem cells join the battle against COVID-19
As the coronavirus spreads relentlessly around the world, killing hundreds of thousands of people and infecting millions, billions of stem cells are being infused into COVID-19 patients suffering...
Pathology
![Michael Koob Michael Koob](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/michael_koob.jpg?itok=UHrf6to9)
Koob brings his genetic puzzle-solving mastery to COVID-19
For more than three decades Michael Koob has been working out complicated puzzles using the tools of molecular biology and genetics. Today his deliberative labors are paying off -- with untold...
Pathology
![Jan Czyzyk Jan Czyzyk](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/jan_czyzyk.jpg?itok=6bzT9jx5)
Czyzyk introduces his diabetes research findings to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned a public health crisis unlike any seen since the Spanish influenza a century ago. Across the U.S. and around the world research institutions have...
Pathology
![Steve Jameson Steve Jameson](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/steve_jameson.jpg?itok=JYPIUM80)
Jameson’s research team delves into T-cell response in COVID-19
Not for a century has the human immune system encountered a virus with the destructive global sweep of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus. The human adaptive immune system, our B and T...
Pathology
![Orr and EversonRose Orr and Everson-Rose](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/orreverson-rose_0.jpg?itok=beAT070G)
Orr and Everson-Rose Recognized as 2020 Carole J. Bland Outstanding Faculty Mentors
LMP professor Harry Orr and Department of Medicine professor Susan Everson-Rose have received the 2020 Carole J. Bland Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. This recognition, which...
Pathology
![Amy Karger Amy Karger](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/amy_karger.jpg?itok=WWzZnI1e)
Impact Medicine: Amy Karger Positions U as Experts in COVID-19 Testing
When Amy Karger started her medical training, she soon realized she loved both research and patient care. A drive to find a career that afforded her both opportunities brought her to the University...
Pathology
![Sophia Yohe Sophia Yohe](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/sophia_yohe_1.jpg?itok=arAgaQkV)
Impact Medicine: Sophia Yohe’s Passion for Pathology Supplies Minnesota with Critical COVID-19 Testing
A desire to plant roots closer to home drew Sophia Yohe, MD, to the University of Minnesota Medical School. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, she graduated from the Medical School in 1995, but for...
Pathology
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Linden and Murugan are recognized as “Top Doctors”
LMP associate professor Michael Linden and assistant professor Paari Murugan were recognized as two of Mpls. St.Paul magazine’s “Top Doctors: Rising Stars” for 2020. The list included...
Pathology
![NHLBI-ARIC NHLBI-ARIC](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/aric.jpg?itok=AjV7eZ_o)
Li Leads NHLBI ARIC Study of Saturated Fats and Cognitive Function
LMP associate professor Danni LI is lead author of "Plasma phospholipid very-long-chain SFAs in midlife and 20-year cognitive change in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC): a cohort study...
Pathology
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U-developed Antibody Test, Key Component in Reopening Minnesota
A second test for COVID-19, developed by University of Minnesota Medical School researchers, will play a role in the state’s plan to reopen Minnesota. This test looks for antibodies...
Pathology
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Karger Helps Spearhead an Antibody Test for COVID-19
LMP assistant professor Amy Karger has been a key figure in the rapid development of an antibody test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The test shows who...
Pathology
![Lab Testing Lab Testing](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/lab-testing.jpg?itok=JOqBYDgD)
U Researchers Orchestrate State’s Fastest On-Site Testing for COVID-19
LMP faculty lead the way in developing rapid on-site testing for COVID-19. Full story here.
See also this follow-up story:
New COVID-19 Test, Developed by U Researchers...
Pathology
![Deborah Powell Deborah Powell](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/d.powell.jpg?itok=lJT29-Qg)
Powell’s Accomplishments Highlighted in Women’s History Month Web Feature
LMP professor and dean emerita Deborah Powell was among Medical School faculty highlighted in a web feature Celebrating our Distinguished Medical School Colleagues: Women’s History Month.
Pathology
![Stefani Thomas Stefani Thomas](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/styles/thumbnail_square/public/stefani.thomas.png?itok=BC_-5C3c)
Thomas’s Research Passion Noted in Black History Month Web Feature
LMP assistant professor Stefani Thomas was among Medical School faculty highlighted in a web feature Celebrating Our Distinguished Medical School Colleagues: Black History Month.
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