In the News

Air Force Reserve pilot, grounded after diagnosis, returns to the sky: “Everyone can be resilient.’  - Dr. Wolfgang Gaertner – WCCO

Minnesota pilot is first to return to Air Force flight duty after losing colon.  - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minnesota makes progress in closing gap on COVID-19 vaccine disparities

Dr. Nick Ingraham shares retrospective study with  Star Tribune  The Medical News, and Medical Xpress and Fox 9 on how, regardless of socioeconomic status, non-English speaking and race or ethnicity remain the highest risk factors for severe COVID-19

2021 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Chris Tignanelli uses big data to improve health care for all Tignanelli also launched two clinical trials to determine if a commonly used high blood pressure medication could prevent hospitalization or lung injury. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 

Sioux Falls man leaves hospital after 185 days, following double-lung transplant

Wait is over: Man has double lung transplant after COVID-19
Dr. Stephen Huddleston - Associated Press

Researchers at U of M working to create world’s first human organ storage bank
Dr. Erik Finger – KSTP, 5/3/2021

Heart-lung bypass a COVID-19 rescue tool in Minnesota. 
Dr. Melissa Brunsvold - Star Tribune

Drs. Genevieve Melton-Meaux and Chris Tignanelli share how they have found success in building learning health system capabilities over the past year in the midst of the pandemic.

Novel possibility for late-stage colorectal cancer

Dr. Subree Subramanian – Medical Laboratory Observer

Study IDs COVID-19 phenotypes, could help guide care
Drs. Elizabeth Lusczek and Nick Ingraham – Medscape, 4/5/2021

 UMN-developed synthetic heart valve shows promise after growing with several animal recipients  Professor Richard Bianco – The Minnesota Daily

Minnesota’s first critical COVID-19 patient prepares for Ironman Triathlon after spending nearly a month in the hospital
Dr. Melissa Brunsvold – KSTP, 3/5/2021

Healthcare providers and tech vendors partner to create industry-first FHIR-based computable clinical practice guideline to treat COVID-19
Dr. Chris Tignanelli – Business Insider, 3/9/2021 (syndicated by 36 other media outlets)

Remembering another mass vaccination effort in Minn. for polio

[Audio] Jennifer Gunn, PhD was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio with Cathy Wurzer