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June 2023
Each year Hebbel Research Days is celebrated in the Department of Medicine to showcase the spectrum of research being carried out by investigators at all levels of training. Founded in 1998 by Drs. Robert P. Hebbel and Leslie Kennedy, Research Days is an opportunity for departmental faculty to exchange ideas and discuss potential collaborations. One highlight was featured speaker Susan M.
The inaugural Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit (CCCES) 2023 is being held here at the University of Minnesota this week. CardioNerds interviewed Dr. Andrea Elliott about the planning and goals of the event. WATCH>>
Third-year medical student Koushik Paul used his personal experience with healthcare to write a commentary in support of a proposal at the Legislature to include immigrants without status in MinnesotaCare. READ MORE>>
Our Duluth Campus inspired the next generation of healthcare professionals with their annual Mini Medical School on June 1. Students from local high schools took part in hands-on activities involving cell culture, anatomy and pathology, brain dissection and first aid. The event is part of Duluth's extensive programming to introduce students to health science careers. LEARN MORE>>
In March, Dr. Alon Herschhorn and his computational biology team, managed by Dr. Milind Misra, launched their publicly-available database, called HIResist, identifying strains of the human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) that are resistant to neutralizing antibodies. The project, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has been five years in the making. READ MORE>>
A Medical School team led by Dr. Michael Garwood is developing a compact, portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner with Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. This international, multi-institutional project has received over $12 million in NIH (National Institutes of Health) support for this work. READ MORE>>