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July 2022
Congratulations to Chen Guo, PhD, researcher 5 in the Department of Radiology, for winning 2nd place in Best Scientific Abstract at the 2022 Global Embolization Oncology Symposium Technologies.
Congratulations to the Dr. Kristin Jacklin and the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team for receiving a $10 million NIH grant to address Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia disparities in Indigenous communities.
The Visible Heart®️ Laboratories (VHL) within the Department of Surgery are Medtronic's longest-standing academic collaboration and have been a valuable resource in the medical device industry since 1997. In June, these partners celebrated their 25th anniversary and Medtronic awarded PI Dr. Paul Iaizzo with a bronzed human heart model. READ MORE>>
An $18.8 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will allow the Medical School to provide law enforcement officers and first responders across Minnesota with more than 8,300 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to improve cardiac arrest survival rates. READ MORE>>
Wanda's diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia didn't slow her down at first, but by the time she met Dr. Veronika Bachanova, she had run through all of her treatment options. Dr. Bachanova, who collaborates with Dr. Jeff Miller, was able to offer Wanda a clinical trial using natural killer cells. READ AND WATCH MORE >>