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PLOS Digital Health paper
Posted: June 9, 2025
In a new publication in PLOS Digital Health, experts in bioethics and law call for immediate standardization of methods for collection of race and ethnicity data, and for developers to warranty race and ethnicity data quality in medical AI systems. The research synthesizes concerns about why… Read more
Susan Wolf delivers commencement address
Posted: June 3, 2025
On May 19, Regents Professor Susan M. Wolf delivered the keynote address at the 51st convocation of Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine in New York. Addressing the graduating medical school class, she cautioned that they were entering the profession of medicine at a challenging… Read more
Francis Shen, J. Thomas Vaughan, Matthew Rosen and Mubaraq Yakubu participated in the ISMRM panel discussion.
Posted: May 27, 2025
Consortium Co-Chair Francis Shen, JD, PhD, co-organized a panel on Deploying Portable & Accessible MRI in New Communities: Strategies for Anticipating & Addressing Ethical & Legal Challenges at the 2025 annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (… Read more
Francis Shen, Olivia Matshabane, and Judy Illes at the INS Annual Meeting.
Posted: May 23, 2025
At the 2025 annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS), Consortium Co-Chair Francis Shen, JD, PhD led a panel on The Dawn of Highly Portable AI-Enabled MRI Research in the Community: Proactively Addressing ELSI Challenges. Also participating in the session were neuroethics and… Read more
Attendees at the first Power Over Cancer gathering
Posted: May 13, 2025
The Masonic Cancer Center (MCC), a Consortium Member Center, has announced a new partnership designed to improve the health outcomes of Black men. Together with Positive Image, a nonprofit providing education and expanded healthcare access to Black communities, MCC is delivering a… Read more
Toddler interacts with a caregiver as they play with colorful shapes
Posted: May 13, 2025
Researchers with the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB), a Consortium Member Center, are offering new insight into a relatively common brain malformation in children. A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics, “Adaptive Functioning Development in Infants with… Read more
Vaccine vials with syringe.
Posted: May 8, 2025
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), a Consortium Member Center, has launched the Vaccine Integrity Project, an effort to safeguard vaccine use throughout the nation. Eight leading public health and public policy experts, including CIDRAP Director … Read more
NetEthics logo
Posted: April 28, 2025
Scientific research increasingly involves large research networks crossing multiple institutions and disciplines. The authors of a new article find that research ethics has not adequately addressed the challenges of network research. They conducted interviews of scientists and engineers within such… Read more
BioTechnology Institute display at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Posted: April 15, 2025
As part of the annual U of M Day at the Minnesota State Capitol in February, the BioTechnology Institute (BTI) along with the Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation Center (BBIC) presented on research to support legislative requests. BTI Director Claudia Schmidt-Dannert,… Read more
Black man grilling steaks on a patio.
Posted: April 11, 2025
What can a man’s hair follicles reveal about their risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer? Researchers at the Masonic Cancer Center (MCC), a Consortium Member Center, say plenty. According to a recent study, led by MCC Researcher Robert Turesky, PhD, men who eat… Read more