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Prof. Stephen Thomas, PhD, Director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland, spoke to CIDRAP News about efforts to increase COVID vaccination uptake in the African American community. Read the full article here. Dr.… Read more

Scientists at the University of Minnesota Genomics Center are analyzing wastewater samples in an effort to track the spread of COVID variants. This gives scientists and policy-makers another tool to track the spread COVID variants, in addition to clinical testing. The… Read more

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the Biden-Harris Administration COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, recently spoke to the New York Times about racial disparities in the health system, vaccine hesitancy, structural barriers to administering vaccines, and her role in the Biden-Harris… Read more

The March of Dimes recently announced Prof. Michael Georgieff as the recipient of the 2020 Agnes Higgins Award. This award is given for “distinguished achievement in research, education or clinical services in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.” Prof. Georgieff was recognized for his… Read more

The 2021 Research Ethics Day webinar will be held online by Zoom Wednesday, March 3 from 9:00am - 1:30pm Central. "Conducting Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethics in an Emergency" will feature national leaders including Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith of Yale Medical School, who is leading a White… Read more

The Institute on the Environment (IonE) is now accepting applications for its affiliates program. Applications for 2021, including letters of nomination, are due March 31, 2021. IonE currently offers four categories of affiliation: IonE Fellows have established a career related to environmental… Read more

In an article published in Minnesota Medicine, Professors Susan Wolf and Debra DeBruin describe the formation and work of the Minnesota COVID Ethics Collaborative (MCEC). MCEC includes over 70 multidisciplinary experts from across the state and is co-chaired by Profs. Wolf and… Read more

Helen Branswell, infectious diseases and global health reporter for STAT, shared her perspective on a year of reporting on Covid-19 in a recent interview. Ms. Branswell is a featured panelist for “Challenges in COVID Vaccine Allocation & Distribution,” the third webinar in the Consortium’s… Read more

The 2021 Climate Adaptation Conference will be held via Zoom on January 20 from 9:00am - 12:15pm. Cost is $30 or $15 for students. The conference will feature a keynote speech by Sam Grant, executive director of MN 350, the annual Climate Adaptation Awards ceremony, and a panel discussion… Read more

The Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute will present two webinars on Native American nutrition. “Indigenous Food-ways: Adapting to Change” will take place Tuesday, December 15 from 11:30am - 1:00pm. It will feature Chef Nephi Craig discussing how an expanded food vocabulary can be applied… Read more