News & Publications

Triage
Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023
Pandemic triage plans that consider age, disability, comorbidities, and prolonged post-hospital survival when allocating scarce treatment resources may discriminate against minoritized racial and ethnic groups, older adults, and individuals with disabilities, according to a study published in the… Read more
Antiracism
Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2023
Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, is the lead author of a recent article in Pediatrics that reports on the results of an ethics conference workshop designed to identify and analyze policies, procedures, and practices in pediatric hospitals that contribute to structural racism. Using an antiracist framework,… Read more
Prof. Andrew Maynard
Posted: Thursday, August 3, 2023
Andrew Maynard, PhD, of Arizona State University’s (ASU) School for the Future of Innovation in Society, has teamed-up with ChatGPT to create an undergraduate course on ChatGPT Prompt Engineering (some of the course-related resources are available here).  Professor Maynard's innovative… Read more
MRI
Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Professor Francis Shen JD, PhD, co-authored a recent article in Nature Reviews Bioengineering reviewing the emergence and potential applications of portable low-field MRI technology. The article addresses translational, safety, and resource considerations. It also details how this technology may… Read more
Blood Transfusion
Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023
A groundbreaking new article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advocates for a paradigm shift in transfusion medicine through the integration of lab-on-a-chip technologies. By leveraging novel predictive markers of RBC quality identified through -omics and… Read more
Masonic Cancer Center
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2023
Patients with advanced cancer - many with few to no standard treatment options left - are able to access novel treatments by participating in early-phase clinical trials through the Developmental Therapeutics Initiative (DTI). DTI is a partnership between the Masonic Cancer Center, M Health… Read more
UMN Farm
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2023
Eight interdisciplinary projects that promote environmental sustainability received (collectively) $1.1M in funding from the Institute on the Environment's (IonE) 2023 Impact Goals grant program. Funded projects will focus on carbon neutrality, clean drinking water, healthy food systems, land use,… Read more
Shen
Posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Professor Francis Shen, JD, PhD, was presented the American Law Institute’s Early Career Scholars Medal at their 2023 annual meeting. The award “recognizes outstanding law professors whose work is relevant to public policy and has the potential to influence improvements in the law.”  Prof. Shen is… Read more
cryopreservation
Posted: Monday, June 26, 2023
A new study published in Nature Communications reports that University of Minnesota researchers in the Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-BioSM) are one step closer to developing long-term cryopreservation and storage techniques for… Read more
MRI
Posted: Monday, June 12, 2023
Researchers led by Michael Garwood, PhD, of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, have developed a prototype for a portable MRI scanner that could be used to serve rural and underserved populations. Human trials on the new device will begin this summer if safety standards are met. Garwood is… Read more