News & Publications

Plans for a replacement pipeline called Enbridge Line 3 is roiling conversations across Northern Minnesota. According to an article in the Duluth News Tribune, the state's "Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has to weigh the adequacy and reliability of energy supplies,… Read more

Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD, has been appointed the next dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School pending Board of Regents approval. Prof. Tolar is an internationally recognized leader in regenerative medicine who has been with the University of Minnesota for 25 years. He is the Director of the… Read more

An article in Nature News and Comment discusses a growing interest in genetic research within the Navajo Nation. DNA studies were banned in 2002 because of concerns about the misuse of genetic materials. Now, tribal leaders "increasingly see genetic research as a tool to improve medical… Read more

Nature News and Comment​ has just published an article about an National Institutes of Health (NIH)​-funded study on gene expression that's intended to create "a 'Google Maps' of the body, according to Kristin Ardlie of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard​. The study, known as … Read more

Prof. Andres Perez, DVM, PhD, is the new director of the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS), an interdisciplinary team at the University of Minnesota. The Center is coordinated by the College of Veterinary Medicine, and is a Consortium member. Perez takes over for Dr.… Read more

This Friday, Oct. 13, Deborah Swackhamer, PhD (Professor Emerita, Humphrey School of Public Affairs and School of Public Health), will discuss the federal advisory committees mandated to oversee the quality and scope of the science used by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her… Read more

Prof. Francis Shen, a Consortium affiliate member, recently delivered a lecture entitled "The Neurolaw Revolution" at Harvard Law School. Prof. Shen is currently a Senior Fellow in the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law… Read more

A new article in Food Safety Magazine by a Senior Fellow at the Food Protection and Defense Institute (FPDI), a Consortium member, outlines a worrisome gap in protecting global food #supplychains. John T. Hoffman, a retired military officer, describes significant changes in the… Read more

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), a Consortium member, has launched a new web-based training tool for University of Minnesota clinical research professionals who work with human participants, and their supervisors. The Human Research Training website is a free… Read more

The Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing (CSH), a Consortium member, has been awarded the first phase of an $11.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study non-drug approaches to chronic low back pain, which could lead to reduced opioid… Read more