News & Publications

Prof. Stacy A. Kahn, MD, (University of Chicago School of Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital) recently delivered a lecture on Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT): Ethical Challenges and Regulatory Hurdles. Dr. Kahn, a pediatrician, discussed the real-world challenges faced by clinicians… Read more

New research by Judy Jou, PhD candidate in the School of Public Health and Pamela Jo Johnson, MPH, PhD, of Consortium member the Center for Spirituality and Healing, shows that 40% of patients using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) don't disclose it to their doctors.… Read more

Each year, the Consortium funds research projects related to the intersections of science and society. In November, 2015, we issued a call for proposals to graduate and professional students at the University of Minnesota, to provide a stipend for research and writing in the Summer 2016 or… Read more

The latest issue of the Minnesota Law Review features an article growing out of work by Legal Project Assistant Emily Scholtes on the Consortium's NIH-funded grant, Disclosing Genomic Incidental Findings in a Cancer Biobank. The article is entitled "Incorporating Cost into the Return of… Read more

On February 17, Alexander Khoruts, MD, of the University of Minnesota's Microbiota Therapeutics Program delivered the first lecture in the three-part Consortium-sponsored microbiome series. Video of that event – including commentary by Dan Knights, PhD, of the BioTechnology… Read more

At a Consortium-hosted lecture today, pediatrician Stacy Kahn (University of Chicago) spoke about the challenges of helping patients make the right decisions about Fecal Microbiome Transplantation (FMT). The therapy, while proven effective in the treatment of recurrent … Read more

Healthy Fish Choices, an EPA-funded online course, offers training for health care providers and public health workers who want to spread the word about the safest way to consume fish in the face of concerns about the environmental health impacts of toxic chemicals. The research-based… Read more

In today's issue of Nature Microbiology, University of Minnesota professors Michael J. Sadowsky, PhD, and Alexander Khoruts, MD, warn against the spread of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) into clinical or domestic settings that may not allow for the proper administration of the therapy… Read more

At a Precision Medicine Initiative Summit held at the White House yesterday, President Barack Obama reflected on progress made since he announced the effort in January, 2015, and proposed a series of measures to accelerate related medical advances. In his remarks, the President raised the… Read more

CBC News reports that new research has identified a key mechanism of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Dr. Apostolos Georgopoulos, who is on the faculty of Consortium member the Center for Cognitive Sciences, also leads the Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA.… Read more