News & Publications
Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016
A robot originally built by University of Minnesota dentistry professor Ralph DeLong to test dental restoration materials is now being used by food companies to evaluate new versions of existing products. In response to consumer demand for healthier ingredients, many food items are being… Read more
Posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
New research led by Dr. Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello indicates a promising new therapy for babies born by c-section. Cesarean infants typically have less diverse microbiomes when compared to babies born vaginally, a factor associated with increased risk for immune and metabolic disorders… Read more
Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2016
The rapid spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus is the latest major challenge to global public health. While the outbreak is currently most serious in Brazil, causing thousands of birth defects, it has already arrived in the U.S. and is expected to continue its explosive growth. There is… Read more
Posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
The University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer Center has been elected to the Consortium, bringing the total number of member centers to twenty. Masonic Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and serves as the focal point for cancer research at… Read more
Posted: Friday, January 15, 2016
On today's Friday Roundtable, Minnesota Public Radio News host Kerri Miller asked three medical experts to share the big ideas they'll be focusing on in 2016. Consortium chair Susan M. Wolf was joined by Shaye Mandle, CEO of Medical Alley, and Dr. Joseph Leach of… Read more
Posted: Monday, January 11, 2016
Last week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) includes a paper from the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network that presents important new information on the interpretation of gene variants. Using a Big Data approach to electronic… Read more
Posted: Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Prof. Amy Kircher, DrPH, has been elected to the Consortium's Executive Committee for a 3-year renewable term. Kircher is director of Consortium member center the Food Protection and Defense Institute (previously the National Center for Food Protection and Defense),… Read more
Posted: Monday, January 4, 2016
An editorial by Vice President for Research Brian Herman in The Hill outlines positive news for research universities, including the University of Minnesota. The federal 2016 Omnibus Budget recently passed by Congress includes "meaningful increases for… Read more
Posted: Friday, January 1, 2016
As we move through the health insurance enrollment season, parsing terms like "coinsurance" and an alphabet soup of acronyms (FSA, HSA, HRA, HDHP) can present real obstacles to making informed decisions. An article from National Public Radio (NPR) provides some comfort for the bewildered… Read more
Posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2015
An article in Atlantic Monthly offers real-world examples of the ways incorrectly classified genetic variants can lead to wrong treatment decisions, and what's being done to address this problem. Heidi Rehm, PhD, describes a patient who terminated her pregnancy when informed her… Read more