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Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) worked with 22 other health, science, and policy experts to author a major report detailing how the U.S. can control COVID transmission and severity, prepare for new variants, and create a new normal.… Read more

Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives will present its fifth annual Native American Nutrition Conference on May 23 - 25 at Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake, Minnesota. "Decolonizing and Indigenizing our Diets for Health" will feature sessions on healing from trauma, practical knowledge for traditional diets… Read more

The Presidents of the National Academies of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine have urged the Biden-Harris administration to create a new presidential bioethics commission. Their letter to Dr. Alondra Nelson, Interim Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP… Read more

Dr. Consuelo Hopkins Wilkins and co-authors recently published a paper that details goals and recommended strategies for achieving diversity, equity and inclusion in clinical research (Boulware, L. et al. Combating Structural Inequities — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Clinical and… Read more

Consortium Chair Susan Wolf was quoted in the New York Times on whether biobanks should offer information about genetic risks to individuals participating in a biobank. Biobanks are large-scale collections of medical records, biospecimens, and DNA that researchers can use to study the health impact… Read more

Profs. Susan M. Wolf and James G. Hodge, Jr., are publishing an important new article on “Designing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Colleges and Universities: A Roadmap to the 10 Key Questions” in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences. With the Omicron variant now… Read more

Researchers from the Food Protection and Defense Institute (FPDI) are working with food producers to protect vulnerable software systems against cybersecurity threats. While many people are familiar with cyberattacks that focus on stealing data or intellectual property, cyberattacks on food… Read more

Representatives from the Institute on the Environment (IonE), including Prof. Cathy Jordan, Director of Leadership and Education, and Beth Mercer-Taylor, Co-Program Director of Sustainability Education, were among a delegation of 29 University of Minnesota staff, students, and… Read more

The Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB) opened the doors of its new facility on November 1, 2021. The new facility is located on a 10.2 acre property that features event and conference spaces, accessible playgrounds, and walking trails, all of which supplement its cutting-edge brain… Read more

Researchers at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB) have received a $600,000 award from the Health Resources and Services Administration for a 3-year project to improve access to diagnostic evaluation for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Families in rural and … Read more