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.
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 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 open up new opportunities for neuroimaging in conditions such as stroke, cardiac arrest, and multiple sclerosis, and pave the way for democratization of MRI.
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 machine learning, the cutting-edge approach has the potential to revolutionize the transfusion process, making it safer and more precise for patients.
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 Fairview, and the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Divisions of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation and Gynecologic Oncology.
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, and sustainability pedagogy. Projects include partnerships between several University of Minnesota colleges and campuses, governmental agencies, tribal nations, nonprofits, and the private sector.
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.
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 organ transplantation. Their study demonstrates that rat kidneys cryopreserved for up to 100 days could be successfully transplanted and recover full function in a living animal.
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.
Urban streams often become increasingly polluted as municipalities expand around them. It can be challenging to quantify the benefits of improving their ecological health. A national team of researchers, including Melissa Kenney, PhD, and Hillary Waters, PhD, of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE), has developed a suite of tools to estimate the economic value of improving water quality in urban streams.