Celebrating two decades of impact, the University of Minnesota’s Program in Health Disparities Research (PHDR) transformed community-engaged research from an overlooked initiative into a mainstream academic standard, redefining institutional excellence, trust, and research funding along the way.
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The center was established in 2021 as a developmental center in partnership with UTHealth Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
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Researchers affiliated with UTHealth Houston, competing under the team name Novamab AI, placed among the top five teams in the international AIntibody Challenge, a blinded, prospective benchmark published in Nature Biotechnology .
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Early Investment in an Emerging Scientist The Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) recently visited the Center for Genome Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney failure. Despite decades of research, treatment options for the disease remain limited, and many patients ultimately require dialysis or kidney transplantation.
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New research from UTHealth Houston found firefighters experience measurable biological changes in their blood and urine within 24 hours of fighting a fire–changes that may help identify early cancer risk, the leading cause of death among firefighters.
Medicine is learned not only in lecture halls and hospital wards, but also in the everyday conversations and interactions where clinicians build lasting relationships with patients over time. For Cynthia McNamara, MD , associate professor of medicine (general medicine) at Yale School of Medicine and a physician at VA Connecticut, those spaces have shaped her approach to ambulatory education, mento
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When Raghav Sehgal arrived at Yale as a graduate student several years ago, he wanted to explore the use of powerful computer science tools in cancer research. With an engineering background and a computational biology startup already under his belt, he was well prepared.
The first wave of blockbuster obesity medications, including semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Zepbound, Mounjaro), transformed weight loss by achieving levels once thought possible only with bariatric surgery.
Thomas Griffith, PhD, professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Urology and a member of the Center for Immunology and Cancer Immunology, has been awarded a $2.6 million renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue investigating how sepsis affects the immune system and increases patients' risk of future infections.
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Advances in medical imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) have revolutionized many aspects of medical practice in recent years. Quantitative measurements derived from medical images are increasingly being used to support diagnosis and clinical decision-making. Consequently, many new quantitative imaging tools, including those based on AI, are being developed. But evaluating the reliability of t
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UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health received an $8.5 million, five-year grant to strengthen education, research, and training for the next generation of professionals dedicated to protecting workers' health and safety.
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Every RNA virus — from stomach bugs and influenza to chickenpox and the common cold — has its own story to tell, with a unique combination of symptoms, rates of transmission, duration, and chemical blueprint.
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