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Research on the Duluth Campus

Understanding medical mysteries, creating new therapies and achieving cures, all begin with research. The University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth has unique opportunities to study issues affecting Minnesota and the world and its Duluth Medical Research Institute (DMRI) propels advances in health care by creating regional, national and international research collaboration that will accelerate advances in medical discoveries.

Areas of Research Emphasis within the DMRI

Cardiovascular Diseases
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, Department of Behavioral Science
Dr. Kent Froberg, Department of Anatomy, Microbiology, and Pathology
Dr. Jeffrey Gilbert, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Lois Heller, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Glenn Nordehn, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duluth
Dr. Joseph Prohaska, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Jean Regal, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. George Trachte, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Kendall Wallace, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Lorentz Wittmers, Jr., Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Cancer
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, Department of Behavioral Science
Dr. Benjamin Clarke, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Robert Cormier, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Jon Holy, Department of Anatomy, Microbiology, and Pathology
Dr. Terri Rose-Hellekant, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Patricia Scott, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Neuroscience
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, Department of Behavioral Science
Dr. Lester Drewes, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Janet Fitzakerley, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Goran Hellekant, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. Joseph Prohaska, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. George Trachte, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Rural and
 Minority Health Care
Dr. Joycelyn Dorscher, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duluth; Center of American Indian and Minority Health
Dr. Barbara Elliott, Department of Family Medicine
Dr. Benjamin Clarke, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Dr. James Boulger, Department of Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Gary L. Davis, Department of Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Jane Hovland, Department of Behavioral Sciences 

Environmental Medicine
Dr. Lester Drewes, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Joseph Prohaska, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Jean Regal, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. Kendall Wallace, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Other areas of interest include:
Dr. Arthur Aufderheide, Department of Anatomy, Microbiology, and Pathology (Paleopathology)
Dr. Richard Eisenberg, Department of Behavioral Sciences (Educational Research)
Dr. Richard Hoffman, Department of Behavioral Sciences (Neuropsychology)
Dr. Ruth Westra, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Duluth (Educational Research)



 
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