News about the Medical School

Read recent news from the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Communications Contact: Laura Stroup, stro0481@umn.edu, (612) 624-5680

• Medical School Professor Janet Dubinsky Honored with Science Educator Award from the Society for Neuroscience
• Four Medical School Faculty Elected to Institute of Medicine
• Medical School Boasts New Chair of Urologic Surgery, Badrinath Konety
• Feelings of Hopelessness Linked to Stroke Risk in Healthy Women
• U of M Medical School Receives Grant from National Institutes of Health to Establish Center of Excellence in Minority Health
• U of M Researchers Find Childhood Cancer Risk Rises with Mother's Age
• U Center for Lung Science and Health Awarded $8.4 Million Grant to Study Deadly Lung Disease
• Health Food Supplement May Curb Compulsive Hair Pulling
• U Research Finds Treatment Significantly Slows the Progression of Eye Damage in Persons with Type 1 Diabetes
• U Research Finds that Teens Who Believe They'll Die Young are More Likely to Engage in Risky Behavior
• Dean Deborah E. Powell, M.D., to Serve in Leadership Role for Medical Education Curricular Change
• Minimally Invasive Stroke Treatment Produces Better Outcomes than Surgical Operation
• Mark Paller Will Serve as Executive Vice Dean of U of M Medical School
• Medical Student Named AMA Foundation Minority Scholar
• New Therapy Substitutes Missing Protein in Those with Muscular Dystrophy
• U Researcher Proves Potency of Tumor-Killing Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells
• U of M Study Shows Eating Burned Meat Increases Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
• U of M Researchers Discover Direct Link Between Smoking and Developing Lung Cancer in Humans
• U of M Professor Receives Master and Johnson Award for Lifetime Achievement
• U of M Study Finds More Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage, Highly Treatable Form of Breast Cancer Choosing to Have Both Breasts Removed
• New FDA-Approved Targeted Therapy for Advanced Kidney Cancer Tested in U of M Clinical Trials
• U of M Medical Students to Celebrate Match Day
• U.S. Cancer Screening Trial Shows No Mortality Benefit from Annual Prostate Cancer Screening
• U of M Ice Hockey Study Finds Player Contact Leading Cause of Injury Among NCAA Goaltenders
• U of M Cancer Researchers Discover 32 New Genes Linked to Colorectal and Liver Cancers
• Diabetes is Resolved in Over 78 Percent of Diabetic Patients Following Bariatric Surgery, U Meta-Analysis Finds
• U of M Professor Receives WCCO Radio Good Neighbor Award
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