Research, the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

Research at the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

The nation’s first Stem Cell Institute, the world-class Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, the Deborah E. Powell Center for Women’s Health, and a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute – University of Minnesota Medical School has significant strengths.

Areas of research excellence in adult and children’s health include:

• neuroscience, cognition, brain imaging, and neurodegenerative disease;
• infectious disease and immunology, HIV/AIDS, and emerging diseases;
• diabetes and the metabolic syndrome;
• cardiovascular and pulmonary research and care; and,
• cancer research, basic, translational, and clinical.

Long known for robust basic science research, the Medical School also is building its strength in translational and clinical research.

Medical School setting: The Medical School is part of the University’s Academic Health Center with five other health sciences colleges—pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, public health, and veterinary medicine. The AHC is one of the four most comprehensive academic medical centers in the nation. The University of Minnesota was founded to serve the well-being of the people of Minnesota. It now is a major research institution renowned for its engineering, business, health-care, and law programs.