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New workgroup for UMN “All of Us” researchers
University of Minnesota researchers interested in conducting research that leverages data from the NIH’s All of Us Research Program are invited to attend a new workgroup.
New dataset for advancing health research that benefits underrepresented communities
University of Minnesota researchers have expanded access to health data from communities that have historically been underrepresented in research, thanks to a new research data warehouse from CTSI and the Community-University Health Care…
UMN researchers find use of metformin in adults with diabetes linked to lower risk of Long COVID
Steve Johnson, PhD, CTSI’s Scientific Director of Clinical Informatics and former KL2 scholar Carolyn Bramante, MD, MPH, are the PIs of a recent research paper that supports previous studies of metformin’s reducing the risk of Long COVID.…
Recording: How to leverage NIH’s All of Us precision medicine dataset
Earlier this month, CTSI held a webinar about how University of Minnesota researchers can use the groundbreaking national dataset available through the NIH All of Us Research Program. The recording and slides from the Zoom webinar, which…
Three Hennepin Healthcare projects awarded support to improve clinical care and policy
Three Hennepin Healthcare employees were awarded data analytics support for proposals designed to improve clinical care, workflows, or organizational policy.Projects are supported by CTSI through its hub partnership with Hennepin…
CTSI part of team studying follow-up of infants with CMV infections
Several CTSI colleagues are conducting a longitudinal congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) study on the heels of Minnesota becoming the first U.S. state to screen all newborns for the infection. The team recently received $1.51 million from…
CTSI awarded funding for Clinical Research 360 project
CTSI was recently awarded funding from the 2023 Research Infrastructure Investment Program. Funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), the program awards matched funding to projects that support transdisciplinary…
KL2 scholar finds association between diabetes medication and less severe cases of COVID-19
Published in PLOS ONE, a study led by the University of Minnesota Medical School studied adults with type 2 diabetes who were taking metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication. Researchers found an association with less severe…
Changing healthcare one neighbor at a time
The social determinants of health — the conditions in which a person lives, learns, works, and plays — account for 80 percent of health outcomes, but they’re almost never used in medical care.
Meet 10 UMN researchers who are accelerating discoveries toward better health
To celebrate CTSI’s 10th anniversary, we’re highlighting 10 researchers who are fulfilling our mission of accelerating discoveries toward better health.