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At the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI), we've been investigating the causes of and potential treatments for diseases since 1952. We support and oversee medical research at HCMC, Hennepin Healthcare's acute care and teaching hospital. Our research topics are diverse with a focus on four areas: Acute Care/Trauma, Addiction, Health Services and Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS). Innovative discoveries made at HHRI improve the lives of patients in our local community and across the globe.
HHRI Research Highlights
Celebrating 60 Years of the IRB Protecting Research Participants
For 60 years, the Hennepin Healthcare Institutional Review Board (IRB) has helped ensure research is conducted safely, ethically and with the rights and well-being of participants at the forefront. Since its beginnings in 1966 as the Research Advisory Committee, the IRB has provided independent oversight for studies that involve people, evolving alongside Hennepin Healthcare’s research…
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2026 So Far: Recognizing Excellence
AWARDS & HONORS Mark Linzer, MD, received the 2026 American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Camille Mermod Award for Exceptional Service Board-certified internist and Director of the Institute for Professional Worklife (IPW), Mark Linzer, MD, has received the 2026 American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Camille Mermod Award for Exceptional Service. The AMWA held an Awards Gala on March 28 in San Francisco,…
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Halfway Through 2026: A Look Back at HHRI’s Year So Far
If you can believe it, we’re already more than halfway through 2026! In case you missed it (ICYMI), here’s a curated round-up of some of HHRI’s biggest stories from the first half of the year. Cold Realities: How Science and Speed Save Lives in Frostbite Emergencies Living in Minnesota is not for the faint of…
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