HHRI News & Press Releases
HHRI’s own Moncies Franco, Sr., featured on MPR News
On voting day, November 7, 2023, Moncies Franco, Sr., from Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute’s (HHRI) Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice (HHCJ) Lab, was featured in a story on MPR News. The story highlighted his first vote since the passage of Minnesota’s Restore the Vote law in June 2023. Prior to…
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Black Youth with Stethoscopes Youth Summit – Lifting Them to Their Peaks in Healthcare Careers
An uplifting dose excitement could be felt as 70 Twin Cities Black youth strolled down the halls of Hennepin Healthcare’s Clinic & Specialty Center. Their curiosity and hungry minds were also in full force November 4 at the Black Youth with Stethoscopes Youth Summit. The latest Hennepin Healthcare Talent Garden…
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Researchers adapt health system COVID-19 collaboration to track near-real-time trends in visits for substance use
Detailed, timely data will inform equity-driven approaches to the drug overdose epidemic In a study released this week, researchers at Hennepin Healthcare and other Minnesota health systems describe how a COVID-19 collaboration across Minnesota health systems was adapted to monitor near-real-time trends in substance use–related hospital and emergency department (ED)…
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