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Dr Allyson Hart

Dr. Allyson Hart, Leading the “Heart” of Ethical Research for Hennepin Healthcare

August 23, 2023

Allyson Hart, MD, MS, a Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) investigator and Hennepin Healthcare nephrologist, is surging through the summer in wonderful ways as she reaches the second year of her role as Chair of the Hennepin Healthcare Institutional Review Board (IRB). IRBs are committees charged by the federal government…

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Healthy Aging Through the Senior Years Study

Participants needed for study on reducing dementia risk and memory loss in the African American community

August 22, 2023

The Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute is currently conducting a study gathering needed information to learn how to prevent or reduce the risk and burden of dementia and memory loss in the African American community. Healthy Aging Through the Senior Years Study (HATS) is an opportunity for older African Americans in…

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Grant Awards – 1st Quarter Awards, 2023

June 27, 2023

Our Research Home » Newsroom » Grant Awards – 1st Quarter Awards, 2023 Apple, Fred – Analytical and Clinical Validation Study of the Mindray hs-cTnI Assay for the Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Myocardial Infarction, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd Darrow, David – Evaluation of Defibrillation Success of Defibrillators…

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Grant Awards – 2022

June 27, 2023

Our Research Home » Newsroom » Grant Awards – 2022 Alese, Olutayo – HHRI Minority and Women Post-doctoral Appointment Program, 3M Apple, Fred – Evaluation of Selected BD Vacutainer® Blood Collection Tubes for selected Special Chemistry Analytes and Cardiac Markers, Becton, Dickinson & Co. Apple, Fred – Access HIV Ag/Ab…

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Dr. Warren McKinney (left), Dr. Allyson Brotherson (middle) and Dr. Guillaume Onyeaghala (right)

You Have to C It 2 Dream It

June 9, 2023

Established in October 2021, C2DREAM is the Center for Chronic Disease Reduction and Equity Promotion Across Minnesota. It’s a collaboration between the University of Minnesota (U of M), Mayo Clinic, and Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI), which seeks to explore the effects of interpersonal and structural racism on cardiovascular health…

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American Indian Youth Summit

American Indian Youth with Stethoscopes Youth Summit – Shining a Light on Futures in Healthcare

June 7, 2023

Lab coats, stethoscopes and hungry young minds filled Hennepin Healthcare’s Clinic & Specialty Center on Saturday, April 15, for the American Indian Youth with Stethoscopes Youth Summit. The event was a day of listening to and learning from healthcare professionals, as well as entertainment from traditional dancers and drummers for…

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Dr. Burrack Lab Photo

Dr. Burrack Bound for Homeward Bound

April 24, 2023

Growing up, Kristina Burrack, PhD, was always on the move. She was fascinated by the outdoors, loved hands-on learning, and played college athletics. Dr. Burrack loved doing science labs and knew she wanted to be a biology major in college. While at St. Olaf College, she became passionate about immunology…

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Dr. Martha Nance

Huntington’s Disease Clinic Looks Back at Milestone in Clinical Research

April 6, 2023

From the Hennepin Healthcare Foundation — Hennepin Healthcare’s Huntington’s Disease Clinic has been at the forefront of clinical research and innovative treatment options. This March marked the 30-year anniversary of the discovery of the gene mutation that leads to Huntington’s Disease — an inherited disease causing the breakdown of nerve…

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Doxycycline

Doxycycline does not prevent STIs among cisgender women

February 20, 2023

Researchers from the University of Washington (UW), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), and Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) announced results at CROI from a clinical trial demonstrating that doxycycline taken after sex does not prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – chlamydia or gonorrhea – among cisgender women. The dPEP…

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Dr Cory Schaffhausen

Dr. Schaffhausen receives NIH R01 Award to study shared decision making for kidney transplant candidates

February 6, 2023

Hennepin Healthcare Investigator Cory Schaffhausen, PhD, has received a three-year Research Project Grant Program (R01) award of $815,173 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study shared decision making (SDM) for kidney transplant candidates to plan for an organ offer…

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Quit Smoking

Hennepin Healthcare investigators study game to help people quit smoking

February 6, 2023

Minneapolis, Minn. – Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute is testing an innovative way to help people quit smoking – by letting them bet on themselves and win real money. It’s part of a new game called QuitBet and it’s being funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant administered…

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People who experience homelessness face earlier and greater risk of death, report finds

January 26, 2023

Death rate among those experiencing homelessness is triple that of general population Governor’s historic housing stability package invests in solutions to support Minnesotans experiencing homelessness across the housing spectrum People who experience homelessness in Minnesota die at much higher rates than the general population, according to a new report produced…

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HHRI investigators highlighted by CTSI as UMN Mothers Leading Science

January 26, 2023

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) investigators Anne Frosch, MD, MPH, and Sandra Japuntich, PhD, LP, were featured in the University of Minnesota’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) news welcoming the fourth cohort of researcher-moms into Mothers Leading Science, a yearlong career development program for research-intensive faculty in the health sciences…

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Hennepin Healthcare asking for community input on local trauma research study for blood clotting agent

January 20, 2023

Excessive bleeding (bleeding out) is the most common cause of preventable death after someone experiences an injury. Researchers at Hennepin Healthcare are asking for the community’s input on whether they should participate in an international study to see if a blood clotting drug – given soon after arrival in the…

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Dr Gaylan Rockswold

Dr. Gaylan Rockswold recognized for outstanding contributions to clinical service and brain injury research

November 17, 2022

HHRI Researcher Gaylan Rockswold, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2022 Sheldon Berrol, MD, Clinical Service Award from the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). The award recognizes a clinician who, through a long service career, has made outstanding contributions to improving the quality of care, professional training, and…

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How a grant for minority and women researchers brought Dr. Tayo Alese to Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

November 16, 2022

Tayo Alese’s journey to Hennepin Healthcare took her from studying anatomy in Nigeria to researching preeclampsia in South Africa to a lab at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute in Minnesota –where she’s researching how tobacco use affects the healing of wounds. Earlier this year, Dr. Alese received Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute’s…

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access to healthcare

Incarceration of parent is associated with worse access to health care for millions of U.S. children, new study shows

November 15, 2022

According to a new study, children exposed to parental incarceration had worse access to primary care and more unmet dental and mental health care needs than their peers, even after accounting for income, insurance status, rurality, and other important factors. With the United States having the highest incarceration rate in…

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HHRI and HHS at Open Streets Minnehaha

October 20, 2022

Open Streets is a free, family-friendly event part of a global movement to make street places that put people first. On Saturday, October 1, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute and Hennepin Healthcare had the opportunity to participate in the Open Streets Minnehaha event. The event took place on Minnehaha Ave. in…

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Dr Anne Murray

Dr. Murray receives NIH R01 Award to study sex-specific risk factors and trajectories of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

October 3, 2022

HHRI Investigator Anne Murray, MD, MSc has received a Research Project Grant Program (R01) award of $4.1 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study sex-specific risk factors and trajectories of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Murray is a geriatrician, internist, and neuroepidemiologist in…

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Open Streets East Lake 2022

HHRI and HHS at Open Streets East Lake

August 25, 2022

Open Streets is a free, family-friendly event part of a global movement to make street places that put people first. On Saturday, August 13, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute and Hennepin Healthcare had the opportunity to participate in the Open Streets East Lake event. The event took place on East Lake St.…

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