HHRI researchers are here, there, and everywhere
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) investigators and staff connected with the community and shared their expertise at events and as guests on radio programs and podcasts throughout 2024. Here’s a compilation of some of those activities and interviews.
Dr. Rachel Nygaard was interviewed on the Tiny Matters podcast
December 11, 2024
Rachel Nygaard, PhD, an internationally renowned frostbite and burn researcher, is currently working on the Department of Defense (DoD) Frostbite Multicenter ObServational Trial (FROST) with Co-Investigator (CI) and clinical professor of surgery Lucy Wibbenmeyer, MD, from the University of Iowa. They recently spoke on the American Chemical Society (ACS) science-focused podcast, Tiny Matters, to discuss the ins and outs of frostbite and the first FDA-approved frostbite drug, Iloprost.
Dr. Casey Dorr was interviewed by the FDA
November 13, 2024
Federal Drug & Food Administration (FDA) Associate Commissioner for Minority Health and Director for the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) Cheryl Anne Boyce, PhD, interviewed Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) Investigator Casey Dorr, PhD, MS, for the FDA’s OMHHE Health Equity Lecture Series for National Native American Month on November 13, 2024.
During the webinar, they discussed Dr. Dorr’s research in pharmacogenomics and his ongoing work to improve representation among researchers, including Native American researchers and other underrepresented populations. Read more here.
Dr. Kerry Sheets talks about aging on Healthy Matters
October 27, 2024
Geriatrician Kerry Sheets, MD, recently joined David Hilden, MD, MPH, FACP, on Hennepin Healthcare's Healthy Matters to talk about what "healthy aging" means and caring for older adults. Listen to the podcast here.
HHRI at the Phyllis Wheatly Community Wellness Fair
September 7, 2024
HHRI’s Emergency Department investigators connected with the community regarding their research at the Phyllis Wheatley Community Wellness Fair on Saturday, September 7.
The fair took place in partnership with Hennepin Healthcare at the Phyllis Wheatley Community Center in Minneapolis. The Phyllis Wheatley Community Center is a legacy nonprofit organization that is celebrating its centennial year. The event focused on bringing awareness of health, wellness, education, and overall holistic well-being to our communities.
Dr. Elizabeth Bottorff featured on the Curecast podcast
August 2, 2024
Elizabeth Bottorff, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Minnesota, is currently conducting an add-on study to the Restorative Neurotrauma Lab's E-STAND trial. She recently spoke on the paralysis-focused podcast, Curecast, to discuss sexual function after a spinal cord injury.
HHCJ members, Jessica Jeruzal and Moncies Franco discuss social determinants of health at Leadership Twin Cities
May 2, 2024
On May 2, Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab (HHCJ) Lab Operations Director Jessica Jeruzal, MS, and Senior Community Engaged Research Coordinator Moncies Franco spoke about social determinants of health to 50 emerging and experienced leaders at the Minneapolis Regional Chamber’s Leadership Twin Cities program’s Healthy Communities Day.
All Things Brains
May 26, 2024
Vascular neurologist Behnam Sabayan, MD, PhD, was featured on Hennepin Healthcare’s Healthy Matters – with Dr. David Hilden podcast during Stroke Awareness Month to talk about brain health, strokes, and how to BE FAST to identify and respond to someone having a stroke. Tune in here.
Food is Medicine
May 9, 2024
Food can be medicine, but only if there’s equality in its access and distribution. Diana Cutts, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at Hennepin Healthcare, dived deeply into this topic as part of a recent panel discussion on Children’s Healthwatch’s first webinar of the 2024 Equity Series, Food is Medicine, Equity Considerations of this Healthcare Approach to Food Insecurity. Explore this concept of food as medicine more in depth.
Getting a Better Understanding of ALS
March 31, 2024
On this episode of Hennepin Healthcare’s Healthy Matters, Dr. David Hilden spoke with ALS expert and Chair of Neurology at Hennepin Healthcare, Samuel Maiser, MD, to delve deeper into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). You may know ALS from folks like Lou Gehrig and Stephen Hawking, but how much do you know beyond that? Dr. Maiser explains what it is, possible causes, how the illness progresses, what treatments are available, and what the experience is like for patients and caregivers living with this disease. Listen here.