HHRI News & Press Releases
ASPREE-XT (eXTension) study receives $42.3 million to determine longer-term effects of aspirin on health
The ASPREE-XT (eXTension)* study was recently awarded $42.3 million in funding from the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year grant enables researchers to study if there are possible long-term health benefits of being on low-dose aspirin. ASPREE-XT is led by the Berman Center…
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Study shows trust is an important attribute to clinician satisfaction; identifies characteristics associated with gender, organizational climate
There is a new emphasis on clinician trust in healthcare organizations, but little data about how to build trust and what favorable outcomes might result from doing so. In a prospective study of data collected as part of a randomized control trial, researchers used a previously validated measure to assess…
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CDRG Awarded United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Federal Contract
The Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG) of the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) has been selected to administer the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) federal contract. The USRDS is a national registry that collects, analyzes, and distributes information about chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States. In…
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ASPREE study – A Game Changer in Healthcare
The New England Journal of Medicine named the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study one of the 12 most notable articles in 2018 that had an impact on medicine. Led by Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute investigator Anne M. Murray, MD, MSc, in Minneapolis and John J. McNeil,…
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AAHRPP Awards Hennepin Healthcare Full Reaccreditation
On March 18, 2019 Hennepin Healthcare was notified by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) that it has been awarded full reaccreditation of its research program involving human participants for an additional five-year period. AAHRPP accreditation verifies that an organization follows rigorous standards for ethics,…
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Find a dream or a goal, work towards it and lean on your community to help you
Casey Dorr, PhD, is an investigator at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI), Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and now a student again, working on a Master’s degree in Biostatistics. A member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Dr. Dorr is featured in the February…
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University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare Medical experts restore movement and autonomic function in patients with complete paralysis
Study demonstrates spinal cord stimulation as a treatment for chronic spinal cord injury There are more than 290,000 people estimated to be living in the United States with a spinal cord injury. Previously, it has been shown that it is possible to restore some function to young and healthy patients…
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HHRI investigators’ article is Health Affairs editor’s top pick for 2018
Each year, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief shares his “top ten” articles that focus on unique data sets, under-reported issues or a particular creative way to examine an issue. A paper by Hennepin Healthcare physician-investigators Kate Vickery, MD, MSc; Tyler Winkelman, MD, MS; and colleagues was named the Editor-in-Chief’s top pick for 2018.…
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Dr. Fred Apple to lecture, conduct research in Spain
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) investigator Fred Apple, PhD, DABCC, has been invited to be a Visiting Professor and Lecturer at Sant Pau Hospital De La Santa Creu, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) for the first Trimester of 2019. His host will be Jordi Ordonez-Llanos, MD, PhD, Senior Consultant, Hospital…
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Study: Rise in meth and opioid use during pregnancy
Usage rates among moms-to-be have spiked in the past decade, with a disparate boost among pregnant women who live in rural counties. Amphetamine and opioid use in pregnancy increased substantially over the last decade in the United States, a new Michigan Medicine-led study finds. And a disproportionate rise occurred in…
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Dr. Marco Pravetoni discusses opioid vaccine research on MPR
An estimated 30,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S. in 2017. With so many people being affected what is being done to treat addiction? Marco Pravetoni, PhD, senior investigator at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute and associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota…
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Amphetamine-related hospitalizations surge between 2003 and 2015
An analysis conducted by Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota School of Public Health and University of Michigan researchers shows amphetamine-related hospitalizations increased more than 270 percent from 2008 to 2015, costing up to $2.17 billion per year. The study was recently published in JAMA Network Open. “It’s worrying,” said Associate Professor and co-author Nathan Shippee.…
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Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people
Large NIH-funded study examined outcomes in United States and Australia. In a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living (life free of dementia or persistent physical disability). Risk of…
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How is opioid use associated with health, other substance use, involvement in criminal justice system?
A public health approach to address the opioid epidemic in the United States needs to understand the populations of people affected, including their health, other substance use and any involvement they may have with the criminal justice system, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. This study…
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Study shows integrated care affects health care use among vulnerable adults
Two studies published this week in Medical Care Research & Review found that providing integrated medical care and social support services led to increased use of primary care among very low-income adults in Hennepin County, Minn., who were enrolled in a Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO) between 2012 and 2014.…
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