COVID-19: Stories, Insights, Expertise
Whether you're a community member, one of our alumni, or a University of Minnesota student, here you’ll find stories, insights, and expertise to support you during the COVID-19 crisis.
COVID-19 Updates
For the latest Covid-19 updates for students, faculty, and staff, visit our Safe Campus page.
COVID-19 Clinical Trials
Sign up and learn about trials of drugs for COVID-19 treatments by University of Minnesota physicians. Learn the facts about testing for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Donate to Covid-19 relief funds
The U of M has a number of ways you can contribute COVID-19 relief to our students and front-line medical personnel. Give.
University of Minnesota expands clinical investigation of engineered iPSC-derived natural killer cells, opening U.S. clinical trial for the treatment of COVID-19
Research Brief: New study explores how coronavirus travels indoors
Battling misinformation when health is at stake
Research Brief: Official estimates of public health spending are significantly overinflated
Minnesota pre-K, K-12 educators express concerns and hope about distance learning during COVID-19 in U of M survey
Talking the relation between climate change, COVID-19 and public health with U of M
COVID-19 Podcasts
Health in All Matters
Listen to episodes from the School of Public Health's weekly podcast series "COVID-19: When a pandemic sweeps the modern world."
Listen to the Podcasts
CIDRAP COVID-19 Podcast
From "How We Got Here" to "Smart Testing," listen to all of the timely podcasts from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
Listen to the PodcastsIn the News
Osterholm provides overview on COVID-19
Internationally recognized infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm appears on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and provides and overview of the looming COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the video.
University of Minnesota tackles COVID-19 pandemic
At the University of Minnesota, brilliant innovators are coming together in more than a dozen projects to help treat and slow the spread of COVID-19. Read the story.
Experts
U of M experts offer insights, expertise, and support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are just some of the faculty and staff involved in these efforts.
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Regents Professor, School of Public Health, Twin CitiesExpertise:Infectious diseases; the spread of diseases; vaccines; bioterrorism; influenza; global disease outbreaks.
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Associate Director for Knowledge Initiatives, Institute on the Environment, Twin CitiesExpertise:Conceptual modeling and decision structuring; indicators; systems analysis; multi-attribute methods; evaluation of decision support to address environmental policy decisions.
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Twin CitiesExpertise:National ventilator shortage; general population spread and epidemiology; impacts of a shelter in place order; cardiometabolic diseases, including diabetes, atherosclerotic vascular disease, and congestive heart failure; role of the human microbiome in diseases.
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Assistant Professor, Medical School, Twin CitiesExpertise:Creating a rapid field test for COVID-19; enabling testing without special lab equipment; gene and cellular therapy; utilizing a patient’s own cells for precision gene targeting; genome editing.
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Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, School of Dentistry, Twin CitiesExpertise:Safety of oral health providers and patients; mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and other viral infections during dental appointments.
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Professor, School of Public Health, Twin CitiesExpertise:Public health preparedness; farmer and farm worker safety; farmer mental health; zoonotic diseases.
Supporting You and Your Community
The U of M offers resources to support the well-being of individuals, families, and communities during this challenging time.
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Having a variety of meat cuts on hand is a convenience that can save your family money. To help you know what you’re getting when buying meat in bulk through a local farmer or butcher, U of M Extension's livestock team has created charts for beef, pork, and lamb.
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COVID-19 identification, virology, and transmission; keeping workers, families, and rural communities safe; what ag producers need to know; resources in English and Spanish.
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Health and well-being resources for health professionals, business leaders, students, and members of all communities.
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Dealing with stress; supporting food security; managing income loss; helping farmers; leading communities online.
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Kid-friendly activities, virtual WAM exhibit tours, livestream studio visits.
We are #UMNproud
Share your #UMNproud moments during this challenging time helps to remind us of the strength and resilience of the University of Minnesota community.
Educational Videos
Alternate Care Sites Introduction Video
A new way for local communities to provide care, in a non-hospital setting, for those who become ill during the COVID-19 pandemic. View flyer for staff and volunteers.
Earn CEU/CPH Recertification CreditDon’t Kid with Covid-19
How you can prevent the spread of COVID-19. Short videos from M Health Fairview.
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