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Top of Mind episode 2: Looking back on 2020 and forward to new initiatives

Top of Mind is a podcast series highlighting the issue of mental health at the University of Minnesota.

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Using analytics to attack addiction

Business students at the University of Minnesota take an unorthodox approach to uncover core issues in addiction.

A female physician and a female patient.

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A closer look at the gender pay gap for physicians

A study finds that female primary care physicians earn less revenue for their care, but spend more time with patients.

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Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants for 2021

Mayo and University teams will initiate the two-year projects aimed at improving the treatment of diseases that affect Minnesotans.

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Talking critically-needed blood donations with the U of M

U of M Medical School Professor Claudia Cohn explains why donating blood today is needed now more than ever and how choosing to give could equip those donors with new information about their exposure to COVID-19.

Pregnant Black women getting an ultrasound

Research Brief

Research Brief: How skin tone bias and age affect preterm birth rates of Black women

Jaime Slaughter-Acey, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at the School of Public Health, led the study.

Nursing wearing face shield helping young boy wearing mask in hospital bed

Research Brief

Study counts COVID-19 pediatric hospitalization cases to help states prepare for future

The study was led by SPH Ph.D. student Zachary Levin and published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Research Brief

Cannabidiol use during pregnancy affects the brain and behavior in adulthood

In the first study to examine the effects of maternal CBD exposure during pregnancy on adult offspring in mammals, U of M researchers found CBD use during pregnancy may affect mood and cognition in offspring long after the exposure has ceased.

Research Brief

Racial disparities in excess mortality in Minnesota in 2020 are worse than previously reported

The study was led by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts.

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Top of Mind episode 2: Looking back on 2020 and forward to new initiatives

Using analytics to attack addiction

A closer look at the gender pay gap for physicians

Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants for 2021

Talking critically-needed blood donations with the U of M

Research Brief: How skin tone bias and age affect preterm birth rates of Black women

Study counts COVID-19 pediatric hospitalization cases to help states prepare for future

Cannabidiol use during pregnancy affects the brain and behavior in adulthood

Racial disparities in excess mortality in Minnesota in 2020 are worse than previously reported

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