New research at the University of Minnesota shows increased use of complementary and alternative medicine in U.S. adults with diabetes.
Community-University Health Care Center receives national award; only center of its kind in Minnesota to be recognized
The Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC) has received special funding from the National Association of Community Health Centers. CUHCC was the only federally-qualified health center in Minnesota to receive the award.
Collaboration between aerospace engineering and dentistry develops new dental devices for the elderly
Stephen Shuman is collaborating with local aerospace research company to create new dental devices to help the elderly maintain their oral health and function.
U start-up acquired by large pharmacy company, Genoa
Medication Management Systems, a U-based start-up, was recently acquired by Genoa, the nation’s leading telepsychiatry and behavioral health pharmacy company.
Medication Management Systems (MMS) was the first company to get its start from the University of Minnesota’s Venture Center, which launches businesses around ideas and technology that are the offspring of University of Minnesota research.
Research Snapshot: Genetic links to resilience in PTSD patients
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects roughly 20% of all veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The disorder’s unfortunate prominence among those who’ve served prompted Lisa James, Ph.D., and Apostolos Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., to investigate a genetic predisposition for PTSD. James and Georgopoulos are researchers at the Brain Sciences Center, an interdisciplinary center between the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Neuroscience and the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
