Education
Stories originating from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and its five schools, as well as stories about students, interns, fellows, etc.
July 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Registration opens for Mayo Clinic Symposium on Regenerative Medicine & Surgery 2021
Register now to learn the latest advancements in regenerative medicine research, biotherapeutics and application to clinical care at the Mayo Clinic Symposium on Regenerative Medicine & Surgery. This year’s event will be held in person Nov. 4–7 at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, with options for viewing recorded presentations […]
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Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, Julie Allickson, Mayo Clinic Symposium on Regenerative Medicine & Surgery, Regenerative medicine education, Richard Hayden
June 1, 2021 · Leave a Comment
By Advancing the Science contributor 
When Essa Mohamed, Ph.D., heard Lewis Roberts, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Peter and Frances Georgeson Professor of Gastroenterology Cancer Research, speak about liver cancer and hepatitis in the Somali population at a community meeting in 2011, he wanted to work with him. Three of Dr. Mohamed’s grandparents […]
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Tags: cardiovascular medicine, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Essa Mohamed, gastroenterology, health disparities, Lewis Roberts, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, mentorship
April 21, 2021 · Leave a Comment
A new class of regenerative scientists
Mayo Clinic has achieved an important milestone in its mission to provide first-of-its-kind, rigorous education in the field of regenerative science and medicine. Five students have been selected as the inaugural scholars in the newly established Regenerative Sciences Track within the Ph.D. Program of the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Mayo Clinic’s Center […]
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Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, Isobel Scarisbrick, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, research education
April 18, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Experts propose shared decision making to decrease COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted more than a year, but hope is here in the form of multiple safe and effective vaccines authorized for emergency use. Millions are now being vaccinated, but as vaccine supply continues to increase throughout 2021, a hurdle health experts anticipate eventually is a lack of public demand. That is, how […]
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Tags: COVID-19, Gregory Poland, infectious disease, shared decision making, vaccine hesitancy, vaccines
March 18, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Advancing regenerative medicine through education
Education is a cornerstone of Mayo Clinic’s strategy to bring regenerative medicine to more patients. A workforce trained in the emerging field of regenerative sciences is integral to advancing this new era of health care into daily clinical practice. Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Medicine has invested years developing, refining, and disseminating the “Regenerative Medicine […]
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Tags: Center for Regenerative Medicine, David Soriano, Ewoma Ogbaudu, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, medical research education, regenerative sciences, research education, Saranya Wyles, Shannon Strader
March 15, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 3/15/2021
News stories this week about Mayo Clinic research and highlighting researchers cover several topics including research education, examining the retina to detect dementia, lumbar punctures and opioid management. Should medical schools require a standardized test for admission? The Pulse, 3/12/2021 … The MCAT may not be useful enough to justify keeping this barrier to medical […]
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Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Amy Oxentenko, cancer, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, clinical trials, COVID-19, David Knopman, dementia, Derek Johnson, diabetes, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System
January 29, 2021 · Leave a Comment
By Advancing the Science contributor
Are you a digital health innovator? Are you building sensors, wearables, or other digital health tools to be used in clinical trials to capture information about how patients feel, function, or survive? Join the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Yale University and Mayo Clinic CERSI and the Yale School of Medicine Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation […]
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Tags: artificial intelligence, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, digital health, FDA, health technology, medical innovation, patient reported outcomes, research, research education, Yale
December 7, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 12/7/2020
Lots of chatter last week on COVID-19 and the pending arrival of a vaccine(s). Our researchers and clinicians agree that vaccines are a useful part of our toolbox for fighting infectious disease, and have high hopes for effective reduction of the risks of COVID-19 through widespread vaccination. Other research that made the top of the […]
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Tags: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Alzheimer's disease, artificial intelligence, cancer, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, COVID-19, dementia, Erin Barreto, Gregory Poland, infectious disease, Kern Health Care Delivery Scholars
November 5, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Faced with a pandemic, undergraduate research programs innovate and evolve
This summer, COVID-19 nearly sidetracked research training plans for more than 200 students who had been accepted in to Mayo’s competitive undergraduate programs—Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) and Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP). However, instead of cancelling the programs, the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences decided to innovate instead—revamping the programs into a […]
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Tags: Amit Sood, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Chris Pierret, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, resiliency, stress management, Summer Foundations in Research, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Undergraduate Research Experience Program
October 23, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Examining and mitigating musculoskeletal strains experienced by medical professionals
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Nick Fetty, Iowa State University College of Engineering Surgeons and other medical professionals can develop musculoskeletal problems because of the excessive amount of time they spend on their feet and the awkward postures that they assume during their work tasks. Researchers in Iowa State University’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) aim to […]
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Tags: biomedical engineering, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, collaboration, ergonomics, health care systems engineering, Iowa State University, physician burnout, research education, surgery, Susan Hallbeck