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January 12, 2023

Studies show resiliency training may help kids’ well-being, decision-making skills, more

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

Mayo Clinic students and researchers are studying whether resiliency training can help children and adults live healthier, more productive lives.

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Tags: anxiety, Catherine (Kit) Knier, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Chris Pierret, depression, education, health equity, Lisa Schimmenti, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, medical research education, Medical Scientist Training Program, mental health


July 12, 2022

A 13-step plan to ‘change the face’ of academic medicine

By Caitlin Doran Caitlin Doran (@caityrosey)

Researchers have outlined a 13-step action plan for improving equity, inclusion and diversity in academic medicine. This action plan details strategic steps academic medical and research centers should take to “change the face” of medicine at the institutional level. The aim is to better recruit, support and retain diverse faculty, staff and trainees to reflect […]

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Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, diversity, equity and inclusion, health equity, medical research education


June 3, 2022

Mayo Clinic’s health care delivery scientific expertise exhibited at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

Mayo Clinic research will be on display at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 4 – 7, in Washington, D.C. For people attending the conference, you are invited to stop by the booth, staffed by the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. In the double […]

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Tags: Aaron Spaulding, AcademyHealth, Ahmed (Shafii) Mohamed, Alanna Chamberlain, artificial intelligence, Ben Pollock, Bridget Biggs, burnout, cardiovascular medicine, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, community engagement


May 3, 2022

Research News Roundup — April 2022

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

At Mayo Clinic, biomedical, clinical and health care delivery research are ongoing. The evidence gathered by Mayo researchers, and other scientists, is used to ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care and achieve the best possible outcomes. Advancing the Science’s Research News Roundup excerpts research-related news releases published in the last month. Read […]

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Tags: biomarkers, brain, cancer, cancer prevention, CAR-T cell therapy, Center for Individualized Medicine, clinical trials, colorectal cancer, dementia, diversity, health equity, kidney transplant


April 27, 2022

Equity, quality, and remote care focus of 19 newly funded delivery science research initiatives

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

Following an overwhelming response to its recent call for project proposals, the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery has announced the recipients of 19 awards. These innovative ideas represent collaborations from across Mayo Clinic and throughout Mayo Clinic Health System. They address address health equity […]

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Tags: Adam Milam, Ali Ainsworth, Asmaa Ferdjallah, Ben Brinkmann, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Christopher DeStephano, Cornelius Thiels, diversity, Doug Challener, Elizabeth Habermann, Eric Klee, health care value


April 5, 2022

Mayo Clinic at the Society of Behavioral Medicine #SBM2022 — the urgency of adaptation

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

The 43rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine is April 6-9, in Baltimore. With the meeting theme “The Urgency of Adaptation,” the 2022 conference seeks to showcase opportunities for behavioral medicine to increase its effect on the climate crisis, systemic racism, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Embedded in the clinical practice, […]

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Tags: Ahmed (Shafii) Mohamed, Amelia Barwise, Arizona State University, Bridget Biggs, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, clinical trials, community engagement, COVID-19, diabetes


March 22, 2022

Serving my community with an open heart

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

By Eula Saxon Dean, community leader working with Mayo Clinic in Arizona on the National Institutes of Health’s Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities Editor’s note: Mayo Clinic advances health equity by collaborating with communities in research that addresses their health concerns and aims to reduce health disparities. This article is the third in the […]

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Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, COVID-19, health equity, Raising Community Voices


February 25, 2022

NIMHD highlights Dr. Brewer’s cardiovascular health equity research

By Caitlin Doran Caitlin Doran (@caityrosey)

In honor of Black History Month, during February the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has published a series of “Conversations with Researchers Advancing Health Equity.” One of the researchers featured is LaPrincess Brewer, M.D., a Mayo Clinic preventive cardiologist and health equity researcher. Dr. Brewer is principal investigator of the NIMHD- […]

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Tags: cardiology, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, health equity, heart health, LaPrincess Brewer, medical research


February 3, 2022

Instead of health care, how about “well care”?

By Elizabeth Zimmermann Elizabeth Zimmermann (@elizabethzimmermann)

Recent Mayo Clinic research showed that it is possible to electronically connect community health and wellness program information with people’s medical records in a reliable and secure manner. The combined data can help patients and their doctors identify promising programs that may help patients reach their health and wellness goals. The linkage can also provide […]

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Tags: Aaron Leppin, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, community engagement, general internal medicine, health equity, learning health system, Paul Takahashi, population health, quality improvement, Rochester Epidemiology Project, Sarah Redmond


November 23, 2021

Clinical trials are a way of ‘paying it forward’ to your own community

By Advancing the Science contributor Advancing the Science contributor (@advancingthescience)

By Kathi Hansberry, Mayo Clinic Community Engagement in Research Advisory Board member Editor’s note: Mayo Clinic advances health equity by involving communities in research that addresses their health concerns and aims to reduce health disparities. This article is the second in the Raising Up Community Voices in Research series. This series is written by community […]

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Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Community Advisory Board, community engagement, health disparities, health equity, Kathi Hansberry, medical research, Raising Community Voices, transplant, Transplant Center


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