The rate of maternal incarceration has nearly doubled over the last two decades, raising important questions. How are families bonding and being supported? Are mothers receiving proper care? Are babies born in these conditions getting the nutrition they need? Rebecca Shlafer, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, seeks to provide answers and spark the necessary change…

As a Choctaw tribal member, Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Ph.D., has devoted her career to giving back to the American Indian community. Each day, she looks at the health disparities that plague the population and works fervently to bridge the gaps.

After receiving her doctorate in counseling and training as an integrated primary care psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she put her efforts into full gear by founding and co-directing the College of Pharmacy’s Research for Indigenous Community Health Center on the University of Minnesota-Duluth campus…

Epilepsy is a complex condition that the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Ned Patterson, Ph.D., D.V.M., seeks to dissect and understand in canines in order to improve treatment for humans…

Have you ever had to resuscitate someone in cardiac arrest? Hopefully not, but if you have, Demetris Yannopoulos, M.D., probably had a say in what you did and how you did it…

Kyle Holmberg, a student within the School of Dentistry at the University of Minnesota, is among an elite group of medical, dental and veterinary scholars conducting research at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Washington, D.C. Due to his impressive work in the field of dental and cranial research, Holmberg is the first student to be featured as an AHC Gamechanger.

Understanding the drivers behind health disparities within minority communities is no easy endeavor, so the University of Minnesota looks to experts like Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H., to identify and dissect the numerous factors that go into creating these divides.