Changes are underway to the financial mechanisms used on sponsored projects to obtain services from Fairview Health Services. Previously, services that involved Fairview personnel were obtained using a subaward agreement. During its review of all the existing subawards with Fairview, Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) determined that most of these activities did not meet the definition [...]

Not long ago, everybody in the science world thought Langerhans cells in the skin and lymph nodes helped the body’s immune system recognize threats. It turns out the opposite may be true—that they really suppress immune response. Daniel Kaplan is the dermatologist and M.D. who is uncloaking the little cells with the long name. To [...]

The Center for Health Equity in the Medical School has an external grant review program, available immediately, to support a select number of meritorious applications for external peer review prior to submission to a funding agency. This program is open to full-time U of M post-doctoral fellows, research associates, and faculty with an appointment at [...]

Research conducted by a team led by assistant professor Emily Baechler Gillespie at the University of Minnesota’s Medical School has spurred ongoing development of technology that could lead to a test that may help physicians better manage systemic lupus erythematosus, a painful and often debilitating disease. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily afflicts [...]