Research

At the School of Public Health, we are tackling the world’s most critical public health problems. 

Our innovative research advances health for all communities as we uncover the root causes of health inequities and develop solutions to advance health for all populations.

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We work across disciplines and with governmental partners, communities, and peer institutions to make real and lasting change — from coordinating testing and new treatments for infectious diseases across the world, identifying hazardous environmental pollutants, to combatting the damaging effects of structural racism across areas of public health research, we are a force for positive change for all communities and are shaping how public health research is practiced and implemented.

Our SPH researchers receive more NIH funding than any other school of public health at a public university and SPH has the highest research funding per faculty member at the University of Minnesota.

Uncovering the origins of childhood cancer

SPH’s Tianzhong Yang seeks to uncover the genetic origins of hepatoblastoma by compiling and analyzing the world’s largest dataset for this type of cancer.

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$1.1M

Average faculty research award

2nd

highest level of NIH funding at the University of Minnesota

3rd

largest research portfolios at the University of Minnesota

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Compliance and Ethics

We are committed to protecting research participants, upholding ethical standards, and improving our practice at every step of our work.

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