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Blood cancer specialist Sikander Ailawadhi, M.D., was working in a county hospital in California several years ago when he became aware of a trend in[...]

By Sumedha G. Penheiter • May 1, 2018

The April Native American Interest Group presentation, sponsored by Mayo Clinic's Native American Research Outreach program, will be held Tuesday, April 10, from noon to[...]

By Silvana De Lorenzo • April 9, 2018

Most patients comfortable with sexual orientation and gender identity questions, research finds ROCHESTER, Minn. — New Mayo Clinic research suggests up to 97 percent of[...]

By Silvana De Lorenzo • April 9, 2018

OHDR-Funded Fellow Is 2018 AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Narjust Duma, MD, a clinical fellow in Hematology/Oncology, has received the 2018 AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer[...]

By Silvana De Lorenzo • April 9, 2018

Familiar Faces at Latino Cancer Conference Latinos will face a 142% rise in cancer in coming years. The inaugural Advancing the Science of Cancer in[...]

By Silvana De Lorenzo • April 9, 2018

OHDR—Arizona Invests in Local and Global Outreach, Serving Those Most in Need Mayo Clinic, through OHDR-Arizona, sponsored the 8th Annual Hope Breakfast for the international[...]

By Silvana De Lorenzo • April 9, 2018

In October 2017, the Mayo Clinic Office of Health Disparities Research's Native American Research Outreach (NARO) program hosted a conference entitled “A Path toward Better Health among[...]

By Sumedha G. Penheiter • March 9, 2018

To address inequities for patients with disabilities, research led by Mayo Clinic has established six essential questions for health care organizations to ask at the[...]

By Sumedha G. Penheiter • March 1, 2018

While it is known that Alzheimer’s is a disease of aging, there are other factors that increase our risk for this condition. As the prevalence of[...]

By Sumedha G. Penheiter • February 19, 2018

The Office of Health Disparities Research (OHDR) has awarded funding for three 2018 Pilot Projects that align with OHDR’s two-fold mission of advancing health disparities[...]

By Sumedha G. Penheiter • October 30, 2017