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"In Minnesota alone, there were more than 32,000 alleged victims who had at least one reported instance of child abuse." Learn how to identify and respond to all types of child and family maltreatment at next week's Child Abuse Summit - visit z.umn.edu/ChildAbuseSummit for more information.

https://www.med.umn.edu/news-events/umn-serves-valuable-resource-minnesota-families-affected-child-abuse-and-neglect

UMN Serves as A Valuable Resource for Minnesota Families Affected by Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse is a public health issue affecting children, families, and communities. In 2017, more than 674,000 children were victims of child maltreatment, and 1,700 children died from child abuse nationwide. In Minnesota alone, there were more than 32,000 alleged victims who had at least one report...

Learn more from Dr. Kaz Nelson on April 26th at the Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Conference! Register today at z.umn.edu/Integrated

https://www.med.umn.edu/news-events/kaz-nelson-md

Dr. Kaz Nelson Aims to Improve Medical Education “My mom is an educational administrator; but I went into medicine to do something completely different. It’s kind of funny that in the end I’ve come back around and now I’m an education administrator in medicine,” says Kaz Nelson, MD. Finding intrigue at the people in the front of the clas...

Get to the heart of it - mark your calendars for this year's Lillhei Symposium: Progress in Cardiovascular Care. Learn more at z.umn.edu/Lillehei

Don't miss a beat - register for Cardiac Arrhythmias at
z.umn.edu/CardiacArrhythmias

"I'm feeling so much better than I had for such a long time." Listen to Joanne's story, and then join us January 25th at the Advanced Heart Failure Shared Care Symposium to learn from Dr. Rebecca Cogswell and her team as they discuss the latest in the advanced heart failure field. Visit z.umn.edu/HeartFailure for additional information.

Joanne's Heart Failure Story Diagnosed with advanced heart failure, Joanne was referred by Fairview Health Services to University of Minnesota Health Cardiologist Rebecca Cogswell, MD. J...

Don’t miss this fall’s Refugee Adolescent and Women’s Health Regional Training Meeting, to be held Friday, September 21st in Bloomington, MN! Attendees will learn about upcoming CDC screening guidelines and discuss effective approaches and interventions when working with refugees to maintain good health, and they will also have the opportunity to develop a network of colleagues who will be able to work together to address the particular needs of this population. Visit z.umn.edu/RefugeeWomensHealth for more information.

Don’t miss the Lewis W. Wannamaker Memorial Lecture at this year’s Topics and Advances in Pediatrics conference, Communicating Science to the Public: The Vaccine-Autism Controversy, by Dr. Paul A. Offit! Topics and Advances in Pediatrics is presented by the UMN Dept. of Pediatrics and the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. Learn more at z.umn.edu/TopicsPeds

Early registration rates for Topics and Advances in Pediatrics extended through April 10th! Join us to learn the latest on the key pediatric issues that practitioners face today; register at z.umn.edu/TopicsPeds

Join our team as an Education Coordinator! Learn more and apply at z.umn.edu/CPDCoordinator

Primary care providers! Interested in learning more about insomnia? Listen to Dr. Michael Howell here on MPR & then join us March 24th @ Annual Updates in Neurosciences for Primary Care: http://bit.ly/2A29hCG

The connection between sleep and mental health Those who suffer from insomnia might consider talking to a mental health professional, and those with anxiety should evaluate how well they're sleeping.

Start your week on a positive note and check out the powerful story of Emson, recent heart transplant recipient at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Also keep an eye out for our very own ECMO Symposium course director, Dr. Ranjit John. So proud to be part of this life changing work!

University of Minnesota Health celebrates its 900th heart transplant