Minnesota Medical Foundation

Programs: The minnesota medical foundation (mmf) raises and manages private gifts that advance medical and public health research, education, and care at the university of minnesota. Research: during the reporting year, mmf disbursed more than $50 million to support critical research in areas that include cardiovascular and lung disease; diabetes; cancer; brain, nerve, and muscle disorders; childhood diseases; and public and community health. Such funding supports work conducted across the university's medical school, school of public health, and masonic cancer center. Of this $50 million, close to $4 million contributed to 110 chair and professorship funds in health-related areas. Funding for these prestigious positions helps the university attract and retain outstanding faculty in academic programs of the academic health center. Additionally, mmf awarded over $994,650 in seed money to 46 faculty members, enabling them to explore promising but early-stage research. Education: mmf's achievements in recruiting some of the world's top medical and public health researchers, clinicians, and practitioners have, in turn, attracted exceptional students. Mmf provides scholarships that enable students to afford the high price of a medical or public health education. During the reporting year, mmf awarded 704 scholarships that totaled more than $2. 2 million. Notably, nearly 70 percent of the university's health professional graduates choose to stay and practice in minnesota-boosting the state's medical workforce and its economy. Mmf manages funds that support academic programs, lectureships, and fellowships, which also contribute to the education of students , residents, fellows, and faculty. Care: with mmf support, the university of minnesota engages in innovative research, including translational studies that speed the transfer of discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside. As a result, university patients have access to the most current and promising medical care, including the latest in clinical breakthroughs. Capital: during the reporting year, mmf disbursed $6. 7 million for the construction of the university of minnesota amplatz children's hospital, which opened its doors on april 30, 2011. This state-of-the-art hospital features spacious, family-friendly private rooms; eco-sensitive design; smart in-room technology; a pediatric-only emergency department; minnesota's only children's dialysis center; and spaces dedicated to teaching. Besides offering programs and care in more than 50 specialty areas, this academic hospital couples basic science and translational research to radically improve care for critically ill children.

media and communications programs: through a wide range of print and electronic publications, social media, and its web site, the minnesota medical foundation shares important news and information with faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors, prospective donors, and other friends of the university of minnesota medical school, school of public health, masonic cancer center, and related programs.

alumni and donor relations: the minnesota medical foundation hosts medical alumni reunions and other alumni events, as well as programs that connect current medical students with alumni and mentors. The organization also hosts scholarship events that recognize donors and scholarship recipients from the university of minnesota medical school and school of public health.