April 28, 2021
“My story is kind of strange, and it’s not as clear as others,” says Anita Randolph.
Indeed.
Randolph, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, began with a fascination for exotic cats like cheetahs and tigers, which led to an interest in strokes in nonhuman animals, which led to neuroscience and a groundbreaking study of blood-brain barrier dysfunction after smoke inhalation injury.
And before she knew it, she had become fascinated with all aspects of neuroscience.
“It didn’t matter if I was working with Alzheimer’s disease or PTSD as long as I was in the field learning, I was totally happy,” Randolph says.
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Dr. Rahel Nardos is connecting the University of Minnesota with low-resource locations to improve healthcare access. (Courtesy photo)
Minnesota Monthly Magazine
What do Minnesota’s Indigenous, immigrant, African American, and refugee communities have in common with women in low-resource countries around the world? They’re all chronically underserved by healthcare providers. So says Rahel Nardos, MD, the new director of global women’s health at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility (CGHSR). And she aims to change that.
Nardos was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She came to the U.S. for college on a scholarship, then attended Yale Medical School, where she met her husband, Damien Fair, who was pursuing his PhD in neuroscience. They moved to Addis Ababa after completing their studies, where Nardos cared for women with obstetric fistulas, a devastating condition i
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ARLINGTON, VA, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ March of Dimes, the nation s leader in the fight for the health of all moms and babies, has named Dr. Michael Georgieff from the University of Minnesota as the winner of the 2020 Agnes Higgins Award for pivotal research linking iron deficiency early in life and long-term mental health. In particular, Dr. Georgieff s uncovered basic mechanisms by which iron deficiency in newborns affects the brain s development and can lead to lasting neurobehavioral challenges, such as poor attention and increased risk of anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. For 20 years, March of Dimes has recognized the achievements of more than 30 leaders in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition focused on research, education or clinical services through the Agnes Higgins Award.