Cancer, obesity, and heart disease have become all too common in the United States.
Through research and education, experts at the University of Minnesota are working to stop those and other serious medical conditions before they start.
University researchers have led the way in preventing disease for decades, changing the lifestyles of millions. In the 1950s, Ancel Keys established the link between fatty diets, cholesterol, and heart disease. Scientists here have been studying the connections between smoking, diet, and cardiovascular disease since the 1970s. Today, a team of researchers at the University's Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center continues to search for innovative, effective ways to help people quit smoking, including a vaccine that blocks nicotine from getting to the brain.
And to combat an increasingly common and preventable killer, the School of Public Health launched the Center for Obesity Prevention in 2004, a multidisciplinary enterprise that will help experts better understand obesity and respond to this rapidly growing health crisis.
Gift Opportunities
Ways your gift can contribute to disease prevention efforts at the University of Minnesota include:
- Supporting research and implementation of new disease prevention programs
- Helping experts reduce tobacco use by young people through research and policy promotion
- Providing scholarships to future health professionals that will bring nutrition information and disease prevention programs to new schools and communities
Every gift can help University of Minnesota researchers work to stop cancer, obesity, and heart disease before they start. Make your gift online now.