Our Research Programs
MMRF operates as the research arm of the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), an acute care research and teaching hospital. Our researchers are practicing physicians and medical professionals. They use their impressive medical backgrounds to advance medical knowledge and improve the care their patients receive.
We are currently conducting research in many fields of medicine and healthcare, including:
- Addiction Medicine
- Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis
- Alternative Medicine
- Berman Center for Clinical Outcomes and Research
- Cancer
- Cardiac Biomarkers
- Children's Issues
- Chronic Disease
- Cognitive Issues in Aging / Geriatrics
- Diabetes & Obesity
- Emergency Medicine
- Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease
- Heart Disease and Heart Failure
- HIV/AIDS
- Huntington's Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Lupus
- Orthopaedics & Biomechanics
- Organ Transplantation
- Sleep Disorders
- Tobacco Treatment Research
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trauma & Burn
MMRF has undergone a rigorous process to earn accreditation from the leading, independent organizations that accredit institutions that conduct medical research trials on human subjects - the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP), and animal subjects - the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC). Earning accreditation from these organization is indicative of our committment to maintaining the highest level of ethical standards and practices in our medical research programs.
