Gretchen Benson Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Gretchen Benson, RDN, CDCES

Program Director, Nolan Family Center for Cardiovascular Health & Penny Anderson Women’s Cardiovascular Center

Gretchen Benson oversees the center’s operational strategy including investigator-initiated research studies, professional and community education. As a dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist, she has research interests in nutrition, behaviors and population health. She currently serves on the American Diabetes Association’s professional practice committee tasked with updating the Standards of Care in Diabetes, as well as the MN Department of Health Statewide Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Committee.

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The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF) strives to create a world without heart and vascular disease. To achieve this bold vision, we are dedicated to improving the cardiovascular health of individuals and communities through innovative research and education.

Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we can continue this life-saving work. Please make a gift to support the area of greatest need.

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Please make a heartfelt gift of any size to support the research and education happening at MHIF! Thanks to a generous donor, all gifts through December 31st will be matched up to $40,000 – doubling your impact! When you give this year, you will offer solutions and hope to the people most important to us all – parents, grandparents, family members and friends.

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