Eating Disorders Institute (EDI) developed an intensive outpatient program in addition to its full-time and partial programs. Patients in the new program are treated three hours a day, three days a week. EDI was featured in a dedicated segment about eating disorders on the national PBS series NOVA.

Arneson-Methodist Library expanded online research capabilities with the addition of health care-related databases and publisher's Web sites, giving Park Nicollet staff access to the latest information in health care literature.

Through the AIDS Research Consortium, Twin Cities (ARCTiC), research addressed treatment of AIDS-associated wasting. Second year follow-up was completed for patients in an AIDS vaccine study for individuals at high risk of HIV infection.

A. Stuart Hanson, MD, president, received the 2000 Earl G. Young Physician of Excellence Award. The award is presented by Park Nicollet Foundation for clinical excellence, service to other physicians and community involvement. Hanson also received Park Nicollet's Community Service Award for leadership in the public health fight against tobacco.

Asthma and Allergy Research Center (AARC) is part of a new consortium of clinical research sites sponsored by the American Lung Association. AARC participated in the association's first clinical trial, "Study of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Asthmatics."

The Oncology Nursing Society/Schering Excellence in Cancer Nursing Research Award was presented to Laurie Ritz, RN, MSN, CS, AOCN, and members of Oncology Research staff for a Department of Defense study, "A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate Advanced Nursing Care for Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer."