Print By Mayo Clinic Staff Request an appointment Diagnosis & treatment June 08, 2024 Print Related Associated Procedures X-ray News from Mayo Clinic Monitoring the H5N1 avian influenza, bird flu, outbreak May 22, 2024, 04:00 p.m. CDT What you need to know about the avian influenza outbreak April 12, 2023, 04:28 p.m. CDT Mayo Clinic monitoring rising avian influenza cases, preparing for potential human-to-human outbreak March 13, 2023, 03:15 p.m. CDT Bird flu (avian influenza)Symptoms&causesDiagnosis&treatment Research: It's all about patients Show transcript for video Research: It's all about patients [MUSIC PLAYING] Joseph Sirven, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic: Mayo's mission is about the patient. The patient comes first. So the mission and research here is to advance how we can best help the patient, how to make sure the patient comes first in care. So in many ways, it's a cycle. It can start with as simple as an idea worked on in a laboratory, brought to the patient bedside, and if everything goes right — and let's say it's helpful or beneficial — then brought on as a standard approach. And I think that is one of the unique characteristics of Mayo's approach to research — that patient-centeredness — that really helps to put it in its own spotlight. CON-20542348 Patient Care & Health Information Diseases & Conditions Bird flu (avian influenza)