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News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Archive for
August, 2019

ACP North Dakota chapter and NDMA to hold joint annual meeting

Categories: Events, Research

Mark your calendars: The American College of Physicians North Dakota Chapter and North Dakota Medical Association will hold a joint annual meeting at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in West Fargo, N.D., October 4, 2019. The annual poster competition associated with the meeting will be held at UND Medical Education Center in Fargo on Thursday, […]

Courtney Souvannasacd

Categories: Welcome

Courtney Davis Souvannasacd is an outreach coordinator with the National Resource Center on Native American Aging with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Among her responsibilities in this position, Courtney serves as a communications liaison between grant project leadership, researchers, funders, partners, and […]

NIH awards SMHS additional $10 million for epigenetics research

Categories: News, Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) a $10 million, five-year grant to expand the School’s epigenetics research program. This NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) grant, which will be delivered to UND in $2 million increments, builds on a similar grant the School […]

Ali Pervaiz presents Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Aug. 7

Categories: Education, Events

Ali Pervaiz, MD, will present “Mental Health and Chronic Pain Management” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Pervaiz is a fourth-year resident in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Jon Ulven, Ph.D., chair of Adult Psychology at Sanford Health, will serve as Dr. Pervaiz’s […]

Amy Breigenzer

Categories: Welcome

Amy Breigenzer is a project assistant with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Among her responsibilities in this position, Amy assists in the planning, implementation, and wrap-up of Dakota Conference, Scrubs Academy, and Scrubs Camps. Prior to becoming a project assistant at the […]