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January, 2020

The UND Department of Physical Therapy will host an Alumni & Friends Reception on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Denver, Colo. The event is being held in conjunction with the APTA Combined Sections Meeting at the Sheraton Denver (located at 1550 Court Place in Denver). The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Sheraton’s Denver […]

The UND Alumni Association & Foundation, in partnership with the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, is hosting an Alumni & Friends Social at Amore Uptown (601 W Lake St.) in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday, March 19. The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join Dean Joshua Wynne and Development Director […]

Thirty University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) students begin the clinical portion of their studies next week in an effort to earn their Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) degree. The White Coat Ceremony for these future physician assistants (PAs) will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, […]

In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical classes of 2022 and 2023 have recognized six faculty for Outstanding Block Instructor Awards in Block II and Block VI of the 2019-2020 academic year. The Class of 2022 (Year 2) Block VI awardees are the following individuals: Rhome […]

The Office of Research & Sponsored Program Development’s (RSPD) online proposal management system, developed by Novelution, is now live on campus. We are excited to be able to provide this opportunity to create efficiencies in the external funding proposal process on campus. This system enables a paperless proposal management and routing process with future communication […]

Service-Learning Day at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is an annual event designed to allow students the opportunity to reflect on a volunteer experience they engaged in and how that experience positively influenced the community in question. UND SMHS students will share their experience with others by designing a poster presentation […]

As we welcome the new academic year and many of our students back to campus next week, I hope that you will join me in also welcoming Minnie Faith Kalyanasundaram, M.D., to campus as a new associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and director of the Academic Success Program (ASP). Dr. […]

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences will participate in the 24-hour giving day dedicated to student scholarships known as Giving Hearts Day on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Dakota Medical Foundation will match up to $25,000 for every dollar SMHS faculty, staff, donors, and friends can pull in for a minimum of two $12,500 student […]

The annual UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Faculty Assembly has been set for 3 p.m. (central time) on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in the Charles H. Fee, M.D., Auditorium (E101) at the UND SMHS in Grand Forks. Please place this important meeting on your calendar. Dr. Joshua Wynne, UND’s vice president for […]

Thirty University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) students begin the clinical portion of their studies next week in an effort to earn their Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) degree. The White Coat Ceremony for these future physician assistants (PAs) will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, […]

The DaCCoTA Pilot Projects Program has released new RFAs for the following pilot grant awards: Feasibility Pilot Grants – These awards of up to $40,000 (direct + indirect costs) are intended to provide support to allow a clinician/non-clinician team to form around a novel cancer-related hypothesis. Applications can consider the multilevel manifestations of cancer (e.g. […]

Joseph Cox, Psy.D., LP, will present “Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Skills Development” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at UND’s Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Cox is a licensed psychologist, consultant for psychosocial rehabilitation to the North Dakota Department of Human Services Field Services division, and owner of […]

The Office of Education and Faculty Affairs and Education Resources invite you to attend an interactive faculty development session with (returning!) guest presenter Dr. Jason Waechter: “Diagnose the Diagnosis: Automating the Assessment of Student Diagnostic Reasoning.” Every health care educator knows that diagnostic reasoning is key to providing effective and safe patient care; yet, providing […]

As we welcome 2020 and look forward to the new year, we should pause for a moment to send our best wishes to Hunter Pinke, a UND student athlete on the football team who suffered a severe spinal injury while skiing in Colorado, and to remember two members of the extended UND family whom we […]

Md. Nurul Amin is a software developer for the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. In this position, he develops custom software applications and assists the Information Resources team meet the School’s needs. Amin received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Bangladesh), and […]