A number of community showcases across North Dakota are scheduled this Spring for anyone interested in pursuing health careers in rural or semi-rural facilities. Sponsored by UND’s Center for Rural Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, and Area Health Education Center Program, the events offer the opportunity for futureRead More
Tyler Van De Voort, M.D., a PGY-III resident in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk titled “Guns in America: The Surgeon’s Perspective” at Sanford Medical Center – Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. Everyone is welcome to attend. TheRead More
Jim Porter, Ph.D., associate professor in UND’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been named associate dean for Student Affairs & Admissions at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). A 21-year veteran of the SMHS, Dr. Porter is filling the role previously held by Joycelyn Dorscher, M.D., whoRead More
TEDMED Live 2020, a collection of biomedical and health-focused TED talks, will be streamed live into the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 2-4, 2020. The event will be held in Room E418 of the Northeast campus building in Grand Forks, inRead More
This past Monday was the fourth annual National Women Physicians Day. My wife Susan and many of her colleagues attended a conference that evening to honor women in medicine. The day celebrates the birth of Dr. Elisabeth Blackwell, the first female medical doctor in the United States, who was bornRead More
The SMHS Education Resources team is proud to announce its first Educator-Scholar Session of 2020. From 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 4, Dr. Steven Westereng, assistant professor and chair of the SMHS Department of Sports Medicine, will present “Effective Preceptors: An Interdisciplinary Perspective from Students” in Room W203 ofRead More
Join us for the next Evidence-Based Teaching Session, “Badging as a Means of Promoting Competencies in Health Care Education,” to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at noon in Room W201 of the SMHS Northeast Campus (and both streamed live and recorded for later viewing). How do we go aboutRead More
Joclyn Seiler, M.D., a PGY-II resident in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk entitled “Ob/gyn surgery for the general surgeon” at Sanford Medical Center Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 14. Everyone is welcome to attend. The objectives of Dr.Read More
Congratulations to Department of Biomedical Sciences Associate Professor and Director of the SMHS Mass Spectrometry Core Mikhail Golovko, Ph.D. A paper he helped produce was included in the Feb. 2020 APSselect, a prestigious essay collection from the American Physiology Society (APS) showcasing some of the best new articles in physiologicalRead More