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Brian Schill

Jennifer Wolf is the financial aid advisor for the Office of Student Affairs & Admissions at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Originally from Grand Forks, Jenny graduated from the University of Minnesota – Crookston with a Bachelor of Science degree in applied studies and is currently pursuing a Master’s […]

Dr. Julie Smith-Yliniemi is the new director of community engagement & outreach for both the Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center and DaCCoTA Research Center CoBRE, housed in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Her home department is Indigenous Health. Julie will be collaborating with communities, academic institutions, and agency partners to focus on […]

Dave Relling, P.T., Ph.D., associate dean for health sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, has been named an Alumni Fellow from the College of Health and Human Sciences at Kansas State University. Dave received this award last week at a ceremony at Kansas State, where he completed his Master’s degree in […]

Big congratulations to Dr. Allison Kelliher, director of the University of North Dakota-based practice-based research network AICoRN, on winning a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Alumni Association! According to the UAF, the Distinguished Alumnus Award “is the association’s most prestigious award. It was first awarded in 1962 and continues to […]

Jinal Desai, M.D., will present the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, a presentation entitled “Alcohol and Suicide,” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Desai is a third-year resident in the SMHS Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Amber Dew, LAC, LMSW, LGSW, CCTP, a consult […]

The 2022 Staff Years of Service Recognition Luncheon and Awards Ceremony, honoring staff with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 continuous years of service to the University of North Dakota, will be held on Tuesday, May 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Large Ballroom. All are welcome […]

On a rainy April weekend in eastern North Dakota, UND’s Department of Emergency Medicine within UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) hosted its firstever Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) course for medical students at Turtle River State Park. From April 29 to May 1, Dr. Justin Reisenauer, Dr. Jon Solberg, and several faculty […]

In addition to the MD Commencement (to be held at UND’s Chester Fritz Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 7), the many health sciences and residency programs at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences are hosting graduation related events soon. Below is a partial list of events to note as of April […]

Thanks, again, to each of the student, faculty, and staff participants of last week’s virtual 42nd Frank Low Research Day. A number of poster awards have announced for projects displayed at the event. Congratulations to the following winners: Basic Sciences – Graduate Students Best Poster – Danielle Germundson (Clinical and Translational Science) – Danielle L. […]

UND’s Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) is celebrating the 47th annual Medical Laboratory Professionals Week April 25-30, 2022. Medical laboratory professionals perform, develop, evaluate, correlate, and assure accuracy and validity of laboratory information, which is utilized to help diagnose and treat patients in a variety of settings. The work of medical lab professionals is […]

Please join Education Resources for an SMHS Media Recording Studio Information Session to be held on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at noon (CST). This session will be streamed on Zoom and recorded for later viewing. Join via Zoom:  https://und.zoom.us/j/94931378045 The SMHS will soon have a recording studio for creating media for use in online/asynchronous instruction. […]

UND’s Department of Physical Therapy is seeking participants for a research study related to exercise following treatment for cancer. Potential participants are invited to be in this research study looking to determine the effect of physical therapy on fatigue, balance, depression, and overall quality of life for individuals with a history of cancer. The purpose […]

A new research proposal checklist was developed in Jan. 2022. But because even one small change to the budget tool affects the proposal packet, and thus the Novelution submission, please follow a best practice procedure up front. To help navigate the checklist, then, follow the procedure below, which should result in needing fewer changes in all areas of […]

David R. Wilson, Ph.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office (THRO), will serve as lead speaker for the University of North Dakota Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center’s (ITRRC) first annual symposium on Friday, April 22, 2022. “American Indians in North Dakota and throughout the region suffer from significant […]

As part of National Laboratory Professionals Week 2022 later in April, the UND Department of Medical Laboratory Science is hosting a 5K run/walk through the UND campus on Tuesday, April 26. Interested runners are asked to gather on the east patio outside the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences for the 4:30 p.m. start […]