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MLS Club hosts ‘Be the Match’ bone marrow drive on April 26

Categories: Events

Did you know that every three minutes, someone is diagnosed with some type of blood cancer? And did you know that you might help provide the cure to that cancer? In an effort to help identify more cures, the Medical Laboratory Science Club is hosting a “Be The Match” drive to recruit donors to join […]

MLS celebrates Medical Laboratory Professionals Week April 23-29

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The 48th annual Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW) will take place April 23-29, and the UND Department of Medical Laboratory Science is celebrating! MLPW provides an opportunity to celebrate the important role of medical laboratory professionals in healthcare, diagnostics, and patient advocacy. Please join the Department of Medical Laboratory Science in commemorating this special week […]

Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center to host second annual symposium April 20-21

Categories: Events, Research

The Indigenous Trauma and Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) will hold its second annual symposium on April 20 and 21, 2023, online and in-person at UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Conference events will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CST) each day. This year’s symposium is free for both in-person and online […]

Full slate of April events scheduled for INMED’s 50th anniversary

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In honor of its landmark 50th anniversary in 2023, the UND Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program is hosting a series of events this calendar year. April is an especially busy month, with events occurring in Grand Forks, N.D., and Minneapolis, Minn. Scheduling its local events around UND’s annual Time Out Wacipi Powwow on April 21-22, […]

Frank Low Research Day set for April 13

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The 43rd Annual Frank Low Research Day will be held in-person (SMHS second floor) and online on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Although the deadline for submitting abstracts has passed, all faculty, students, and staff in the basic sciences, health sciences, and all clinical departments are encouraged to attend! If you are able to serve as […]

Judges still needed for ND State Science and Engineering Fair on March 31

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UND will again host the North Dakota State Science and Engineering Fair (NDSSEF) on March 31, 2023, in the UND Memorial Union in Grand Forks. Medicine and health, microbiology, biochemistry, and life sciences are among the top categories typically represented in the student projects. Approximately 150 projects will be on display from students in grades […]

Public health writer visits UND for 54th Writers Conference

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It’s UND Writers Conference time! One of this year’s visiting authors is Alejandro Varela, an adjunct professor of public health turned fiction writer. Varela’s debut novel, The Town of Babylon (2022), follows Andrés, a public health professor who returns to his hometown and confronts a past he thought he’d left behind long ago. The novel […]

Java with Josh to be held virtually on March 21

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All faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us virtually for the next Java with Josh on Tuesday, March 21, with their own coffee, tea, or juice! SMHS Dean Dr. Joshua Wynne will answer your questions about SMHS operations, budgets, events, and more. Join us online at 8:30 a.m. on March 21 via Zoom […]

Call for Abstracts: Frank Low Research Day to be held April 13

Categories: Events, Research

Students, faculty, and staff in the basic sciences, health sciences, and all clinical departments are encouraged to participate in the 44th Annual Frank Low Research Day (FLRD), to be held Thursday, April 13, 2023, at the SMHS in Grand Forks. This year’s FLRD will be an in-person event, but will include an option for remote participation. […]

Save the date: 8th annual UND Epigenetics and Epigenomics Symposium set for May 18-19

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The 8th Annual University of North Dakota Epigenetics and Epigenomics Symposium will be held in-person May 18 and 19, 2023, at the UND Memorial Union in Grand Forks, N.D. Organizers are expecting participants, who will share their research on epigenetic mechanisms in health and disease, from around the Midwest United States. Activities include: presentations, poster […]

Judges needed for Northeast Regional Science Fair

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Judges are needed for the Northeast Region Science & Engineering Fair, to be held in the UND Memorial Union from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Event organizers are interested especially in graduate students, post-docs, and faculty from the STEM disciplines. Currently, approximately 50 projects from regional seventh- through-twelfth grade students […]

Wear Red Day is Friday, Feb. 3

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Friday, Feb. 3, is the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day for women’s heart health! The Alumni & Community Relations team at the SMHS would love to get a group photo, for social media use, of all students, staff, and faculty who would like to participate in raising awareness for women’s heart health by wearing red […]

Brynn Luger to discuss wellness among Indigenous counselors on Jan. 20

Categories: Events, Research

The Department of Indigenous Health is inviting everyone to a presentation by faculty candidate Dr. Brynn Luger on Friday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. The presentation will be streamed via Zoom at: https://und.zoom.us/j/98090165477. Dr. Luger’s presentation is entitled “Helping the Helpers: Examining the Health and Wellness of Native American Counselors.” Dr. Brynn Luger (Lakota Sioux) has […]