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Spring 2024 issue of North Dakota Medicine available now!

Categories: News

The Spring 2024 issue of North Dakota Medicine magazine is now available in both online and paper formats. This issue’s feature stories include: The art of medicine– North Dakota’s only medical school explores how and where to embed more arts and humanities education into its medical curriculum. The accidental advocate– SMHS grad Melissa Henke discusses her unexpected […]

The art of medicine

Categories: News

North Dakota’s only medical school explores how and where to embed more arts and humanities education into its medical curriculum In 2020, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published “The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education,” a report that reiterated the organization’s belief that “integration of the arts and humanities […]

The providers behind the providers

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UND’s Medical Laboratory Science program celebrates 75 years of behind-the-scenes diagnoses In honor of the 75th birthday of UND’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program, North Dakota Medicine is running two stories in 2024 that describe the origins and evolution of the often “hidden” practitioners who provide an invaluable service to hospitals, clinics, and public health […]

Bringing it all back home

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UND’s first MD graduate Dr. Robert Arusell on medical education, oncology, and establishing an annuity to support the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences “Well, I was the first graduate simply due to my last name,” laughed Dr. Robert Arusell, the inaugural graduate (MD ’76) of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences […]

Building bridges for the benefit of North Dakotans

Categories: News, Public Health

The Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health brings public health and medical providers together Where can you learn about: mind-body practices for healthcare providers, building a rural cancer program, Alzheimer’s disease as a public health crisis, health policy, and eliminating hepatitis in North Dakota—all while networking with various health professionals from across the state? […]

The accidental advocate

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SMHS grad Melissa Henke discusses her unexpected path toward addiction medicine and helping usher North Dakota through the nation’s ‘addiction crisis’ In 1999, Dr. Melissa Henke was in her second year of medical school at the University of North Dakota (UND). That same year, 12 overdose deaths in North Dakota were reported. Back then, training […]

Searching for Bigfoot in Traill County

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The Traill District Health Unit provides adventure through a new outdoor wellness program America’s national parks offer some of the most breathtaking, remote, and sometimes alien landscapes in the world. Yellowstone National Park, for example, is famous for its geysers and geothermal attractions. Perhaps a little closer to home, Theodore Roosevelt National Park presents picturesque […]

Dardi Olson

Categories: Welcome

Dardi Olson is the new administrative secretary for Dr. Susan Zelewski, focusing especially on Dr. Zelewski’s role as associate dean of clinical medical education and working primarily with affiliation agreements for the School’s M.D. program. Dardi grew up near Bemidji, Minn., surrounded by lakes, trees, and hills, but wound up living most of her life […]

Victoria Haynes to host lunchtime Dean’s Hour presentation on the social determinants of health April 18

Categories: Events

The SMHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office is sponsoring a Dean’s Hour event on Thursday, April 18. At noon on April 18, Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, will present “A Collaborative Approach to Addressing Social Determinants of Health.” During this session, participants will learn about the five domain groups related […]