For Your Health

In my last column, I mentioned reviewing the six pillars of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and discussed “restorative” sleep. Today, I’ll discuss food/nutrition. It goes without saying that good nutrition has a significant impact on overall well-being. But first a mea culpa: I admit I don’t always practice what I preach. My wife […]

Beth Beckers is a resource facilitator with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Beth works with the North Dakota Brain Injury Network, where she helps survivors and caregivers understand brain injury and works to connect them to needed community resources to be successful […]

Shelly Davis is a research coordinator with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Shelly works with the National Resource Center on Native American Aging, the Native Aging in Place Project, the Resource Center on Native Aging and Disability, and […]

Rebecca Quinn, associate director of the Center for Rural Health (CRH) within the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, has been recognized by the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA). In October, Quinn received the “Friend of NASHIA” award at the annual State of the States in Brain Injury conference held in Portland, […]

As you might have noticed in your mailbox, the Holiday 2025 issue of North Dakota Medicine magazine is now available in both online and paper formats. This issue’s feature stories include: Achieving 85 – UND administrators and North Dakota legislators talk ‘ND85’ Clearing the air – UND alum Loren Wold talks air pollution, cardiac research, […]

For those who missed last week’s All Hands event with Dean Jenkins, a video of the gathering is now available via MediaSite. The next All Hands meeting will take place at noon on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees at all four SMHS campuses. The Dean will take questions in […]

UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences looks to boost the state’s healthcare workforce with an ambitious new project Facing an audience of physicians at a recent North Dakota Medical Association (NDMA) meeting, Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, dean of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University’s vice president for health affairs, […]

UND alum Loren Wold talks air pollution, cardiac research, and giving back Referencing the recent wildfires that although originating in California and/or Saskatchewan have impacted much of North America, Loren Wold reflected on his childhood. “Growing up in North Dakota, I used to always think how we had, well, perfect air,” mused the 2003 UND […]

Three UND alumni reflect on being women in medical school in the 1970s and how female physicians have changed medicine for the better Looking at the photo of her graduating class – the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Medicine (B.S. Med.) Class of 1976 – Barb Whalen is still […]

Three UND Master of Public Health program grads discuss serving North Dakota by creating solutions to improve health outcomes It’s become a common thought of late among public health professionals, said Rachel Goebel: “We didn’t think we would have to deal with this.” This sentiment was shared by several North Dakota Health and Human Services-based […]