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August, 2022

Curto to give Surgery Grand Rounds talk on bariatric surgery Aug. 12

Categories: Education

Eric Curto, M.D., will give the next Surgery Grand Rounds talk on emergencies in bariatric surgery on Friday, Aug. 12. Dr. Curto will present the talk at the UND Medical Education Center in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend via Zoom at: https://und.zoom.us/j/567534955?pwd=ZHhJdFgrRHNvUGVSRloxci8wWnY3UT09. After completion of the program, […]

Hillebrand wins NCURA Julia Jacobson Distinguished Service Award

Categories: News

Diane Hillebrand, UND’s assistant director of research & sponsored program development, was recently given the 2022 Julia Jacobson Distinguished Service Award by the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)! The former Grants Manager at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, only recently moved over to UND proper, meaning this award is a result […]

Robyn Litke Sall presents Psychiatry Grand Rounds on opioid harm reduction strategies on Aug. 17

Categories: Education

Robyn Litke Sall, substance abuse prevention coordinator for the City of Fargo / Cass County Public Health, will present “Local harm reduction strategies: Opioid overdose response training & syringe services” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at the UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Upon completion of this program, the […]

From the Dean: The only constant is change

Categories: From the Dean

As announced officially by Johns Hopkins University this past Wednesday and previewed by us recently, Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H., director of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program, chair of the department of Indigenous Health, and the School’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), will be […]

Gastrointestinal health symposium to be held in-person and online Aug. 27

Categories: Education

All UND SMHS faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend (or participate virtually in) an upcoming Sanford Health symposium on gastrointestinal (GI) disease, to be held in Fargo and online on Aug. 27, 2022. On that date, Dr. John Bassett, Fargo-based clinical associate professor of medicine with the UND SMHS, will host a symposium […]

Warne selected to develop world’s first International Indigenous Health Data Set and Research program at Johns Hopkins

Categories: News

Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H., director of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program, chair of the department of Indigenous Health, and the School’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, has been asked to build and direct the world’s first International Indigenous Health Data Set and Research program […]

Jordan Plath

Categories: Welcome

Jordan Plath is the administrative assistant for the Public Health Program at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. He will be the first point of contact for all faculty, students, and staff — and the public — in the program. In this role, Jordan will assist with administrative duties, record […]