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October, 2022

Earlier this week we again held a virtual get-together of the UND SMHS community in the latest iteration of our bi-monthly Java with Josh meetings. You can see a recording of the event here. In the past we held these conversations in-person in the Grand Forks building, but when the COVID pandemic hit almost three […]

Congratulations to Dr. David Velez, chief resident in the UND General Surgery Residency Program, who is one of five physicians from around the nation to have been given the David C. Leach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for their contribution to graduate medical education. Dr. Velez received this award for […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, Pamela McGrann, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Neurocutaneous Syndromes.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF 5D, and via Webex here (meeting […]

The University Police Department (UPD) will hold an Active Shooter Training Course for SMHS students, staff, and faculty from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 in the School’s Charles H. Fee MD Auditorium (Room E101). At the event, officials from UPD will present information on how to handle an active shooter situation. Contact […]

The UND Department of Internal Medicine wishes all faculty, staff, and students a happy National Internal Medicine Day on Friday, Oct. 28. Thank you for your contributions to the Department of Internal Medicine and the School of Medicine & Health Sciences! Join the American College of Physicians (ACP) in celebrating the essential role of internal […]

We lost a true UND champion earlier this week with the death of Earl Strinden. He passed away at age 90, only a few months after the death of Jan, his beloved wife of 68 years. Earl’s life was one of giving, whether to the people of North Dakota when he served in the legislature […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, Amer Ibrahim, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “MDD and GAD in Neurology Practice.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S., Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF 6A, […]

Celebrate Open Access Week with UND librarians the last week in October! Join librarians from the Chester Fritz and School of Medicine & Health Sciences Libraries in celebrating this global movement towards equity in research access. Events include: Open Access Meet and Greet: SMHS East Atrium Oct. 25 and 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]

Do you know of a local non-profit organization that could use some extra funding? Applications for the UND Staff Senate’s Jeans Give Back program are now available online! Jeans Give Back (formerly known as Denim Spirit Days) is a way UND staff can wear denim and/or spirit colors, and donate to a good cause. Staff […]

As I mentioned last week, this past Monday I met with Director Joe Morrissette and his staff in the state Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a prelude to the upcoming legislative session. Following budget presentations and discussions by the North Dakota University System (NDUS) and then UND, I presented on behalf of the […]

Lauren N. (Nikki) Huddle, M.D., clinical assistant professor, and Kevin D. Whaley, M.D., clinical associate professor, with the SMHS Department of Pathology, presented at the 38th Annual Forensic Science Seminar of the Minnesota Coroners’ and Medical Examiners’ Association on Sept 22, 2022. Dr. Huddle presented “A Staged Hanging: Postmortem Suspension of a Homicide Victim,” the […]

In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical student Class of 2025 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit VI and the Class of 2026 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit I of the 2022-23 academic year. The […]

For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Lejla Gasevic, M.D., will present “Decision Making Capacity” from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Gasevic is a fourth-year resident in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Robert J. Olson, M.D., director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program […]

The Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) for Host-Pathogen Interactions held its Seventh Annual Host-Pathogen Symposium last week at the Gorecki Alumni Center, and the best poster/presentation results are in! The winners of our Poster Presentation and Data Blitz presentation from the 2022 HPI Symposium are: Poster Presentation Geetika Verma – Post Doc Winner Dawn […]

The North Dakota Board of Medicine’s (NDBOM) annual meeting will be held in Room W206 of the SMHS at 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. Students, faculty, staff, and the public are welcome to attend this public event and light refreshments will be available. Established in 1890, the NDBOM holds meetings quarterly to discuss multiple […]