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March, 2023

Today is the 56th day that the North Dakota legislature has been in session. The biennial session ordinarily is limited to 80 days, so the last day that the legislature can meet this year is Thursday, May 4. The members usually like to hold a few days in reserve, so I’d guess that they will […]

Lucy Chisler, D.O., will present “Suicide and Firearms: A Discussion of Current Research and Recommendations” from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Chisler is a third-year resident in the UND Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Julie Blehm, M.D., faculty with the Sanford Health Internal […]

Marc Basson, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., senior associate dean for medicine & research at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has accepted an offer to be the next Dean of the School of Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). “I have truly appreciated the dedication and enthusiasm of our UND administration, faculty, […]

In honor of North Dakota Public Health Week (NPHW) next week, UND President Andrew Armacost will sign a proclamation recognizing public health on the UND campus. The event will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in the UND Memorial Union’s Small Ballroom (Rm. 220). The event is free and open to the […]

Last week, the SMHS Simulation Center held its annual training for Simulation In Motion – North Dakota (SIM-ND). As part of this training, the Sim Center team held its inaugural “Moulage Wars” competition. At this event, three teams, whose members represented Trinity Health in Minot, Sanford Health in Fargo, Essentia Health in Fargo/Bismarck, and Altru […]

A request for applications (RFA) for the 2023-24 Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) Pilot Grant Program has been released. You may find a copy of the RFA at the Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center online. Overview: The Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) is announcing the pilot grant program for 2023-24. These […]

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 […]

As promised last week, here is a summary of the Match Day results for our soon-to-be graduating senior medical students. As you may recall, a week ago today our senior medical students (and their roughly 40,000 residency applicant counterparts from across the country and throughout the world) learned where they will be spending the next […]

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 […]

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 […]

“I’m overwhelmed and excited,” smiled Grand Forks native Annabel Jiran from a classroom on the second floor of the main UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) building in Grand Forks. “UND has prepared me well for the next phase of training through fostering my ability to question, think critically, integrate knowledge, communicate clearly, […]

Rachel Chisholm is a laboratory experience manager in the microbiology and anatomy/physiology labs with UND’s Department of Biomedical Sciences. In this role, Rachel is responsible for preparing and teaching microbiology labs. Rachel has a Bachelor of Science degree from UND in fisheries and wildlife biology. Prior to her position at UND, she worked for eight years at […]

You may have heard about recent legislative action regarding an important component of the funding for the UND SMHS. In 1948, the people of North Dakota voted to approve an amendment to the North Dakota Constitution to provide SMHS with dollars raised via a mill levy to help us finance our operations. A mill levy […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, Kyle Johnson, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “What non-otolaryngology providers should know about sinusitis.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. […]

The Spring 2023 issue of the SMHS quarterly magazine North Dakota Medicine is now available. Check it out now on paper or online! Feature Stories this issue include: The Next 50 Years – UND’s first-of-its-kind Indians Into Medicine program celebrates a half-century of cultivating Indigenous health providers. Rural Realizations – Tales from Tioga and Fort Totten about how rural […]