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February, 2024

ITRRC to host Jessica Ullrich’s presentation on Indigenous connectedness for wellness on March 13

Categories: Events, Research

For its next Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) Colloquium Series, the Indigenous Trauma and Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) will present “How Indigenous Connectedness can Support Relational Wellbeing” by Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, Ph.D., M.S.W., a Tribal citizen of Nome Eskimo Community, descendant of the Native Village of Wales, and an Assistant Professor for Washington State […]

Mark your calendars for National Public Health Week April 1-7

Categories: Events

Mark your calendars for National Public Health Week (NPHW) 2024, which runs from April 1 to 7! Advances in medical diagnosis and treatment notwithstanding, improvements in public health over the past century have greatly increased both quality of life and life expectancy around the globe for billions of people. Public health initiatives like improved sanitation […]

Judges needed for Northeast Regional Science Fair March 6, State Science & Engineering Fair April 4-5

Categories: Education, Events

Judges are needed for the Northeast Region Science & Engineering Fair, to be held in the UND Memorial Union from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Event organizers are interested especially in graduate students, post-docs, and faculty from the STEM disciplines. Currently, approximately 50 projects from regional seventh- through-twelfth grade students from around […]

Education Resources group to present at AAMC conference, offers scholarship support

Categories: Education

In April 2024, SMHS Education Resources faculty and staff will present at the 2024 American Association of Medical Colleges Central Group of Education Affairs conference: Van Eck, R., Allen, J., Johnson, E.J, Guthridge, A., and Salentiny, A. will present: A Badging System for Competency-Based Medical Education Hillyar, J., Hurtubise, L., and Salentiny, A. will present: […]

Michael Reinke to discuss dark therapy in bipolar disorder at Psychiatry Grand Rounds on March 6

Categories: Education

For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Michael Reinke, M.D., will present “You Don’t Know the Power of the Dark Side: Dark Therapy for Mania” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Reinke is a second-year resident in the SMHS Psychiatry Residency Training Program. […]

Max Hansen to discuss rural surgery practice at next Surgery Grand Rounds on March 8

Categories: Education

For the next Surgery Grand Rounds, Max Hansen, M.D., will present “Lessons from a Rural General Surgery Practice” from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 8. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Hansen is a recent graduate of the University of North Dakota General Surgery Residency Program who has a […]

Department of Indigenous Health faculty awarded APLU/Cornell grant to support student travel

Categories: News

Drs. Melanie Nadeau and Shawnda Schroeder, assistant professors in UND’s world-first Department of Indigenous Health (IH), have been awarded a grant by the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and Cornell University to support an Indigenous Health Scholars program at UND. The pair of researchers was notified of the award, which is financed by […]

Department of Occupational Therapy welcomes new members of Pi Theta Epsilon honor society

Categories: News

The SMHS Department of Occupational Therapy inducted new members to its 2024 Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE) Kappa Chapter in Grand Forks and PTE Chi Chapter in Casper, Wyo. Pi Theta Epsilon is a specialized honor society for occupational therapy students and alumni. The mission of PTE is to support the practice of occupational sciences and […]

Takaku lab initiates partnership with Japanese lab, sends Cooper-Robinson to Winship Cancer Institute

Categories: News

Dr. Motoki Takaku’s research lab, housed in the SMHS Department of Biomedical Sciences, learned recently of two exciting developments. First, Dr. Takaku’s graduate student, Mikhala Cooper-Robinson, has been selected for a postdoctoral-matching event hosted by the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. The goal of this event, to be held in March 2024, is to […]

Tyler Allison to discuss opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome at next Neurology Grand Rounds on March 7

Categories: Education

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, Tyler Allison, M.D., FAAN, will present “Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and Room SMCF1A1, and via Webex (Meeting no./access […]