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News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Archive for
March, 2024

Dardi Olson

Categories: Welcome

Dardi Olson is the new administrative secretary for Dr. Susan Zelewski, focusing especially on Dr. Zelewski’s role as associate dean of clinical medical education and working primarily with affiliation agreements for the School’s M.D. program. Dardi grew up near Bemidji, Minn., surrounded by lakes, trees, and hills, but wound up living most of her life […]

Victoria Haynes to host lunchtime Dean’s Hour presentation on the social determinants of health April 18

Categories: Events

The SMHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office is sponsoring a Dean’s Hour event on Thursday, April 18. At noon on April 18, Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean for multicultural education, will present “A collaborative approach to addressing social determinants of health.” During this session, participants will learn about the five domain groups related to the […]

Jennifer Brady to discuss opioid use disorder at Psychiatry Grand Rounds on March 20

Categories: Education

Jennifer Brady, D.O., will present “Opioid Use Disorder” from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Brady is a general & addiction psychiatrist at Sanford Health and clinical assistant professor with the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Fargo, N.D. Upon completion […]

Medical students invited to attend community showcases across North Dakota in March, April

Categories: Events

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences and the UND Center for Rural Health are sponsoring a series of Community Showcase events for medical students and residents. Throughout March and April, medical students and residents are invited to meet with health employers from across the state of North Dakota at the following dates and locations: […]

Jennifer Raum and Brock Ashmore accepted to 2024 Chief Resident Immersion Training Program in addiction medicine

Categories: News

Dr. Jennifer Raum, program director for the SMHS Internal Medicine Residency Program, and Dr. Brock Ashmore, chief resident in the program, have been accepted to attend the 2024 Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) program in addiction medicine (entitled “Improving Clinical and Teaching Skills for Generalists”) in Beverly, Mass. from April 28 to May 1, 2024. […]

Kanwardeep Arora to discuss medical error disclosure at Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on March 20

Categories: Education

The next UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds event, “Mastering Medical Error Disclosure: Innovative Strategies for Improving Patient Safety Outcomes using Simulation,” will be broadcast via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. This presentation features Kanwardeep Arora, M.D., FACP, firm chief at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury, Conn., assistant professor of […]

Kristen Reede to discuss tracheostomy at next Surgery Grand Rounds on March 15

Categories: Education

Kristen Reede, M.D., will present “Trachin’ It One Day at a Time: The Evolving Practice of the Tracheostomy” from 8 to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 15. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Reede is a fifth-year resident in the UND Surgery Residency Training Program. Upon completion of this program, the learner […]

Judges needed for N.D. State Science and Engineering Fair on April 5

Categories: Education

UND will again host the North Dakota State Science and Engineering Fair (NDSSEF) on April 5, 2024, 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 […]

Save the date! ITRRC annual symposium to be held April 18-19 at UND

Categories: Events

The Indigenous Trauma and Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) is excited to announce the upcoming CoBRE Symposium scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 18 and 19 in the UND Memorial Union Henry Family Ballroom. Join the ITRRC crew for a two-day event featuring Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities (rETHICS), the […]

From the Dean: Exercise is medicine

Categories: From the Dean

By virtue of my administrative and academic positions at UND and at your School of Medicine and Health Sciences, along with my clinical role as a cardiologist, I have the opportunity to talk with a wide spectrum of individuals, including potential and current students, residents-in-training, physicians and other health professionals engaged in clinical practice, researchers, […]

TLAS to offer faculty development on AI in healthcare

Categories: Education

Please join us for the next Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) next virtual faculty development event, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare,” on April 17 at 12:30 p.m. (Central). The presentation will be streamed live on Zoom and recorded. The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform every aspect of our world is becoming increasingly evident. […]

Save the date! Panel on women in healthcare and medicine to be held on March 19

Categories: Events

March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, the SMHS Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a “lunch and learn” event on Tuesday, March 19. On that date, from noon to 1 p.m. in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Charles H. Fee, MD Auditorium (Room E101), Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean […]

Two Department of Biomedical Sciences graduate students named winners at UND’s annual GRAD day

Categories: News

Two graduate students in the SMHS Department of Biomedical Sciences won awards at UND’s eighth annual Graduate Research Achievement Day (GRAD) event, held in the UND Memorial Union last week. Darius Quansah, advised by Dr. Jonathan Geiger, won first place in the GRAD event’s Natural Sciences category, and Michael Allen, advised by Dr. Keith Henry, […]

Healthcare Workforce Group seeks input from physicians, PAs, NPs and certified nurse midwives

Categories: News

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Certified Nurse Midwives: we want to hear from you! In order to better understand the maternal healthcare workforce in North Dakota, and primary care providers’ contribution to maternal healthcare, the UND Healthcare Workforce Group is seeking responses to this brief survey. A better understanding of the current workforce and […]