News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
I am just back from a visit on behalf of the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME), the organization responsible for accrediting all medical schools in the United States. As I’ve mentioned before, the LCME operates under the purview of the U.S. Department of Education and relies on volunteers from the medical community (like me!) […]
Categories: Education
For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, Susan Farkas, M.D., will discuss cardiomyopathy and neurological disease. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF1A1, and via Webex (Meeting no./access […]
Categories: Education
For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, to be held from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Anh Nguyen, D.O., will present “Chasing the American Dream, and other Traumas: A review of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in U.S. Immigrants.” The meeting will be held in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) […]
Categories: Research
It is time to announce the winners of the first annual Publication Pandemonium! competition, which ran from Oct. 21 to 27. More than fifty students, faculty, and staff participated in this first-ever school-wide, publication-themed quiz competition! In first place with the most participants (16 people participated with a passing grade score above 70%), drum roll […]
Categories: Education
On Friday, Nov. 15, the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics will host a free webinar entitled “Ethics at the Intersection: Discussing End of Life Choices with American Indian and Alaska Native Patients (AI/AN).” UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend the webinar, which begins at noon […]
Principal investigator Dr. Sandeep Singhal, an associate professor in UND’s Department of Pathology, is leading UND’s efforts on this a multi-institutional National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) project designed to help students, researchers, and clinicians leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing to benefit students and researchers. With research becoming increasingly data-driven, biomedical researchers […]
This past Monday there was a very special event for Susan and me. President Armacost, on behalf of UND, oversaw a celebration of what we together have accomplished over the past 15 plus years that I’ve had the pleasure and honor of serving as Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of your School of […]
Categories: News
Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, professor of Internal Medicine and former dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, has been named vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota. At UND, in the dual role of vice president and dean, […]
Categories: Events
UND’s Cardiac Ready Campus Committee is sponsoring blood pressure screenings from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Room 103 of the UND Memorial Union. Students from the UND’s College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines, along with the Simulation Center and Department of Sports Medicine from the UND School of Medicine & […]
Categories: Research
There are three days for you to participate in the first annual Publication Pandemonium!, a school-wide publication-themed quiz competition. The “pandemonium” ends on Oct. 27 at midnight! To participate, navigate to the SMHS Library Resources Open Access Research guide, where the quiz link is live. Coinciding with International Open Access Week, this asynchronous online quiz is designed […]