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April, 2025

Darcia Pingree, a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, is the new Grants and Project Coordinator for the Indigenous Trauma and Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) within the Department of Indigenous Health at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Darcia previously served as a Graduate Research Assistant […]

Please join UND’s Department of Occupational Therapy for its 2025 Virtual Spring Doctoral Oral Comprehensive Examinations from 8:20 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. (Central) on Friday, April 25. At the event, which celebrates April as National OT Month, members of the OT Class of 2025 will present and defend their scholarly projects. The range of presentation […]

The annual Ed and Pam Carlson Lecture, featuring Dr. Kurt Albertine, professor in the University of Utah’s Department of Pediatrics, will be held in UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room E101 on Tuesday, May 13, from noon to 1 p.m. A longtime acquaintance of Dr. Ed Carlson, Dr. Albertine will give a lecture entitled […]

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences will host the 50th (!) granting of the Doctor of Medicine Degree at 10 a.m. at UND’s Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 3. All SMHS faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Featuring comments from SMHS Dean Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, […]

According to researchers and philosophers from many backgrounds, courage is one of the strengths important for both individual and community well-being. As many of you know, the word “courage” comes from the French “Coeur,” which means heart. One does not need to be “lionhearted” to show courage, though. Courage is showing what is in your […]

Despite stereotypes about the catastrophic nature of airplane accidents, the vast majority of pilots and passengers experiencing a fixed-wing airplane emergency do survive. At the same time, many survivors of accidents suffer an injury that requires immediate medical attention. This reality prompted Drs. Jon Solberg and Justin Reisenauer – pilots themselves – to reach out […]

The UND Office of Human Resources will be honoring 279 staff members at the 2025 Staff Recognition Luncheon held in UND’s Memorial Union on Tuesday, May 13. Among these 279 staffers are the following 38 SMHS staff members who have achieved major milestones of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 35 years of service! The […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, Olivia Gutgsell, M.D., of the Rush University Medical Center, will give a presentation entitled “Misfolded mysteries: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis neuropathy cases and updates.” The meeting will be held in-person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. […]

Barry Milavetz, Ph.D., professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been named Interim Chair of the Department. Milavetz succeeds outgoing biomedical sciences chair Colin Combs, Ph.D., who is dividing his time between the SMHS, where he remains Senior Associate Dean for Research and tenured professor within […]

For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, to be held from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, Michael Burson, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., L.C.S.W., the Fargo Region Health Equity and Experience Advisor at Sanford Health, will present “Examining the Role of Health Equity in Healthcare Today.” Upon completion of this program, the learner will be able […]