News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
The next Surgery Grand Rounds event will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, and will feature a presentation entitled “Management of Choledocholithiasis,” to be given by Zachery Staskywicz, M.D., a fifth-year resident in the UND Surgery Residency Training Program. This event will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Upon […]
The next UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds event, “Becoming better decision-makers in medicine: developing a culture of truth-seeking and confident humility” will be presented by Laura Nichols, M.D., internist at Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D., and core faculty in the UND Internal Medicine Residency Program, via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on […]
As I’ve mentioned previously, the UND SMHS has a number of searches underway for new faculty and staff members to fill positions that are or will be vacant due to retirements, relocations, and programmatic growth. Here is an update on where we stand. First, here is the good news regarding recently completed – and very […]
In conjunction with the Office of Education & Faculty Affairs, the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) team will offer a Leadership Development Series in the fall of 2023. We are seeking 12 faculty members from across the SMHS who are genuinely committed to educational scholarship, growth, and improving leadership skills and behaviors. Each applicant must […]
A research team at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences is studying barriers to, and support for, colorectal cancer prevention and treatment in North Dakota. If you live in one of the 14 identified counties listed below and are age 50 or older, please join us for a virtual community conversation around local […]
Categories: From the Dean
Effective organizations and institutions periodically evaluate what they’ve accomplished in the past, how they are positioned at present, and what they foresee as their possible role and impact in the future. UND recently completed its visioning effort with the release of a new strategic plan UND LEADS. By focusing on five strategic pillars – learning, […]
Congratulations are in order to two Master of Public Health (MPH) students and one Indigenous Health student on their recent regional and national achievements. Doctoral student in the SMHS Department of Indigenous Health, Marie Zephier, was recently awarded a Bush Foundation Fellowship, a “flexible” grant of up to $100,000 designed to help recipients “strengthen and […]
Categories: News
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences is proud to announce the arrival of a new health and medicine podcast produced in-house at UND: Dakota Health. Each 30-minute episode of Dakota Health explores a specific healthcare topic with UND-based faculty, students, and staff from across North Dakota. The inaugural episode features a chat with […]
As I mentioned in last week’s column, we held the White Coat ceremony last Friday for our incoming first-year medical students. We had a terrific turnout of the students’ families and friends, with over 530 people in attendance. During the event, each new student was given a white coat kindly provided by the North Dakota […]
The Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences has awarded scholarships to several medical laboratory science students for the upcoming academic year. Funds for the scholarships are given from various private sources, endowments, and scholarship funds. Scholarship winners for the 2023-2024 academic year include: Marcia and Gary […]
Categories: Education
For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 27, Kelly McKnight, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Compression neuropathies of the upper extremity – views from the surgeon standpoint.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, […]
The UND Office of Records Management is pleased to announce Free Shred Day 2023, provided by MinnKota. Please stop by the Chester Fritz Auditorium parking lot between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, to have your personal paper records securely destroyed on-site. This event is open to everyone in the UND community. […]
Happy Bastille Day! It’s been a whirlwind first week and a half for the first-year medical students in the Class of 2027. And we await with enthusiasm the arrival of new students in our other health sciences programs later this summer, who join the new Doctor of Physical Therapy students already on campus! Two days […]
Earlier this summer, 50 physical therapy students, members of the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2025, began the clinical studies portion of their journey to become doctors of physical therapy through the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). The students, 31 women, and 19 men, hail predominantly from […]
Categories: News
“I chose UND because I just really enjoyed the welcoming atmosphere the interview provided and I come from a rural community so I knew I would fit in well,” said Madison Schumacher, confessing that she was drawn to UND in part because she loves wintry weather. “I’m super excited to be here and meet everyone […]