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Brian Schill

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, Amer Ibrahim, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “MDD and GAD in Neurology Practice.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S., Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF 6A, […]

Celebrate Open Access Week with UND librarians the last week in October! Join librarians from the Chester Fritz and School of Medicine & Health Sciences Libraries in celebrating this global movement towards equity in research access. Events include: Open Access Meet and Greet: SMHS East Atrium Oct. 25 and 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]

Do you know of a local non-profit organization that could use some extra funding? Applications for the UND Staff Senate’s Jeans Give Back program are now available online! Jeans Give Back (formerly known as Denim Spirit Days) is a way UND staff can wear denim and/or spirit colors, and donate to a good cause. Staff […]

As I mentioned last week, this past Monday I met with Director Joe Morrissette and his staff in the state Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as a prelude to the upcoming legislative session. Following budget presentations and discussions by the North Dakota University System (NDUS) and then UND, I presented on behalf of the […]

Lauren N. (Nikki) Huddle, M.D., clinical assistant professor, and Kevin D. Whaley, M.D., clinical associate professor, with the SMHS Department of Pathology, presented at the 38th Annual Forensic Science Seminar of the Minnesota Coroners’ and Medical Examiners’ Association on Sept 22, 2022. Dr. Huddle presented “A Staged Hanging: Postmortem Suspension of a Homicide Victim,” the […]

In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical student Class of 2025 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit VI and the Class of 2026 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit I of the 2022-23 academic year. The […]

For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Lejla Gasevic, M.D., will present “Decision Making Capacity” from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Gasevic is a fourth-year resident in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Robert J. Olson, M.D., director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program […]

The Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) for Host-Pathogen Interactions held its Seventh Annual Host-Pathogen Symposium last week at the Gorecki Alumni Center, and the best poster/presentation results are in! The winners of our Poster Presentation and Data Blitz presentation from the 2022 HPI Symposium are: Poster Presentation Geetika Verma – Post Doc Winner Dawn […]

The North Dakota Board of Medicine’s (NDBOM) annual meeting will be held in Room W206 of the SMHS at 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21. Students, faculty, staff, and the public are welcome to attend this public event and light refreshments will be available. Established in 1890, the NDBOM holds meetings quarterly to discuss multiple […]

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us virtually for the next Java with Josh on Tuesday, Oct. 25, with their own coffee, tea, or juice! SMHS Dean Dr. Joshua Wynne will answer your questions about SMHS operations, budgets, events, and more. Join us online at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 25 via Zoom […]

The state’s interdisciplinary Bridging Research and Practice Committee will host a professional conference at the Fargo Holiday Inn on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, entitled “Interprofessional Collaboration, Health Sciences Research and Evidence-based Practice.” The conference is being hosted by the North Dakota Nurses Association and you can register here or via the QR code above. Join a multiprofessional group […]

We’re still celebrating UND Homecoming 2022, which saw the recognition of 10 years of our School’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program. As I said to our alumni, students, faculty, and staff at the SMHS Homecoming banquet last Friday, our MPH program has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade, and, in retrospect, […]

“The demand for healthcare providers is strong,” said Jeanie McHugo, Ph.D., P.A.-C., chair of the UND Department of Physician Assistant Studies, “and that’s where we can play a pivotal role.” The “we” in question is the physician assistant (PA, or sometimes “physician associate”) profession, which emerged in the 1970s from programs across the country looking […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, to be held from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, Tiffany Doyle, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Tardive Dyskinesia.” The event will be held in-person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th Street S., Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF 6A, and via […]

This week has been especially busy across campus with Homecoming 2022 activities. The UND Alumni Association and Foundation (UND AAF) typically holds its fall board meeting during Homecoming week, and this year is no exception. The Board (of which I am an ex officio member) met yesterday and is meeting again today. The board meeting […]