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

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Brian Schill

SMHS scholarship remains most popular among colleges on UND Scholarly Commons Repository

Categories: Library

Did you know that publications by SMHS faculty, staff, and students are the most popular college-level collection on UND’s institutional repository? For the fourth year running the School’s collected research works have beat out any other college to be the “most popular” UND-affiliated papers with readers worldwide, reaching 936,334 total downloads by Dec. 19, 2023, […]

Shannan Stanke

Categories: Welcome

Shannan Stanke is a resource facilitator with the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Shannan’s main responsibilities include working with the North Dakota Brain Injury Network to provide resources and assistance to brain injury survivors and caregivers. Her focus will be serving […]

Scott Belliston to discuss progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy at Neurology Grand Rounds on Jan. 18

Categories: Education

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, Scott Belliston, D.O., will discuss progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and Room SMCF1A1, and via Webex (Meeting no./access code: […]

UND Internal Medicine to host Grand Rounds event on sickle cell disease Jan. 17

Categories: Education

The next UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds event, “Sickle Cell Disease,” will be broadcast via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. This presentation features Julia Parrish, M.D., a second-year fellow in the School’s Sanford Health-based Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program in Fargo, N.D. Upon completion of this program, […]

Nicola Herting to discuss childhood trauma at Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Jan. 17

Categories: Education

Nicola Herting, Ph.D., LP, will present “Responding to Child Trauma” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conference. Dr. Herting is clinical director of the Traumatic Stress Treatment Center at Sanford Health in Fargo; clinical director of the Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth and adjunct […]

Stephanie Weber

Categories: Welcome

Stephanie Weber is a project assistant with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Stephanie works with the Rural Health Information Hub where she provides administrative and project support. Originally from East Grand Forks, Minn., Stephanie has provided administrative support and assistance […]

From the Dean: Finalizing our strategic plan

Categories: From the Dean

As we welcome 2024 and students return to their studies, I thought it might be productive to outline some of the School’s priorities and areas of focus in this new year. Recall that UND, like most academic institutions, operates on an academic and fiscal year that runs from July to June, in contrast to the […]

Nechaev lab publishes manuscript in Nature Communications

Categories: Research

The laboratory of Sergei Nechaev, Ph.D., associate professor with the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, has published a paper in the prestigious Nature Communications journal. The manuscript, “Transcriptional Responses of Cancer Cells to Heat Shock-Inducing Stimuli Involve Amplification of Robust HSF1 Binding,” can be read online here. […]

TLAS and Library Resources to Present Faculty Development on use of Artificial Intellegence (AI)

Categories: Education, Events

There are a number of ways AI can be used – and misused – in education and in research. Please join us for our January UND SMHS TLAS virtual faculty development event: “Using AI (Artificial Intelligence) at the SMHS.” On Jan. 17, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (CST), speakers Andrea Guthridge (Instructional Designer, Education Resources), […]

UND to host Disability Awareness Day on March 18

Categories: Events

Mark your calendars for a day of awareness and learning! The Department of Rehabilitation & Human Services within UND’s College of Education & Human Development is hosting Disability Awareness Day on Monday, March 18. Join the college as it promotes the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. The event features a learning fair, posters […]

Peterson named winner of the 2023 UND Foundation/Karleen Home Rosaaen Award for Excellence in Academic Advising

Categories: News

Samantha Peterson, Ph.D., M.L.S. (ASCP)cm, assistant professor in the UND Department of Medical Laboratory Science, has been named by UND as one of winners of the 2023 UND Foundation/Karleen Home Rosaaen Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. This award, along with other various campus awards, will be presented to Dr. Peterson at UND Founders Day […]

Department of Medical Laboratory Science faculty to present at Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference

Categories: Education, News

Faculty with the UND Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) have been selected to present their work at the annual Clinical Laboratory Educators’ Conference (CLEC) in Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 22-24, 2024. Assistant professors Rebecca Bakke and Hannah Hove will present a poster entitled “Create your own case study: A multifaceted approach to student learning,” […]

Call for proposals: Center for Host Pathogens Interactions CoBRE seeks proposals

Categories: Research

The UND HPI CoBRE invites proposals for pilot projects to support promising research that fits well within the scientific theme of the Center. We anticipate supporting around two new pilot projects at up to $100,000 direct costs per year for one year. The UND HPI CoBRE program is open to all full time UND faculty. […]