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

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Brian Schill

Joseph Cox presents Psychiatry Grand Rounds on psychiatric rehab Jan. 15

Categories: Education

Joseph Cox, Psy.D., LP, will present “Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Skills Development” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at UND’s Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Cox is a licensed psychologist, consultant for psychosocial rehabilitation to the North Dakota Department of Human Services Field Services division, and owner of […]

Diagnose the Diagnosis: Automating assessment of diagnostic reasoning Feb. 4

Categories: Education, Events

The Office of Education and Faculty Affairs and Education Resources invite you to attend an interactive faculty development session with (returning!) guest presenter Dr. Jason Waechter: “Diagnose the Diagnosis: Automating the Assessment of Student Diagnostic Reasoning.” Every health care educator knows that diagnostic reasoning is key to providing effective and safe patient care; yet, providing […]

Md Nurul Amin

Categories: Welcome

Md. Nurul Amin is a software developer for the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. In this position, he develops custom software applications and assists the Information Resources team meet the School’s needs. Amin received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Bangladesh), and […]

Evidence-Based Teaching: Promoting Competencies in Health Care Education Jan. 28

Categories: Education

Join Drs. Richard Van Eck and Adrienne Salentiny of Education Resources for a session on teaching and assessing for longitudinal competencies and essential skills, attitudes, and dispositions. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, at noon in Room W201 of the SMHS Northeast Campus, Drs. Van Eck and Salentiny will present “Promoting Competencies in Health Care Education.” (Please […]

Dr. Sadiah Khan presents Psychiatry Grand Rounds on human trafficking Jan. 8

Categories: Education

Dr. Sadiah Khan, PGY-2 resident in the SMHS Psychiatry Residency Training Program, will present “Mental Health Consequences and Approach to a Growing Epidemic: Human Trafficking” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at the UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Albert Allick, M.D., a psychiatrist at Sanford Health in Fargo, […]

New search interface for PubMed

Categories: Library

Attention SMHS Library Resources database users: the updated version of PubMed is now available! The new PubMed provides: A new site layout with important tools linked on the main search page. Compatibility with any screen size (responsive layout) for consistent look and functionality. Easier searching. The new default sort, Best Match, is based on a new, […]

Holiday 2019 North Dakota Medicine magazine now available!

Categories: News

As you may have noticed in your mailbox, or while perusing the displays in the SMHS or our website, the Holiday 2019 issue of North Dakota Medicine is now available! Features this issue include stories on: Second Year INMED student Emily Falcon and her physician-father Gilbert Med student Pranish Kantak’s effort to build a student-run free clinic in Grand Forks Drs. […]

Notice of Intent to Publish DaCCoTA Feasibility, Ready-to-Go, and Community Engagement Pilot Grants

Categories: Research

The Dakota Cancer Collaborative on Translational Activity (DaCCoTA) will soon be reissuing three RFAs for the Feasibility, Ready-to-Go, and Community Engagement pilot grants. The Feasibility Award is intended to provide support to allow a clinician/non-clinician team to form around a novel cancer-related hypothesis. Applications can consider the multilevel manifestations of cancer (e.g., neurological, psychiatric), demographic […]

Khan awarded five-year, $1.78 million R01 grant from NIH to study pneumonia, influenza

Categories: News, Research

Nadeem Khan, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.78 million, five-year grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This prestigious R01 grant will support Dr. Khan’s research […]

Tracie Mallberg presents Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Dec. 18

Categories: Education

Dr. Tracie Mallberg will present “Being Mortal – End of Life Conversations” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. for the next UND Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Grand Rounds. The event will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at the UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Dr. Mallberg is a physician and medical […]

Paul Huang to present on interstitial lipoprotein trafficking and metabolic disease on Dec. 17

Categories: Events, Research

The UND Department of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Host-Pathogen Interactions CoBRE Group present their next Faculty Candidate Seminar on Tuesday, Dec. 17. At noon in SMHS Room E224, Paul (Li-Hao) Huang, Ph.D., instructor in the Washington University School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology and Immunology, will present “Interstitial lipoprotein trafficking […]

Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi to present “It Takes Two Flints to Make A Fire”: Interluekin 21 and Interferon Gamma in Inflammation and Immunity in the Colon

Categories: Events

The UND Department of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Host-Pathogen Interactions CoBRE Group present their next Faculty Candidate Seminar on Tuesday, Dec. 10.  At noon in SMHS Room W203, Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi, MSPH., Ph.D., staff scientist, Center for Global Infectious Disease will present “It Takes Two Flints to Make A […]

Silas Pera

Categories: Welcome

Silas Pera is an information and funding specialist with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Silas works on a federally funded national website supporting the response to the substance use and opioid crisis in the U.S. He develops and […]