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

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Brian Schill

Oancea elected Chair of the Society of Epidemiologic Research International Committee

Categories: News

Congratulations to S. Cristina Oancea, Ph.D., M.S., associate professor in the SMHS Department of Population Health, for her recent nomination and election as the Chair of the Society of Epidemiologic Research International Committee. Established in 1968 to foster epidemiologic research, the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) is the oldest and largest general epidemiology society in North […]

Kimberly Harn

Categories: Welcome

Kimberly Harn brings a unique blend of healthcare expertise and educational insight to her new role as the grants & project coordinator for the Department of Indigenous Health at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. As a former radiology tech, Kimberly’s journey includes diverse settings, including a stint at a tribal hospital on […]

From the Dean: Rounding out the year

Categories: From the Dean

The winter academic semester at UND ends today. It has been a busy week! Winter Commencement for undergraduates takes place today, with two ceremonies – the first is at 1 p.m. and is for the following UND schools and colleges: Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Mines, Nursing and Professional Disciplines, and Medicine and Health Sciences. […]

Recording now available: UND faculty panel on AI in research

Categories: Library, Research

The recording for the UND Libraries’ faculty panel on AI, “The Impacts of AI on Academic Research and Publishing,” is available now. Panelists Dr. Melanie Nadeau (SMHS), Professor Blake Klinker (Law), and Dr. Michael Herbert (Education) shared their expertise in research within the disciplines of law, Indigenous health, and education, allowing us to examine many […]

UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on value-based care to be held on Dec. 20

Categories: Education

The next UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds event, “Value-Based Care,” will be broadcast via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20. This presentation features Dinesh Bande, M.D., chair of the SMHS Department of Internal Medicine and hospitalist at Sanford Health in Fargo, and Gopikrishna Paladugu, M.D., hospitalist at Sanford Health […]

Andrew Williams named to Prairie Business ’40 under 40′

Categories: News

Andrew Williams, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UND Master of Public Health (MPH) program, has been named one of Prairie Business magazine’s “40 under 40.” As the article on the naming notes, “This year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are high-caliber professionals from a variety of industries who are making significant impacts in their professions and […]

Schock to discuss somatic symptom disorder at Neurology Grand Rounds on Dec. 28

Categories: Education

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, Lisa Schock, M.D., will discuss somatic symptom disorder. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF6A, and via Webex (Meeting no./access code: […]

Jon Wesley Boyd to discuss health insurance and mental healthcare access at Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Dec. 20

Categories: Education

For the next Psychiatry Grand Rounds, to be held from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20, Jon Wesley Boyd, M.D., Ph.D., will present “Having Health Insurance Doesn’t Guarantee Being Able to Access Mental Health Care: Policy and Ethical Considerations.” This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Boyd is director of […]

Holiday 2023 issue of North Dakota Medicine available now!

Categories: News

The Holiday 2023 issue of North Dakota Medicine magazine is now available in both online and paper formats. This issue’s feature stories include: Getting it just right – UND’s M.D. Class of 2027 makes history by electing the nation’s first Indigenous President and Vice President. ‘We were just throwing around opioids’ – UND alum Holly Geyer turns her […]

The doctors that ROME built

Categories: News

ROME, RuralMed, and other rural immersion opportunities help build a strong physician team in Devils Lake. Providing training to health profession students in rural areas is a top rural recruitment recommendation, according to Dr. Dave Schmitz, chair of the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Family and […]

Getting it just right

Categories: News, Research

UND’s M.D. Class of 2027 makes history by electing the nation’s first Indigenous President and Vice President Set in and around an American Indian reservation in rural Oklahoma, the FX television series “Reservation Dogs” follows a group of Indigenous teens as they explore their cultural heritage, argue with their parents, and navigate the alternatingly exasperating-lifesaving […]

‘We were just throwing around opioids’

Categories: Education, News, Research

Minnesota native Dr. Holly Geyer (MD ’08) is a hospitalist at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Ariz., with additional specialty licensure in addiction medicine. Fresh off the publication of her first book Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic’s Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use (Mayo Clinic Press, 2023), Geyer sat down with North Dakota Medicine […]

Simply the best

Categories: News

Northwood Deaconess Health Center physician Dr. Erika Stein named ‘preceptor of the year’ by third-year medical students It was the last thing the Northwood, N.D., based physician expected. Dr. Erika Stein, family physician at Northwood Deaconess Health Center, has been named the 2023 namesake preceptor for the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) […]

Kindred Spirits

Categories: News

UND’s Indians Into Medicine program gets a boost from a ‘semi-retired’ supporter “Our INMED program is, historically, the outstanding program in the country for training Native American physicians,” says Dr. Charlie Christianson. “So, I said ‘why not?’” Christianson is referring to the Dr. Charles Christianson INMED Scholarship for Primary Care, a recent scholarship endowment he […]

Reprogramming breast cancer

Categories: News, Research

UND Department of Biomedical Sciences researcher Motoki Takaku tackles the reverse engineering of cancer Given his calm voice and reserved demeanor, one might get the impression that the science he was describing was really no big deal. “We realized that in terminally differentiated cells, you can turn them back to the original embryonic stem cells,” […]