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 […]
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From the Dean: And we’re off!
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There is a lot going on at the School, to say the least! The recently graduated students – now doctors – in the M.D. Class of 2023 are starting their residencies, first-year students are arriving at the SMHS, the Supreme Court has issued an important decision regarding college admission procedures, and we have some internal […]
In last week’s column I highlighted the contributions of Dr. Janet Jedlicka, chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy, who will be retiring at the end of this month after 17 productive years as chair of the department. This week I am pleased to announce that recently promoted Professor of Occupational Therapy Dr. Sarah Nielsen […]
Yesterday we held a reception to honor Dr. Janet Jedlicka who will be retiring at the end of this month. She has served ably as the chair of our Department of Occupational Therapy for the past 17 years and has been a faculty member at UND for an additional 3 years. Renowned for her dedication […]
Earlier this week we held a reception to thank Dr. Marc Basson, senior associate dean for Medicine and Research, for all of his contributions to the UND SMHS over the past eight years, and wish him well in his new role as the next dean at the Northeast Ohio College of Medicine (NEOMED) in Rootstown, […]
From the Dean: Our year of gratitude
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As you may recall, the recently concluded academic year had been dubbed “The Year of Gratitude” by UND President Andy Armacost. We recently witnessed two amazing expressions of gratitude, the first by the Medical Student Class of 2026 and the second by the staff of the SMHS to recognize the thoughtfulness and caring of the […]
From the Dean: Investing in Indigenous students
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Kudos to all the health sciences students who graduated this past weekend. As I mentioned last week, the time was filled with many happy events, including two commencement ceremonies (one for graduate and the other for undergraduate degrees), hooding events for the students from occupational therapy, physical therapy, and physician assistant studies, and receptions for […]
From the Dean: Student, faculty, and staff awards season
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What an exciting and wonderful week! As I outlined in last week’s For Your Health column, last Saturday we graduated 75 senior medical students as the newest graduates of the UND SMHS. And tomorrow we will graduate nearly 230 more health professions students during UND’s graduate (morning) and undergraduate (afternoon) commencement ceremonies. These graduates-to-be represent […]
I’d like to note three important events from this week. The first occurred last weekend, when the North Dakota Legislature adjourned until 2025. The second is ongoing from yesterday and is the spring meeting of the Board of Directors (of which I am one) of the UND Alumni Association and Foundation. The last big event […]
Last week I traveled with Dr. Jon Allen, professor of medicine and director of our Simulation Center, to our Northwest Campus in Minot, N.D., for the long-awaited opening of the new hospital complex of Trinity Health. Jon wanted to come along because he spent a number of years in Minot before he joined the UND […]
From the Dean: Happy Birthday INMED!
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As I mentioned last week, all week long we’ve been celebrating the 50th anniversary of our renowned Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program – despite the snow! Since 1973, this first-of-its-kind program has helped produce more than 270 Indigenous physicians who otherwise might not have become doctors. That’s hundreds of physicians, and other health providers, who […]
As the spring semester at UND winds down over the next few weeks, there are a variety of exciting events on tap that have relevance for the SMHS community. Actually, the first event was yesterday – the 43rd Frank Low Research Day. In this annual event, students, faculty, and staff showcase their research activities and […]
From the Dean: The latest from Bismarck
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Today is the 56th day that the North Dakota legislature has been in session. The biennial session ordinarily is limited to 80 days, so the last day that the legislature can meet this year is Thursday, May 4. The members usually like to hold a few days in reserve, so I’d guess that they will […]
From the Dean: Match Day results
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As promised last week, here is a summary of the Match Day results for our soon-to-be graduating senior medical students. As you may recall, a week ago today our senior medical students (and their roughly 40,000 residency applicant counterparts from across the country and throughout the world) learned where they will be spending the next […]
You may have heard about recent legislative action regarding an important component of the funding for the UND SMHS. In 1948, the people of North Dakota voted to approve an amendment to the North Dakota Constitution to provide SMHS with dollars raised via a mill levy to help us finance our operations. A mill levy […]