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The 4th annual statewide North Dakota Native American Veterans Stand Down event will be held June 10-11 at the Prairie Knights Casino and Resort in Fort Yates, N.D. This free, two-day event is dedicated to bringing programs and resources together in one location and will connect Native Veterans with the support they may need and […]

Talking epigenetics, Dr. Motoki Takaku mused from his office at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) that studying what’s happening inside a cell is a bit like tuning a radio: there’s signal, and there’s noise. Sometimes a lot of noise. And all too often, he said, this noise interferes with researchers’ ability […]

In music, we think of dissonance as a lack of harmony. Likewise, the psychological discomfort someone experiences when holding either contradictory beliefs or acting in ways different from one’s values is called “cognitive dissonance.” People often deal with this tension by either: “Digging in,” i.e., rationalizing thoughts/behaviors or rejecting conflicting information (the quick route of […]

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Biomedical Sciences and Library Resources teams have joined forces for a new webcast entitled “Health & Horizon.” Hosted are Sara Westall, M.L.I.S., M.S., and Masfique Mehedi, Ph.D., this monthly webcast series will highlight innovative research and scholarship taking place across the SMHS. The first […]

In addition to the dozens of new medical doctors who graduated from the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) on May 2, the School is recognizing more than 200 students from its health sciences programs who are graduating on Saturday, May 16. One such student is soon-to-be Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) Kyra Schwartz, who is one of 45 […]

The forthcoming Dakota Conference on Rural Health will feature the Outstanding Rural Health Awards Banquet to recognize North Dakota rural health advocates for their accomplishments. Among this year’s winners are the UND Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program, which was named “Outstanding Rural Health Program,” and Dr. Shawnda Schroeder of the UND Department of Indigenous Health, who […]

The UND Office of Human Resources honored 238 staff members at its annual Staff Recognition Luncheon this week. Honorees from the School of Medicine & Health Sciences included the following staff: Serving the SMHS for an astounding 50 YEARS! Alyson White, Physical Therapy 35 Years Jane Thorvilson, Student Affairs & Admissions 30 Years Cheri Stoltman, Medical […]

I don’t think any of us start the day thinking, “How can I be less efficient and more inaccurate?” But, setting yourself up for multitasking does just that. And even though I use the phrase, “setting yourself up,” the truth is that our current environments (social, occupational, familial, etc.) are modeled to encourage such behavior: […]

Dr. Jonathan Geiger, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the UND Department of Biomedical Sciences, recently presented the Opendra “Bill” Narayan Memorial Lecture at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP). His lecture, “Lysosomes Serve Important Roles in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases, as well as the Safety and Efficacy of Modern […]

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) yesterday announced a $5 million gift commitment from the Mohiba and Basir Tareen family to establish the Department of Dermatology. The gift will also endow the Tareen Family Chair of Dermatology, strengthening specialty care and medical education for North Dakota and the broader Upper Midwest. “UND […]