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Adrienne Salentiny, Ph.D., has been named director of instructional design and technology for the SMHS Office of Education Resources and named assistant professor in the Department of Population Health. Formerly the instructional designer in the Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) unit of Education Resources, Salentiny will take on an expanded role in the new position. […]

The Holiday 2022 issue of North Dakota Medicine magazine is now available in both online and paper formats. This issue features stories on: Occupational Therapy grad LaDonna Bannach takes her team of OTs and PTs on the road Robert Grossman and his daughters on choosing a life in medicine The Michelle K. Bianco Medical School Scholarship UND […]

Drs. Michelle and Robert Bianco establish the Dr. Michelle K. Bianco Medical School Scholarship Endowment for UND medical students “We met in the old medical school building,” wrote Dr. Michelle Bianco of that fateful moment in 1995 when she first bumped into her future husband — in the space that is today UND’s Columbia Hall. […]

As a volunteer with the mental health advocacy group Vibrant Emotional Health, Andrew McLean, M.D., M.P.H., chair of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, finds himself in his share of challenging environments. Whether he’s providing logistical support for local mental health agencies in the wake of a […]

A new advance care plan plays a role in sharing end-of-life wishes for Indigenous people It always is hard to think about the end of life. For Indigenous communities especially, such discussions are not always in line with culture and tradition. This mismatch can leave questions if an Elder, for example, is incapacitated or suffers […]

UND Department of Occupational Therapy graduate LaDonna Bannach takes her Fargo-based team of occupational and physical therapists on the road Time is money. And because time is money to the parents of children who need pediatric occupational or physical therapy services, says occupational therapist LaDonna Bannach, many rural clients were missing needed services due to […]

Addressing Rural Wellness through the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation Rural communities are notorious in the healthcare sector for the catchphrase “older, sicker, and poorer.” And it’s often true: residents in these areas do face increased barriers to care and limited options for providers, generally creating poorer health outcomes. Social isolation […]

Second-year UND physical therapy student Sidni Kast takes her Miss North Dakota crown to the Miss America Scholarship Competition Sidni Kast knows how to answer a question. “Yeah, lots of practice,” smiled the second-year physical therapy (PT) student from a couch at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. “Keeping answers in a timeframe […]

UND alum Dr. Robert Grossman and his daughters on how North Dakota made them the physicians they are today The irony is not lost on Dr. Jodi Brehm. “We got to watch our first surgery in high school,” quipped Brehm, a 2001 graduate of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, of her and […]

UND Master of Public Health alumnus Matthew Campion takes on a leadership role for a Critical Access Hospital in South Dakota Matt Campion didn’t plan on being a healthcare leader at a hospital in rural Miller, S.D. In fact, he didn’t contemplate going into healthcare leadership at all until late in his college career. Yet, […]

In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical student Class of 2025 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit VII of the 2022-23 academic year. The Class of 2025 (Phase 1) Unit VII awardees are the following individuals: Richard Clarens, Pharm.D., Clinical Instructor, SMHS […]

Holly Brown-Borg, Ph.D., Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in UND’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, will serve as interim associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). Dr. Brown-Borg, who is taking on the role recently vacated by Dr. Donald Warne, will serve as the primary contact at […]

Jonathan Geiger, Ph.D., a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has been named the Interim Principal Investigator (PI) on the School’s five-year, $10 million the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) research award targeting Indigenous health. […]

In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical student Class of 2026 has recognized three faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit II of the 2022-23 academic year. The Class of 2026 (Phase 1) Unit II awardees are the following individuals: Xuesong Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, […]

The Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences has awarded more than $37,000 in scholarships to several MLS students for the academic year. Funds for the scholarships are given from various private sources, endowments, and scholarship funds. Scholarship winners for the 2022-23 academic year include: Marcia and […]