News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Congratulations to the SMHS faculty, researchers, and students who published peer-reviewed articles in March 2026! You can view a full list of the titles and authors on the “Publications” tile of the SMHS Research website. Articles included are peer-reviewed, full manuscripts. Abstracts or conference presentations are not listed. The articles are discovered through searches of Academic Search […]
A first-of-its-kind study published by University of North Dakota researchers today in JAMA Network Open reveals a significant association between residential radon gas—a common, modifiable environmental hazard—and an increased risk of ovarian cancer incidence and mortality among postmenopausal women. The prospective cohort study, led by researchers at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University of North Carolina […]
Dr. Catherine Brissette, professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been named Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the School. A veteran researcher focused on infectious disease – particularly the tick-borne Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that cause Lyme disease – Brissette, who came to UND in 2010, […]
Congratulations to the SMHS Faculty and students who published 18 peer-reviewed articles in February 2026! You can view a full list of the titles and authors on the “Publications” tile of the SMHS Research website. Articles included are peer-reviewed, full manuscripts. Abstracts or conference presentations are not listed. The articles are discovered through searches of […]
Researchers! Registration for the 2026 Annual TRANSCEND Symposium is now open! This year’s Translational Science Engaging North Dakota (TRANSCEND) Symposium will be held on Wednesday, May 20, at the North Dakota State University Memorial Union in Fargo, N.D. This event is free and open to the public. Registration closes April 30! Join us with check-in beginning […]
UND will host the 76th North Dakota State Science and Engineering Fair (NDSSEF) on Friday, March 27, at UND’s Chester Fritz Library in Grand Forks. Approximately 150 projects will be on display from students in grades 6-12 representing medicine, the health sciences, microbiology, biochemistry, and life science. This event is the culmination of a series […]
The SMHS Office of Research Affairs is committed to tracking our community’s scholarly activity. We are also excited to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our faculty, staff, and students! Take a moment to review our 2025 publications and join us in recognizing the hard work and dedication that make these accomplishments possible. In addition to […]
The 46th annual Frank Low Research Day will be held in-person and online on Monday, April 27, 2026. Frank Low Research Day is the signature UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences celebration of the extraordinary research happening across all disciplines and programs in the SMHS. This year, we will bring together trainees, faculty, staff, […]
The Center for Host-Pathogen Interactions (HPI) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences invites applications for its Core Voucher Program, designed to help faculty generate preliminary data for NIH and other grant submissions. Vouchers of $5,000 to $8,000 can be used for services at HPI-supported cores, including histology, imaging, flow cytometry, and computational […]
For the next lecture in its Seminar Series, the UND Department of Biomedical Sciences will host Veera Baladandayuthapani, Ph.D., for a presentation entitled “Artificially Intelligent BioSpatial Modeling: Decoding Tumor Geography.” The lecture will take place at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room W203. As Dr. Baladandayuthapani describes […]