For Your Health

The next UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds event, “Sickle Cell Disease,” will be broadcast via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. This presentation features Julia Parrish, M.D., a second-year fellow in the School’s Sanford Health-based Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program in Fargo, N.D. Upon completion of this program, […]

Nicola Herting, Ph.D., LP, will present “Responding to Child Trauma” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conference. Dr. Herting is clinical director of the Traumatic Stress Treatment Center at Sanford Health in Fargo; clinical director of the Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth and adjunct […]

Stephanie Weber is a project assistant with the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. Stephanie works with the Rural Health Information Hub where she provides administrative and project support. Originally from East Grand Forks, Minn., Stephanie has provided administrative support and assistance […]

As we welcome 2024 and students return to their studies, I thought it might be productive to outline some of the School’s priorities and areas of focus in this new year. Recall that UND, like most academic institutions, operates on an academic and fiscal year that runs from July to June, in contrast to the […]

The laboratory of Sergei Nechaev, Ph.D., associate professor with the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, has published a paper in the prestigious Nature Communications journal. The manuscript, “Transcriptional Responses of Cancer Cells to Heat Shock-Inducing Stimuli Involve Amplification of Robust HSF1 Binding,” can be read online here. […]

There are a number of ways AI can be used – and misused – in education and in research. Please join us for our January UND SMHS TLAS virtual faculty development event: “Using AI (Artificial Intelligence) at the SMHS.” On Jan. 17, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (CST), speakers Andrea Guthridge (Instructional Designer, Education Resources), […]

The Office of the Dean is pleased to announce a welcome reception for the new UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Dr. Victoria Haynes. Come and say hello to Dr. Haynes in the School’s West Atrium from 4 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18. Light refreshments […]

Mark your calendars for a day of awareness and learning! The Department of Rehabilitation & Human Services within UND’s College of Education & Human Development is hosting Disability Awareness Day on Monday, March 18. Join the college as it promotes the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. The event features a learning fair, posters […]

Samantha Peterson, Ph.D., M.L.S. (ASCP)cm, assistant professor in the UND Department of Medical Laboratory Science, has been named by UND as one of winners of the 2023 UND Foundation/Karleen Home Rosaaen Award for Excellence in Academic Advising. This award, along with other various campus awards, will be presented to Dr. Peterson at UND Founders Day […]

Faculty with the UND Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) have been selected to present their work at the annual Clinical Laboratory Educators’ Conference (CLEC) in Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 22-24, 2024. Assistant professors Rebecca Bakke and Hannah Hove will present a poster entitled “Create your own case study: A multifaceted approach to student learning,” […]