For Your Health

The 38th Annual Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, taking place June 14-16, 2023, will be held in Bismarck, N.D. Registration is now open. The Conference includes four keynote addresses, 16 sessions, four intensive sessions, a health workforce panel, a North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services panel, and a legislative policy panel. Continuing education […]

The 10th Annual Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Academy, hosted by the Center for Rural Health, will take place at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks next week. SMHS students, faculty, and staff can expect to see junior high students, healthcare providers, and other volunteers […]

This summer, the SMHS Walking Moai group will meet every Wednesday, 10 a.m., at the SMHS front door for a 15- to 20-minute walk outside (inside during inclement weather). Contact Ashley Bayne (ashley.bayne@UND.edu) with any questions. Everyone is welcome, including students and community members! Participants will receive GF Blue Zones Project shoelaces. *What is a Moai (moh-eye)? […]

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 […]

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us virtually for the next Java with Josh on Thursday, Sept. 28, with their own coffee, tea, or juice! SMHS Dean Dr. Joshua Wynne will answer your questions about SMHS operations, the new academic year, events, and more. Join us online at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. […]

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (UND SMHS) is pleased to announce a new pilot grant program funded through the UND SMHS Dean’s office. The goal of the pilot program is to provide support to the most promising and novel biomedical research projects and help investigators obtain data necessary for […]

Congratulations to Holly Brown-Borg, Ph.D., Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor with the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, who has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the Hevolution Foundation for a project entitled “Cellular mechanisms of frailty onset.” This project focuses on the underlying aging biology that […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, Amanda Diamond, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Management of Status Epilepticus.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF1A2, and […]

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 […]

As the temperatures rise across North Dakota this spring and summer and students gear up to take a break on their studies, a number of research projects at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences also are warming up. Several SMHS faculty have been awarded research grants in recent months, allowing researchers at the […]