For Your Health

There are many ways to spend your breaks at work. You could answer a few more emails, take a walk, sit outside, catch up on your to-do list, scroll through your phone, or, if you’re feeling like a multitasker, eat lunch outside while answering emails and scrolling through your phone. Or you could read a […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, to be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, Natasha Petry, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, and Amanda Massmann, PharmD, both with Sanford Health in Fargo, will discuss pharmacogenomics in neurology. The meeting will be held in-person at the Sanford Brain and Spine Center, 2301 25th St. […]

The Health In Action podcast from the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Dean’s Office is back! Dr. Paula Termuhlen, vice dean and chief operating officer of the SMHS, arrived at UND recently amid a distinguished leadership career in accreditation and graduate medical education. She sat down with her long-time colleague, SMHS Dean Dr. […]

Last weekend I attended the funeral of a family friend. Having been raised in a large extended Irish Catholic family, I have been attending funerals since childhood (and hearing entertaining stories about Irish wakes). Some individuals experience grief often, and from an early age. Others may be able to avoid it well into adulthood. But […]

Join the SMHS Library Resources team on Tuesday, Sept. 15, to learn all about so-called “grey literature” (research produced outside the traditional peer-reviewed publishing processes, including government documents, theses and dissertations, industry reports, corporate white papers, conference abstracts, etc.). In this seminar we’ll examine the definition of grey literature, its importance to research, when it […]

One of the many debilitating symptoms of sickle cell disease (SCD) – a genetic condition where a person’s red blood cells assume a sickle shape, inhibiting their flow into and out of vessels and capillaries – is chronic pain. Because the mechanisms underlying SCD-induced pain are poorly understood, treatments have been few and far between, […]

Over the past year, we’ve made tremendous progress reducing the number of PDFs on UND websites. We started with approximately 8,000 PDFs and are now down to 3,179, or a 60% total reduction. While that’s a significant accomplishment, there is still work to do. Of the 3,000+ PDFs remaining on the website, 91% still need […]

Welcome to the new Safety Corner series in For Your Health, brought to you by the SMHS facilities team. Today’s topic is “Small habits, safer spaces.” Safety isn’t a once-a-year training — it’s a set of habits we practice every day. This month’s Safety Corner is a quick refresher on the basics that keep our […]

The Community-Based Behavioral Health Project (CBBHP) is offering training opportunities for providers working with adults with behavioral health needs. The new project, housed within UND’s Center for Rural Health, has developed a webinar series, in-person training opportunities, and an online toolkit. Webinar Series Three live CBBHP webinars will provide an opportunity to learn about supporting […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, to be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, Kenneth Stone, Psy.D., a specialist in psychology at Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D., will discuss how psychology interacts with neurology. The meeting will be held in-person at the Sanford Brain and Spine Center, 2301 25th St. […]