News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Categories: News
The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) presented a number of awards to its graduating medical students and the School’s faculty and other community volunteers during its Commencement festivities on May 3 and 4, including the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty. Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in […]
What an exciting time of year! Tonight we will hold the Commencement Awards Banquet for the members of the medical student Class of 2024, and tomorrow we’ll award M.D. degrees to 65 highly qualified and highly motivated new doctors. Similar commencement events will take place a week from tomorrow when our graduating health sciences and […]
Attention SMHS researchers: The Vilcek Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. In 2025, the Vilcek Foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 to immigrant and foreign-born research scientists living and working in the United States. To be eligible candidates must hold a Ph.D. and be […]
Categories: Education
For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, Michael Burson, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., will discuss diversity and inclusion efforts at Sanford Health. The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and Room SMCF5D, and […]
One of the hot topics of discussion on campus relates to the compensation study by the Huron Consulting Group that is underway currently at UND. The Huron study was developed to augment the compensation analyses that UND has been doing for some time. Although this analysis of UND compensation remains a work in progress, I […]
The Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) unit of Education Resources will host an insightful faculty development panel on clinical precepting on Wednesday, May 15, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Central). Join us virtually on Zoom! This session will also be recorded for those unable to attend live. This session brings together a distinguished panel […]
In recognition of the significant contribution Judy Demers made to medical education in North Dakota, the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences is hosting a memorial open house event for the School’s former Associate Dean for Student Affairs. The open house for Demers, who died on March 12, 2024, will be held in the […]
The UND Office of Human Resources administers the Staff Recognition Luncheon each May. This year’s luncheon will be held on Tuesday, May 7, in the UND Memorial Union’s Large Ballroom. At this event, UND staff members are recognized for the major milestones of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years of […]
Categories: Events
Students for Interprofessional Health, an interprofessional health professions student organization at UND, is hosting a “study-a-thon” for all UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences-based students on Thursday, May 2. The event will be held in the School’s East Atrium and Room E101 (the Charles H. Fee, M.D. Auditorium) from 4-8 p.m. During those hours, […]
Attention researchers! The 9th Annual Host-Pathogen Interactions (HPI) CoBRE Symposium will be held at the Gorecki Alumni Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2024. More details will be forthcoming as the event approaches. For now, direct any questions to Jessica Craig, SMHS Department of Biomedical Sciences, at 701.777.5905 or jessica.craig@UND.edu.