For Your Health

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, Tanya Harlow, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Wilson’s Disease.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm 1 and Conf. Rm. SMCF6A, and via Webex (Meeting no./access code: […]

In honor of its landmark 50th anniversary in 2023, the UND Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program is hosting a series of events this calendar year. April is an especially busy month, with events occurring in Grand Forks, N.D., and Minneapolis, Minn. Scheduling its local events around UND’s annual Time Out Wacipi Powwow on April 21-22, […]

Today is the 56th day that the North Dakota legislature has been in session. The biennial session ordinarily is limited to 80 days, so the last day that the legislature can meet this year is Thursday, May 4. The members usually like to hold a few days in reserve, so I’d guess that they will […]

Lucy Chisler, D.O., will present “Suicide and Firearms: A Discussion of Current Research and Recommendations” from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Chisler is a third-year resident in the UND Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Julie Blehm, M.D., faculty with the Sanford Health Internal […]

Marc Basson, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., senior associate dean for medicine & research at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has accepted an offer to be the next Dean of the School of Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). “I have truly appreciated the dedication and enthusiasm of our UND administration, faculty, […]

In honor of North Dakota Public Health Week (NPHW) next week, UND President Andrew Armacost will sign a proclamation recognizing public health on the UND campus. The event will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 3, in the UND Memorial Union’s Small Ballroom (Rm. 220). The event is free and open to the […]

Last week, the SMHS Simulation Center held its annual training for Simulation In Motion – North Dakota (SIM-ND). As part of this training, the Sim Center team held its inaugural “Moulage Wars” competition. At this event, three teams, whose members represented Trinity Health in Minot, Sanford Health in Fargo, Essentia Health in Fargo/Bismarck, and Altru […]

A request for applications (RFA) for the 2023-24 Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) Pilot Grant Program has been released. You may find a copy of the RFA at the Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center online. Overview: The Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) is announcing the pilot grant program for 2023-24. These […]

The 43rd Annual Frank Low Research Day will be held in-person (SMHS second floor) and online on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Although the deadline for submitting abstracts has passed, all faculty, students, and staff in the basic sciences, health sciences, and all clinical departments are encouraged to attend! If you are able to serve as […]

As promised last week, here is a summary of the Match Day results for our soon-to-be graduating senior medical students. As you may recall, a week ago today our senior medical students (and their roughly 40,000 residency applicant counterparts from across the country and throughout the world) learned where they will be spending the next […]