For Your Health

Diane Hillebrand, UND’s assistant director of research & sponsored program development, was recently given the 2022 Julia Jacobson Distinguished Service Award by the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)! The former Grants Manager at the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, only recently moved over to UND proper, meaning this award is a result […]

Robyn Litke Sall, substance abuse prevention coordinator for the City of Fargo / Cass County Public Health, will present “Local harm reduction strategies: Opioid overdose response training & syringe services” from 12:10 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at the UND Southeast Campus auditorium in Fargo. Upon completion of this program, the […]

As announced officially by Johns Hopkins University this past Wednesday and previewed by us recently, Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H., director of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program, chair of the department of Indigenous Health, and the School’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), will be […]

All UND SMHS faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend (or participate virtually in) an upcoming Sanford Health symposium on gastrointestinal (GI) disease, to be held in Fargo and online on Aug. 27, 2022. On that date, Dr. John Bassett, Fargo-based clinical associate professor of medicine with the UND SMHS, will host a symposium […]

Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H., director of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program, chair of the department of Indigenous Health, and the School’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, has been asked to build and direct the world’s first International Indigenous Health Data Set and Research program […]

Jordan Plath is the administrative assistant for the Public Health Program at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks. He will be the first point of contact for all faculty, students, and staff — and the public — in the program. In this role, Jordan will assist with administrative duties, record […]

About a quarter of our School’s total budget comes from grants and contracts, and most of the grants come from federal agencies, most commonly the National Institutes of Health. Such grants are essential to support the School’s research enterprise, and most of this research could not be done without the associated grant support. Because almost […]

The Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is kicking off a $1 million comprehensive campaign, the largest campaign of its kind for Indigenous medical education. “For nearly 50 years this program has led the nation in training Indigenous physicians,” said INMED Director Dr. Don Warne, referencing the […]

Join us for the next Neurology Grand Rounds on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, when Dr. Susan Farkas will discuss “Atrial Fibrillation Considerations & Management.” This educational event will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. both online via Webex and at the Brain & Spine Clinic in Fargo, 2301 25th Street S. (Conf. Rm […]

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the Summer Undergraduate Research poster session on Thursday, Aug. 4, at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). The one-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on the second floor of the UND SMHS building at 1301 North Columbia Road, Grand Forks, […]