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The Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences has awarded scholarships to several MLS students for the upcoming academic year. Funds for the scholarships, which are managed by the UND Alumni Association & Foundation, are given from various private sources, endowments, and scholarship funds. “We sincerely appreciate the […]

Samantha Peterson, associate professor in the SMHS Department of Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) and director of the MLS graduate program, recently received one of seven “Voices Under 40” recognitions for 2026 at the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Joint Annual Meeting. ASCLS is the premiere professional society for medical lab scientists. The Voices […]

The UND Center for Rural Health’s (CRH) North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program was recently honored with a national award. During the 2026 Flex Program Reverse Site Visit (RSV) in Washington, D.C., in July, the North Dakota Flex Program was given the Strengthening Quality Reporting and Improvement Award, out of 45 Flex programs […]

Emily Kringle, Ph.D., OTR/L, assistant professor of kinesiology and director of the disability and wellness (DWELL) laboratory at the University of Minnesota, took home the Early Career Research Excellence Award from the 2026 American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA ) conference recently. Kringle, who earned her Master of Occupational Therapy degree at UND, integrates her training […]

Grace Karikari, Ph.D., assistant professor in the SMHS Department of Indigenous Health, recently received the Rural and Environmental Research Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging & Public Health Section for her work titled “Caring for the Aging Population in Ghana: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Best Practices.” The APHA Awards Ceremony was held on Nov. […]

Steve Westereng, Chair of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Sports Medicine, is the latest Hall of Fame inductee for the North Dakota Athletic Trainers Association (NDATA). “I serve as the Chair of the NDATA Honors and Awards Committee and I’m usually involved in the process of giving the awards out,” […]

Everett Glower, a fourth-year biomedical sciences graduate student in Assistant Professor Benjamin Roche’s lab, won a poster award at the recent 12th International Fission Yeasts Meeting in Boston, Mass. Glower’s award winning poster was entitled “The Knob submodule of the mediator complex is essential for maintaining transcription initiation during quiescence.” In the lab, Glower assists […]

What would convince a born-and-raised Michigander to up and move to Minot, North Dakota? “I wanted adventure, and nothing says adventure like North Dakota,” smiled Dr. Lauren Wake, a psychiatric physician at Trinity Health in Minot, N.D. In the last year of her psychiatry residency in Detroit – 2021 – the former Michigan State Spartan […]

Several faculty and staff of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) will be recognized at UND’s 2025 Founders Day banquet, to be held Thursday, Feb. 20, in the UND Memorial Union. Of particular note is that Dr. Archana Dhasarathy, associate professor in the School’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, will be honored by […]

The Simpler.Grants.gov team is thrilled to announce the launch of its new experimental search feature! As part of their ongoing efforts to modernize Grants.gov, the team is aiming to make it easier for you to find and apply for federal funding opportunities. With a simpler design and smarter algorithms, your search results will now be […]