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‘UND isn’t actually 900 miles away right now, it’s just a drive up the road’: A conversation with UND Center for Rural Health Director Jacob Warren

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Following the recent retirement of Acting Director Brad Gibbens, the 45 years-young UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Center for Rural Health (CRH) found itself in need of a new Director. Enter Dr. Jacob Warren, who is joining UND from the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. A […]

From the Dean: Our end-of-year reporting

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We held the pre-legislative session of the UND SMHS Advisory Council this past Wednesday in Bismarck. It was a hybrid event, with most participants joining virtually. We were fortunate, however, to have all four members of the Council who are legislators present in person. They were in Bismarck to attend, with their colleagues, the pre-session […]

From the Dean: Inflation, budgets, and benefits

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As this academic and fiscal year winds down and the new one begins on July 1, we are finalizing our budget for the upcoming second year of the biennium. Per North Dakota University System (NDUS) requirements, we need to electronically submit our final budget package to the NDUS and embed it in their system soon. […]

SMHS Advisory Council publishes Sixth Biennial Report on health in North Dakota

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The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Advisory Council, a legislatively mandated group of 16 stakeholders connected to North Dakota’s health care enterprise, has published the School’s Sixth Biennial Report: Health Issues for the State of North Dakota. Highlights from the Report include: Although North Dakotans have a lower prevalence of diabetes than the rest of […]