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“As human beings, we share 99.9% of 3.3 billion base-pairs of DNA,” said Archana Dhasarathy, Ph.D., from her office at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). “This means that what makes us unique as individuals is only 0.1% of our genome.” The number, which still represents hundreds of millions of base pairs, still […]

From the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), an international network of epidemiologists spanning seven countries and five continents came together Sept. 17-18 to expand scientific collaboration and create opportunities for researchers across various career stages and regions. Cristina Oancea, M.S., M.S., Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the SMHS Department […]

For the next UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Research Exchange Webinar, to be held at noon on Monday, Sept. 14, Dr. Gary Schwartz, professor and chair of the UND Department of Population Health, and Dr. Mark Williamson, assistant professor of population health, will discuss the association between residential radon and ovarian cancer […]

The Health In Action podcast from the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Dean’s Office is back! In our second episode, SMHS Dean Dr. Marjorie Jenkins talks with Aerica Nagornyuk, a graduate student in UND’s Department of Biomedical Sciences. A North Dakota native, Nagornyuk chatted with Dr. Jenkins recently about getting hooked on research […]

For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, to be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, Anu Gaba, M.D., will discuss metastatic cancers and the brain. The meeting will be held in-person at the Sanford Brain and Spine Center, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, Conf. Rm. 1 and online. To join […]

A first-of-its-kind study published by University of North Dakota researchers today in JAMA Network Open reveals a significant association between residential radon gas—a common, modifiable environmental hazard—and an increased risk of ovarian cancer incidence and mortality among postmenopausal women.  The prospective cohort study, led by researchers at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University of North Carolina […]

UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences researchers use AI to reveal ‘tumor neighborhoods’ to better predict cancer behavior “A tumor is more than just a cluster of cells,” explained Sandeep Singhal, Ph.D., associate professor in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Pathology. “It’s a complex ecosystem – a ‘microenvironment’ […]

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 […]

Debuting in 2017, the UND Center for Rural Health’s (CRH) Targeted Rural Health Education (TRHE) program charges medical students and other School of Medicine & Health Sciences students with writing a plain language health information article to be published in a rural newspaper where students are completing their rotation. The project encourages and supports those students to dive […]

Sandeep Singhal, Ph.D., associate professor in the SMHS Department of Pathology, is back at UND after presenting at the annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference, which took place last week in Los Angeles, Calif. Founded in 1907, the AACR is the world’s oldest association for cancer research and remains dedicated to advancing cancer […]