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Just a reminder: In the wake of feedback from the recent UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences communications survey, SMHS administrators are revising how the “All-SMHS” email system will be managed. To summarize, while each of you will have the opportunity to submit an email message directed to all faculty and staff at our […]

How would you like UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) to communicate with you? How often do you want to hear from administrators? The SMHS Office of Alumni & Community Relations is partnering with the Dean’s Office on a communications survey, and we need your help! To help our School improve its overall […]

“Because the threat is not visible, it’s not something that people readily appreciate and act upon,” said Gary Schwartz, professor and chair of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Department of Population Health. He was speaking of radon gas, the colorless and odorless radioactive gas present in many homes in North Dakota. […]

North Dakota’s only medical school explores how and where to embed more arts and humanities education into its medical curriculum In 2020, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published “The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education,” a report that reiterated the organization’s belief that “integration of the arts and humanities […]

SMHS researchers partner with the UND Department of Communication and Grand Forks Public on radon testing Evangelist is too strong a word. Although activist doesn’t quite capture it either. Whatever the designation, Dr. Gary Schwartz, chair of the Department of Population Health at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, acknowledges the zeal with […]

On Feb. 23, 2023, at noon (CST), Dr. Heeyoung Han from Southern Illinois University Medical School will present “Authentic Doctor-Patient Communication Skills,” a faculty development offering made possible by a grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Central Group on Educational Affairs. The SMHS Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) team encourages all health- […]

Lucas Holkup, M.D., a PGY-V resident in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk entitled “Improving Communication with Patients with Life-threatening Surgical Conditions” at Sanford Medical Center Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Everyone is welcome to attend. The objectives of Dr. Holkup’s talk […]