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Geiger gives Narayan Memorial Lecture at 30th Meeting of the Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology

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Dr. Jonathan Geiger, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the UND Department of Biomedical Sciences, recently presented the Opendra “Bill” Narayan Memorial Lecture at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP). His lecture, “Lysosomes Serve Important Roles in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases, as well as the Safety and Efficacy of Modern […]

Retirement symposium for Dr. Jonathan Geiger to be held @NDMOA on June 12

Categories: Events, Research

Please join the UND Department of Biomedical Sciences as we gather to honor Dr. Jonathan Geiger’s contributions to the field of biomedical science and his years of service to the University of North Dakota. A full-day scientific symposium honoring Dr. Geiger’s upcoming retirement will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, June […]

Geiger named vice chair of the SMHS Department of Indigenous Health on interim basis

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Jonathan Geiger, Ph.D., a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has been named the vice chair (interim) of the SMHS Department of Indigenous Health (IH). Working in coordination and collaboration with Melanie Nadeau, M.P.H., Ph.D., interim chair of the Department of […]

Geiger named Interim PI of UND’s $10 million CoBRE grant exploring Indigenous health disparities

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Jonathan Geiger, Ph.D., a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has been named the Interim Principal Investigator (PI) on the School’s five-year, $10 million the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) research award targeting Indigenous health. […]

Holiday 2019 North Dakota Medicine magazine now available!

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As you may have noticed in your mailbox, or while perusing the displays in the SMHS or our website, the Holiday 2019 issue of North Dakota Medicine is now available! Features this issue include stories on: Second Year INMED student Emily Falcon and her physician-father Gilbert Med student Pranish Kantak’s effort to build a student-run free clinic in Grand Forks Drs. […]

Chen and Geiger awarded $2.2 million R01 grant from National Institute of Mental Health

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The National Institute of Mental Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded an R01 grant titled “Tat endolysosome escape and HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorder” to Drs. Xuesong Chen and Jonathan Geiger. Both are faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine […]

NIH selects Geiger to chair a second vital grant review study section

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Jonathan D. Geiger, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), to serve as the chair of the HIV Co-Morbidities and Clinical Studies (HCCS) grant review study section for the NIH’s Center […]

Geiger awarded four-year, $2.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health

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Jonathan Geiger, PhD, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, is on a multi-university, multiple principal investigator team that received a four-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $2.25 million. The grant, titled “Ketogenic Diet and Adenosine: Epigenetics and Antiepileptogenesis,” marks the first time that a […]