News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Categories: Events
For the next Wadhwani Family Dean’s Hour, Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean for multicultural education at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, will discuss diversity in medicine and the health sciences at UND. The presentation will be held in SMHS Room E101 (the Fee Auditorium) at noon on Thursday, Feb. 6. Lunch will […]
Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean for multicultural education at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, is back recently from the Harvard University-based Women in Leadership Conference 2024. Dr. Haynes spoke at the conference as part of two different panels: “Honest Dialogue: Effective Conversations and Conflict Resolution” and “Blind Spots in Hiring: Unmasking Unconscious […]
The Summer 2024 issue of North Dakota Medicine magazine is now available in both online and paper formats. This issue’s feature stories include: Less invisible – North Dakota Medicine recaps the evolution of the standalone Department of Medical Laboratory Science in the twenty-first century. Books, blankets, and hotdish – Two programs in North Dakota for survivors of brain injuries have a special […]
Categories: News
Late in 2023, Dr. Victoria Haynes joined the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences to serve as its Associate Dean for Multicultural Education. Despite her busy schedule, Dr. Haynes sat down with North Dakota Medicine to discuss her new role at UND, what medical colleges across the U.S. can do to help produce more […]
Categories: From the Dean
One of the casualties of the COVID pandemic has been Dean’s Hour. In the years prior to 2020 we would typically host a series of guest presenters in-house – who would each give a talk on a healthcare topic – in the months between September and May. That said, even before the pandemic there had […]
This has been an event-filled week – and the events will continue through the weekend! Things started off with a bang on Monday when the UND Alumni Association & Foundation (UNDAAF) announced a $6.5 million gift to UND from Sanford Health. Tiffany Lawrence, the CEO of Sanford Fargo, was present for the announcement event at […]
April is Arab American Heritage Month! To celebrate, the SMHS Office for Multicultural Education is hosting a virtual event on Monday, April 22. From noon to 1 p.m. on that date, Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean for multicultural education at the UND School of Medicine & health Sciences, will present information on the unique contributions […]
Yesterday the SMHS held its 44th annual Frank Low Research Day. Named in honor of the former SMHS professor of anatomy who came to UND in the 1960s and pioneered a series of new techniques using the electron microscope, Frank Low Research Day is the culminating event of the academic year for many area researchers […]
Categories: Events
The SMHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office is sponsoring a Dean’s Hour event on Thursday, April 18. At noon on April 18, Dr. Victoria Haynes, associate dean for multicultural education, will present “A collaborative approach to addressing social determinants of health.” During this session, participants will learn about the five domain groups related to the […]
As we welcome 2024 and students return to their studies, I thought it might be productive to outline some of the School’s priorities and areas of focus in this new year. Recall that UND, like most academic institutions, operates on an academic and fiscal year that runs from July to June, in contrast to the […]