News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Categories: News
To hear Dr. Mike Vandall tell it, he almost missed the chance of a lifetime 50 years ago. “I was a freshman in medical school when I saw this elderly guy sitting in the back of our classroom – he was Native American,” Vandall explained. “I went back and talked to him before class started […]
As you might have noticed in your mailbox, the Fall 2025 issue of North Dakota Medicine magazine is now available in both online and paper formats. And check out our new North Dakota Medicine website! This issue’s feature stories include: Build it and they will come: UND Occupational Therapy and Biomedical Engineering partner on device […]
Categories: Events
The UND Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program is hosting an open house on Sept. 17. All students and staff are invited to come to the INMED suite (Room E251) from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. to enjoy some snacks and meet fellow students, faculty, and staff. Founded in 1973, INMED is a comprehensive education program that […]
The SMHS Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program is hosting trauma surgeon Dr. Blair Matheson for a talk on equity in medical education on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Dr. Matheson will present in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences INMED suite (E251) and via Zoom starting at 3:30 p.m. A member of the Cherokee Nation, Dr. […]
Categories: Events
UND’s Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program is co-sponsoring a FREE screening and discussion of the documentary film Sugarcane, taking place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Empire Arts Center (415 Demers Ave, Grand Forks). Serving as an investigation into abuse and a history of missing children at an Indigenous residential school […]
Categories: Education
On Friday, Nov. 15, the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics will host a free webinar entitled “Ethics at the Intersection: Discussing End of Life Choices with American Indian and Alaska Native Patients (AI/AN).” UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend the webinar, which begins at noon […]
Categories: News
The Indians Into Medicine CLIMB program builds community and acclimates new students to the rigors of medical education. Choosing her words carefully, Kendra Roland, a fourth-year medical student at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), sought to convey the significance of the sewing project she was helping manage with first-year Indigenous medical […]
As I mentioned in last week’s For Your Health column, we are working on facility upgrades and improvements at multiple SMHS sites throughout the state. Thanks to Tom Peterson in the Office of Administration and Finance at the School for preparing the following list of projects. We have work planned or underway on and in […]
Categories: From the Dean
This week we had two poignant but bittersweet gatherings that I forementioned in prior columns. The first one (on Tuesday) was a celebration of the life of Judy DeMers, our former associate dean of the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions, who passed away in March at the age of 79. The turnout for the […]
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 […]