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UND ANAMS to host presentation by Dr. Dena Wilson on Feb. 9

Categories: Events

The UND chapter of the Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS) is excited to welcome guest speaker Dr. Dena Wilson for a virtual presentation on Friday, Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. (CST). Capt. Dena Wilson, M.D., F.A.C.C., is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. […]

Getting it just right

Categories: News, Research

UND’s M.D. Class of 2027 makes history by electing the nation’s first Indigenous President and Vice President Set in and around an American Indian reservation in rural Oklahoma, the FX television series “Reservation Dogs” follows a group of Indigenous teens as they explore their cultural heritage, argue with their parents, and navigate the alternatingly exasperating-lifesaving […]

Kindred Spirits

Categories: News

UND’s Indians Into Medicine program gets a boost from a ‘semi-retired’ supporter “Our INMED program is, historically, the outstanding program in the country for training Native American physicians,” says Dr. Charlie Christianson. “So, I said ‘why not?’” Christianson is referring to the Dr. Charles Christianson INMED Scholarship for Primary Care, a recent scholarship endowment he […]

First nations, first graduates

Categories: News

The first graduates of the world’s first doctoral program in Indigenous Health walk across the stage at UND “I have a dream of testifying before Congress,” smiles Cole Allick from his Washington State University office in Seattle. “I know it’s probably not a high priority for a lot of other people, but I want to […]

From the Dean: Investing in Indigenous students

Categories: From the Dean

Kudos to all the health sciences students who graduated this past weekend. As I mentioned last week, the time was filled with many happy events, including two commencement ceremonies (one for graduate and the other for undergraduate degrees), hooding events for the students from occupational therapy, physical therapy, and physician assistant studies, and receptions for […]

From the Dean: Happy Birthday INMED!

Categories: From the Dean

As I mentioned last week, all week long we’ve been celebrating the 50th anniversary of our renowned Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program – despite the snow! Since 1973, this first-of-its-kind program has helped produce more than 270 Indigenous physicians who otherwise might not have become doctors. That’s hundreds of physicians, and other health providers, who […]

Full slate of April events scheduled for INMED’s 50th anniversary

Categories: Events

In honor of its landmark 50th anniversary in 2023, the UND Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program is hosting a series of events this calendar year. April is an especially busy month, with events occurring in Grand Forks, N.D., and Minneapolis, Minn. Scheduling its local events around UND’s annual Time Out Wacipi Powwow on April 21-22, […]

Spring 2023 North Dakota Medicine now available

Categories: News

The Spring 2023 issue of the SMHS quarterly magazine North Dakota Medicine is now available. Check it out now on paper or online! Feature Stories this issue include: The Next 50 Years – UND’s first-of-its-kind Indians Into Medicine program celebrates a half-century of cultivating Indigenous health providers. Rural Realizations – Tales from Tioga and Fort Totten about how rural […]

The next 50 years

Categories: News

UND’s first-of-its-kind Indians Into Medicine program celebrates a half-century of cultivating Indigenous health providers. Collecting her thoughts, Dr. Adriann Begay frowned slightly as she reflected on the challenge of being a health provider for the Navajo Nation in 2020 and 2021. “It was really, really stressful,” she sighed. Recalling the difficulty of those long months, […]