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UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences looks to boost the state’s healthcare workforce with an ambitious new project Facing an audience of physicians at a recent North Dakota Medical Association (NDMA) meeting, Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, dean of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University’s vice president for health affairs, […]

Members of the UND medical student Class of 1976 reflect on the massive shift in both medical education and clinical practice over the past 50 years. Editor’s note: In May 2025, the 50th class of UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences medical students crossed the stage to accept their diplomas as new physicians. Below […]

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) will confer the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree on graduating medical students in a Commencement Ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, at UND’s Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center. Along with UND President Andrew Armacost, Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, vice president for health […]

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences will host the 50th (!) granting of the Doctor of Medicine Degree at 10 a.m. at UND’s Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 3. All SMHS faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend. Featuring comments from SMHS Dean Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, […]

“I’m super excited. I got my number one choice.” Wiping away more than a few tears, Anya Edwards had just announced to her classmates that she’s headed to the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Iowa City for an internal medicine residency. Although the graduating medical student considers herself “from Grand Forks,” she was born […]

Several UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences second-year medical students received awards on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the School’s 2025 Sophomore Awards Ceremony. Academic, teaching, and service awards were awarded on behalf of the School and the North Dakota Medical Association, including: North Dakota Medical Association Awards Awarded to second-year students who were nominated […]

“The first week of medical school has me reflecting humbly on how fortunate I am to finally begin medical education,” admitted Grand Forks, N.D., native Madeline Comeau. “Working through our first patient case was a great start for developing those clinical skills we’ll need as physicians.” A Grand Forks, N.D., native, Comeau is one of […]

The new academic year started on July 1 and I had the pleasure and honor of welcoming the incoming medical student Class of 2028 on that day. You may be wondering why we have the medical students start so early (my first day of medical school was in September). It is because of the major […]

The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) presented a number of awards to its graduating medical students and the School’s faculty and other community volunteers during its Commencement festivities on May 3 and 4, including the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty. Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in […]

Happy Bastille Day! It’s been a whirlwind first week and a half for the first-year medical students in the Class of 2027. And we await with enthusiasm the arrival of new students in our other health sciences programs later this summer, who join the new Doctor of Physical Therapy students already on campus! Two days […]