News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
A just-published article in the highly regarded journal Annals of Internal Medicine raises an important issue related to health science student education. I hesitate somewhat to bring it up because the report relates to the treatment of COVID, and we all are suffering from COVID fatigue and are tired talking (and hearing) about it. That […]
Join the UND Libraries team on Tuesday, Nov. 21, for a UND faculty panel on the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on research and publishing. Generative AI introduces both challenges and opportunities for the evolution of new research methodologies and scholarly pursuits, particularly with regard to the production, dissemination, and access to information. Scholars and […]
Categories: Research
The Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) is announcing a project grant program for 2024-2026. These 2-year grants, with a potential third year, are designed to fund research addressing the impact of historical and unresolved trauma on health inequities within the American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) populations. The PI must commit 50% […]
The Annual North Dakota IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences on Oct. 28. The event will be begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 7 p.m. The focus of the symposium is on research conducted by undergraduate students from undergraduate […]
The second episode of Dakota Health, a School of Medicine & Health Sciences health and medicine podcast produced in-house at UND, is now available. In this episode, Dakota Health speaks with Dr. Sandeep Singhal, associate professor in both the School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Pathology and the university’s School of Electrical Engineering […]
Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of artificial intelligence (AI) news and also pressured to at least dip your toe in? Then check out the new SMHS Library Resources AI Guide. AI seems to be everywhere, and information on it is also incredibly fluid. Librarians created this guide to be a dynamic resource for the […]
Earlier this week we held a reception to thank Dr. Marc Basson, senior associate dean for Medicine and Research, for all of his contributions to the UND SMHS over the past eight years, and wish him well in his new role as the next dean at the Northeast Ohio College of Medicine (NEOMED) in Rootstown, […]
Congratulations to Holly Brown-Borg, Ph.D., Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor with the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, who has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the Hevolution Foundation for a project entitled “Cellular mechanisms of frailty onset.” This project focuses on the underlying aging biology that […]
Categories: News
As the temperatures rise across North Dakota this spring and summer and students gear up to take a break on their studies, a number of research projects at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences also are warming up. Several SMHS faculty have been awarded research grants in recent months, allowing researchers at the […]
Categories: Research
Potential participants are invited to be in a UND Department of Physical Therapy research study focused on determining the effect of physical therapy on fatigue, balance, depression, and overall quality of life for individuals with a history of cancer. The purpose of this research study is to examine how chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment affects the […]
Another Frank Low Research Day (FLRD) is in the books! Thanks, again, to each of the student, faculty, and staff participants of last week’s 43rd FLRD. A number of poster awards have announced for projects displayed at the event. Congratulations to the following winners: Basic Sciences Graduate Students Best Poster: Danielle Germundson-Hermanson – Clinical and Translational […]
As the spring semester at UND winds down over the next few weeks, there are a variety of exciting events on tap that have relevance for the SMHS community. Actually, the first event was yesterday – the 43rd Frank Low Research Day. In this annual event, students, faculty, and staff showcase their research activities and […]
The Indigenous Trauma and Resilience Research Center (ITRRC) will hold its second annual symposium on April 20 and 21, 2023, online and in-person at UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Conference events will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CST) each day. This year’s symposium is free for both in-person and online […]
Marc Basson, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., senior associate dean for medicine & research at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), has accepted an offer to be the next Dean of the School of Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). “I have truly appreciated the dedication and enthusiasm of our UND administration, faculty, […]
Students, faculty, and staff in the basic sciences, health sciences, and all clinical departments are encouraged to participate in the 44th Annual Frank Low Research Day (FLRD), to be held Thursday, April 13, 2023, at the SMHS in Grand Forks. This year’s FLRD will be an in-person event, but will include an option for remote participation. […]