News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
One of the many debilitating symptoms of sickle cell disease (SCD) – a genetic condition where a person’s red blood cells assume a sickle shape, inhibiting their flow into and out of vessels and capillaries – is chronic pain. Because the mechanisms underlying SCD-induced pain are poorly understood, treatments have been few and far between, […]
Categories: Education
The next UND Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds event, “Sickle Cell Disease,” will be broadcast via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. This presentation features Julia Parrish, M.D., a second-year fellow in the School’s Sanford Health-based Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program in Fargo, N.D. Upon completion of this program, […]