Indigenous Health News

Yes, it’s cold here in the winter! But there’s lots to do in the winter and all year round in Greater Grand Forks (Grand Forks, ND and East Grand Forks, MN). Grand Forks has a 2200-acre Greenway with trails, cross country skiing, boat docks, parks for people and dogs, and disc golf courses; 57 miles […]

SMHS & Indians Into Medicine-University of North Dakota student Tarlynn Tone-Pah-Hote and Assistant Professor Nicole Redvers recently published an article in Frontiers, “The commercialization of biospecimens from Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review of benefit-sharing.” This publication was part of SMHS’s Research Experience for Medical Students (REMS) program. The goal of the program is to provide […]

After offering Summer Institute virtually for the past two summers, our first year back to campus has wrapped, and what a summer it was! INMED was thrilled to have 7th through 12th graders back in person. A total of 37 students completed a five-week STEAM enrichment program, participating in courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, […]

Ryan Toledo, 4th year medical student at UND’s Indians Into Medicine Program, presented a research poster last week at the Association of American Indian Physicians’ National Conference in Washington, DC.  Toledo, who is currently completing his Master of Public Health Degree at Harvard University presented his research in conjunction with his studies at both UND […]

Dr. David Gipp, ’74, a University of North Dakota graduate, and a leader in the Tribal College movement, led United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck for 37 years. The UND community has recognized the death of Gipp, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe member as the passing of one of the University’s most prominent American Indian […]

First-year medical student Megan Corn chats with North Dakota Medicine about moving to North Dakota, Indigenous People’s Day, and being the School’s first female Indigenous class president.   I hesitate to say it’s not as bad as I thought it would be, because it’s pretty challenging. But it could be worse. It’s going well so […]

INMED applicants are fully qualified medical school applicants and must follow the same admissions processes and deadlines as all other applicants. For more information, please visit the UND Office of Student Affairs and Admissions and the USD Sanford School of Medicine Medical Student Affairs Office. Application steps to complete: 1.  AMCAS Application 2. UND SMHS […]

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is kicking off a $1 million comprehensive campaign, the largest campaign of its kind for Indigenous medical education. “For nearly 50 years this program has led the nation in training Indigenous physicians,” said INMED Director […]

Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Director of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program, chair of the department of Indigenous Health, and the School’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, has been asked to build and direct the world’s first International Indigenous Health Data Set and Research program […]

CLIMB 2022 INMED welcomed incoming medical students to campus this summer for the first in-person CLIMB program in two years. CLIMB (Career & Life Instruction for Matriculation Building) is a summer program which brings together incoming INMED medical students for an intensive experience designed to foster their success in medical school. The students participated in […]