News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS).
Simulation In Motion – North Dakota (SIM-ND), a mobile project of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Simulation Center, the North Dakota Department of Health, and several area health providers, is hosting an “open house” next week. SIM-ND is a statewide, mobile education system where replica emergency rooms, ambulance […]
Just a reminder, everyone: UND will have have contractors conduct parking lot maintenance at the SMHS in June. The team will work on seal coating, curb repairs, and other maintenance needs as appropriate. The map above shows the locations with Phase 1 and 3 taking place June 1-8 and Phase 2 ocurring June 8-15. There […]
In addition to the 69 new medical doctors graduating from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), the School is recognizing more than 240 students from its health sciences programs who are graduating on Saturday, May 14, 2022. One of those 240-plus students is Jacob Tupa, who is graduating with […]
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences-Sanford Health Geriatrics Fellowship program recently received national recognition by the American Geriatrics Society and its fellowship directors for innovations in education. Drs. Gunjan Manocha (UND) and Lindsey Dahl (Sanford) were asked to present on the new Geriatrics Twitter Journal Club at the 2022 American Geriatrics Society scientific […]
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 ceremonies on Saturday, May 7, including the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty. Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in North […]
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In recognition of outstanding performance in the encouragement, enrichment, and education of tomorrow’s physicians, the medical student Class of 2025 has recognized four faculty for Outstanding Unit Instructor Awards in Unit IV of the 2021-22 academic year. The Class of 2025 (Phase 1) Unit IV awardees are the following individuals: Walter Kemp, M.D., Clinical Faculty […]
The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) will confer the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree on 69 graduating medical students in a Commencement Ceremony to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, at UND’s Chester Fritz Auditorium. You can watch the ceremony live here. Along with UND President Andrew Armacost, Dr. […]
Dave Relling, P.T., Ph.D., associate dean for health sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, has been named an Alumni Fellow from the College of Health and Human Sciences at Kansas State University. Dave received this award last week at a ceremony at Kansas State, where he completed his Master’s degree in […]
Big congratulations to Dr. Allison Kelliher, director of the University of North Dakota-based practice-based research network AICoRN, on winning a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Alumni Association! According to the UAF, the Distinguished Alumnus Award “is the association’s most prestigious award. It was first awarded in 1962 and continues to […]
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This weekend, the Department of Emergency Medicine within UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is hosting its first-ever Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) course for medical students at Turtle River State Park, 30 miles west of Grand Forks. From April 29 to May 1, 2022, Dr. Justin Reisenauer, Dr. Jon Solberg, and several […]
Thanks, again, to each of the student, faculty, and staff participants of last week’s virtual 42nd Frank Low Research Day. 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 (Clinical and Translational Science) – Danielle L. […]
David R. Wilson, Ph.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office (THRO), will serve as lead speaker for the University of North Dakota Indigenous Trauma & Resilience Research Center’s (ITRRC) first annual symposium on Friday, April 22, 2022. “American Indians in North Dakota and throughout the region suffer from significant […]
The North Dakota Athletic Trainers Association (NDATA) has named Sara Bjerke, assistant professor of athletic training in the Department of Sports Medicine at UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS), the NDATA Hall of Fame inductee for 2022. “I am humbled and honored to be inducted into the North Dakota Athletic Trainers Association Hall […]
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Congratulations to Department of Biomedical Sciences graduate student Gbolahan Bamgbose, who was awarded a 2022 American Society of Cell Biology / International Federation of Cell Biology scholarship! The scholarship provides research and training opportunities for African and South American early-career investigators in the life sciences. Gbolahan, who is president of the Biomedical Graduate Student Association […]
A huge thank you to all the judges and supporters of the 72nd Annual North Dakota State Science & Engineering Fair, which was held last Friday, April 1, in the UND Memorial Union. Nearly 130 students, from across the state, grades 6-12, presented their projects. Awards were given at the junior and senior levels, by […]