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| From the Interim Dean |
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Earlier this week, I was pleased to attend the 2009 annual meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (CAOG). I went to the meeting to give a talk as well as function as the institutional representative from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Department of Continuing Medical Education, which provided CME credits to the physicians attending the meeting. Thus, I spent a fair amount of time in the lecture hall and in reviewing the posters. With around 400 attendees, this meeting brought together OB-GYN specialists from all over the middle of the country. Dr. Dennis Lutz, professor and chair of UND’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is the Association’s president this year, and he was kind enough to invite me to present a talk at the meeting. My topic was “Women’s Health Care: the Medical School Perspective,” and among other issues, I analyzed the changing demographics of the health care workforce and its implications for the future. As you probably know, the composition of the typical medical school class in the United States has gone from about 10 percent female three decades ago to about 50 percent today. The Association of American Medical Colleges has predicted the percentage to increase to well over 50 percent in the coming decades. At the meeting, I learned that OB-GYN residencies are now more than three-fourths female, which is a major change from years ago when it was an almost exclusively male domain. In the talk, I analyzed some of the implications of this major evolution, including the need for more flexible work schedules for health care providers. I also had a chance to visit with several of our full-time and clinical faculty who attended the meeting. North Dakota was well represented at the meeting, and I had a chance visit with Drs. Steff Christensen, Stephanie Dahl, Jerry Obritsch, Mary Holm, Jim Kolars, Tom Arnold, and Andrea Howick. I was able to thank again our dedicated community faculty who contribute so much to the education of our medical and allied health students, and to listen to their suggestions and thoughts about medical education and mentoring. I also had a chance to meet with OB-GYN colleagues from my prior tenure at Wayne State University, emphasizing again the importance of networking in our professional relationships. Looking back on the meeting, perhaps the most gratifying aspect of the meeting was to see, yet again and in person, the important role that North Dakotans are playing in major national health care organizations such as CAOG. I was also impressed by how many of the issues and challenges in health care transcend geographic and specialty boundaries, emphasizing the critical importance that we work together regardless of what ultimately are superficial distinctions. |
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Prestigious Scholarship Winners
Lacher and Hostetter Attend Statewide Diabetes Summit at United Tribes
Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar Series
University Letter
PPT faculty candidate to present seminar on Nov. 2
PPT Seminar on Nov. 6
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| Prestigious Scholarship Winners |
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Briana Goldenstein and Brian Nelson, graduate students in the laboratory of Dr. Van Doze in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, won prestigious scholarships from the UND Graduate School. Briana received the Gale and Virginia Satrom Award, and Brian received the Chester Fritz Award. The very large pool of applicants for these awards this year was highly competitive academically. Congratulations, Briana and Brian! Submitted by Dr. James Haselton |
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| Lacher and Hostetter Attend Statewide Diabetes Summit at United Tribes |
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The Dakota Diabetes Coalition’s annual Diabetes Summit was held October 16, on the campus of Bismarck’s United Tribes Technical College, which cosponsored the event.
Participating in the conference were Brenda Lacher, RN, diabetes education coordinator at the UND Center for Family Medicine–Bismarck, UND Southwest Campus, and Nancy Hostetter, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, continuing medical education and outreach coordinator in Bismarck. The Coalition has more than 100 members across North Dakota. The daylong gathering brought together people with a variety of backgrounds from around the state. The theme of this year’s Summit was “What Works in Diabetes.” Conference participants worked on the North Dakota Department of Health’s state plan for diabetes and discussed important issues and the best ways to reduce North Dakota’s diabetes epidemic.
For more information on the coalition, see: http://www.ndhealth.gov/diabetescoalition/
Submitted by Denis MacLeod |
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| Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar Series |
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Othman Ghribi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics, UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, will present a seminar on Monday, November 2, 2009, at 12:00 p.m., in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Room 5510. The seminar is entitled “Common pathological hallmarks for Alzheimer’s disease and age-related macular degeneration in the cholesterol-fed rabbit model.” All are welcome to attend.
Submitted by Bonnie Kee |
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| University Letter |
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University Letter, published on Tuesdays, is distributed electronically to the University community and is always available online. For more information, contact Jan Orvik, editor, janorvik@mail.und.edu, (701) 777-3621. |
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| PPT faculty candidate to present seminar on Nov. 2 |
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Dr. Lucia Carvelli, a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical School in Nashville, TN, will present a seminar titled "The split personality of the dopamine transporter. How and why are channels in transporters?" on Monday, November 2 at 1:00pm in room 3933 in the School of Medicine. Dr. Carvelli is a faculty applicant in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics. All are welcome to attend. Submitted by Deb Kroese |
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| PPT Seminar on Nov. 6 |
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Dr. Xianlin Han, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will present a seminar titled “Lipid metabolism, lipidomics, and neurodegenerative disease” on Friday, November 6 at 2:00pm in Rm. 3933 in the School of Medicine. This seminar series is sponsored by the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Pathophysiological Signaling in Neurodegenerative Disorders and the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics. All are welcome to attend. Submitted by Deb Kroese |
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