UND Med School secures more than $11 million in four months

Delaney Otto / Grand Forks Herald By Staff reports Today at 8:30 AM Listen Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? GRAND FORKS — The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences has brought more than $3.3 million in new research grants into the state over the past four months. Combined with grant renewals, the school has been awarded more than $11 million since the start of the fiscal year, according to a press release from the school Since July 1, the start of the fiscal year, researchers from the SMHS have been awarded $11,266,833 from a number of federal and state agencies like the National Institutes of Health, as well as private entities like AARP and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. ADVERTISEMENT Among the awards, the Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded more than $3.6 million to the UND Center for Rural Health for continued operation of the Rural Health Information Hub, which is a national clearinghouse on rural health issues, the release said. It is the second year of a five-year award and was given to Kristine Sande, associate director of the CRH. The CRH has also been awarded $2.8 million for a number of healthcare programs, including those focused on healthy aging in Indigenous communities and communicating healthcare research to rural populations. Jacob Warren, director of the center, said in the release that the CRH is “committed to working with rural communities across North Dakota and the country to create knowledge, provide expertise and share resources for rural health needs and priorities.” “This funding makes our work possible,” he said. The SMHS has also received funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Associate professors David Bradley and Catherin Brissette, who lead the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence program for Host-Pathogen Interactions, were awarded $1,057,500 to continue studying a number of infectious diseases, the release said. Department of Biomedical Sciences Associate Professor Archana Dhasarathy was awarded almost $800,000 from NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division to study molecular and cellular changes created by stressors in space and Amanda Haage, another associate professor in the department, was awarded more than $700,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project to better train and map biomedical science faculty careers in higher education, the release said. Associate Professor S. Cristina Oancea of the Department of Population Health and her team of cancer researchers were awarded more than $400,000 in continuing funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the North Dakota Statewide Cancer Registry. It is the only cancer registry in North Dakota and was recently named a “Registry of Distinction” by the CDC. Colin Combs, senior associate dean of the SMHS Office of Research Affairs and Compliance, said in the release that the list of awards over the past four months shows the school’s research teams “have been firing on all cylinders lately.” ADVERTISEMENT “Our efforts to boost research productivity and seek out more potential treatments — faster — for the health conditions that affect North Dakotans is paying off,” he said. Comments Share Share this article News Reporting News Reporting Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The Trust Project What is this? Tags Tags UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA By Staff reports Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little or no reporting. At times, this byline is used when a news story includes numerous authors or when the story is formed by aggregating previously reported news from various sources. If outside sources are used, it is noted within the story. Listen to this article Conversation ADVERTISEMENT What To Read Next Local Portion of South 10th Street in Grand Forks closed for work 1h ago · By Staff reports Local NDAD awards grants across Grand Forks 2h ago · By Staff reports Local Grand Forks Fire Department responds to industrial fire 2h ago · By Staff reports ADVERTISEMENT Get Local Must Reads Subscribers Only UND Hockey NCHC suspends Western Michigan forward Adam Benák 0m ago · By Brad Elliott Schlossman College UND's Deng Deng transforms from red-zone threat to one of MVFC's best 21m ago · By Tom Miller Prep Lydia Riskey's resilience leads to another milestone ahead of Sacred Heart's state tournament run 1h ago · By Alex Faber Community Today in History: Nov. 10, 1977 - Valley residents dig out of storm 8h ago · By Staff reports