A Bedrock Research Foundation
A Bedrock Research Foundation American Indian Health Research Conference Richard Wilsnack Holiday 2015 VOLUME 40, NUMBER 4 www.ndmedicine.org NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Holiday 2015 1 10 FEATURES A Bedrock Research Foundation 10 16 Researchers at the School provide the knowledge that produces well- trained healthcare professionals. American Indian Health Research Conference 16 22 Annual conference provides forum for culturally appropriate research. Richard Wilsnack 22 An unbounded intellectual curiosity that is fortified by the research partnership with his equally inquisitive spouse continues to nourish Wilsnack’s highly productive career. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENTS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES Dean’s Letter 4 ROBERT O. KELLEY, President, University of North Dakota News Briefs 6 JOSHUA WYNNE, Vice President for Health Affairs and Workforce 18 Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Student Profile - Samantha Peterson and Rachel Engel 20 Alumni Profile - Heidi Roeber Rice, BS ’93, MD ’00 24 EDITOR Denis MacLeod Alumni Notes 26 WRITERS Alyssa Konickson, Stacy Kusler, Building Progress 28 Lonnie Laffen, Denis MacLeod, Nikki Massmann, Dave Miedema, In Memoriam 31 Juan Pedraza, Jessica Sobolik Philanthropy 32 CONTRIBUTORS Kristen Peterson Parting Shots 34 GRAPHIC DESIGN Laura Cory, John Lee, Victoria Swift PHOTOGRAPHY Nicole Pape, Wanda Weber www.ndmedicine.org WEBMASTER Eric Walter NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE (ISSN 0888-1456; USPS 077-680) is published four times a year (March, June, September, December) by the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Room 1106, 501 N. Columbia Road Stop 9037, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037. Periodical postage paid at Grand Forks, ND. Printed at Forum Communications Printing, Fargo, ND.
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