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Research Affairs

Welcome to the Office of Research Affairs at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

The Office assembles the leading voices coordinating research efforts at North Dakota's only comprehensive school of medicine and health sciences.

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Colin Combs
Sr Assoc Dean / Assoc AVPR
  • colinkelly.combs@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4025
  • School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room W316
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
K. Bryant Smalley, PhD, PsyD, MBA
Associate Vice President for Research & Discovery Development and Associate Dean for Research
  • bryant.smalley@UND.edu
  • School of Medicine & Health Sciences
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
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Susan Holden
B.S.
Grants Manager
  • susan.i.holden@UND.edu
  • 701.777.2808
  • School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room W415
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
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Sarah Sletten
PhD
Associate Professor
  • sarah.sletten@UND.edu
  • 701.777.4967
  • School of Medicine & Health Sciences Suite W327
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
Mandi Peterson
Senior Research Analyst
  • mandi.leigh.peterson@UND.edu
  • 701.777.6719
  • School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room E177
    Grand Forks ND 58202-9037
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Sara Westall
MLIS, M.S.
Northeast/Southeast Clinical Campus Librarian
  • sara.westall@UND.edu
  • 701.293.4173
  • UND Medical Education Center
    Fargo ND 58104
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Sandi L. Bates
MLIS
SW Clinical Campus Librarian
  • sandi.bates@UND.edu
  • 701.751.6767
  • Bismarck CFM Room 2200B
    Bismarck ND 58501

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