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Jason Askvig<br />
2011<br />
Doctoral Student<br />
Anatomy & Cell Biology<br />
Des Lacs, ND<br />
Donny and Jody Askvig<br />
Stephanie Domrose<br />
2010<br />
Master’s Degree Student<br />
Clinical Laboratory<br />
Science<br />
Bemidji, MN<br />
Christine and John<br />
Fogelquist, Karl and<br />
Maryan Domrose<br />
Laurel Grisanti<br />
2011<br />
Doctoral Student<br />
Pharmacology,<br />
Physiology &<br />
Therapeutics<br />
White Salmon, WA<br />
Gary and Kathy Grisanti<br />
Tours of the UND medical school are available<br />
for groups, middle-school-age and older. Besides<br />
the anatomy and cell biology, clinical laboratory<br />
sciences, and pharmacology, physiology and<br />
therapeutics portions of the tour, groups can<br />
request others, such as physical therapy and the<br />
skeletal system. Each session runs about 30<br />
minutes.<br />
Please visit: www.med.und.edu/publicaffairs/<br />
tourrequestform.pdf<br />
She became interested in PPT because it combines portions of<br />
biology and chemistry, she says. It also involves medicine, something<br />
she’s been interested in since she was young because her mother works<br />
in a hospital lab.<br />
“I like how PPT gives the opportunity to be involved in finding and<br />
developing therapeutics that may improve the lives of patients,” she says.<br />
“It’s nice to be able to share what I am passionate about with others.”<br />
During the tours, Grisanti teaches the group about the heart. She<br />
offers a brief overview of the anatomy and physiology of the heart and<br />
then talks about electrical conduction with electrocardiograms (EKGs).<br />
Everyone in the group can have their EKG taken.<br />
After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in biology in 2006 from<br />
Willamette University in Salem, OR, Grisanti came to UND for PPT.<br />
She is planning to graduate in 2011. After finishing her PhD, she<br />
would like to stay in academic research, she says.<br />
Enthusiasm and curiosity<br />
Askvig, Domrose and Grisanti are amazed by the enthusiasm and<br />
curiosity of the kids. Of all the groups they lead, they say the younger<br />
ones stand out the most because they are full of questions, sometimes<br />
surprisingly specific ones. They plan to continue volunteering not only<br />
because they enjoy it, but because they want to expose people to<br />
careers in medicine beyond that of a doctor. According to James<br />
Porter, PhD, associate professor of PPT, Grand Forks, they are just<br />
right for the job.<br />
“The student-volunteers provide a great way to see students involved<br />
in the community. They have the advantage of being closer in age, so<br />
the kids see them as more relatable. It’s not just another teacher,” he said.<br />
The graduate students go “above and beyond,” he says. And while<br />
educating others is their main focus, these student-volunteers are also<br />
learning something themselves.<br />
“One of the most important things we desire for our graduate<br />
students is that they develop a sense of professional responsibility for<br />
serving their community,” says Kenneth Ruit, PhD, associate professor,<br />
vice chairman and director of graduate education in the Department of<br />
Anatomy and Cell Biology, Grand Forks.<br />
“These students volunteer because they love to teach and have a<br />
heart for outreach beyond the medical school. They are an<br />
important example and a reminder to all of us.”<br />
- Andrea Herbst<br />
Or call the Office of Public Affairs:<br />
701-777-4305<br />
34 NORTH DAKOTA MEDICINE Spring 2009