November ND Compass Newsletter

For Discussion in the November ND Compass
American Indian Health Disparities in North Dakota 

• Donald Warne is the director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at NDSU. He is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe from Pine Ridge, SD. Dr. Warne received his MD from Stanford University and his MPH from Harvard University. 
• Here he highlights the key health issues facing ND tribes, what can be done to address these health disparities, and how the NDSU MPH Program's new American Indian Public Health track hopes to help. 

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NDSU MPH First Graduates!

NDSU MPH first two graduates and Dr. Warne

2013 World Diabetes Congress- Melbourne, Australia

The World Diabetes Congress was held in Melbourne, Australia from December 2-6, 2013.

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre- where conference was held

Bike Sharing Program

Dr. Warne and Wakupi Clem Toby, an Aboriginal Traditional Healer in Australia. Their traditional medicine is called Ngangkari. We were on the Traditional Healers Panel together.

Dr. Shetty and Dr. Warne at the poster presentation

Dr. Kalidas Shetty presenting the NDSU poster at the World Diabetes Congress. He did a great job!

Alex Brown (left) is an aboriginal physician and researcher in Australia, Terry Ehau (middle) is Maori and is a researcher in New Zealand, and Dr. Warne

Peter Bennett, William Knowler, David Pettitt, Dr. Warne and Robert Nelson.

These are my former colleagues from National Institutes of Health--I have worked with them intermittently since 1989.  This group represents over 1,000 publications on American Indian diabetes research since 1965!

Dr. Warne's second presentation.

Dr. Warne's first presentation at the
 World Diabetes Congress in Melbourne.