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Clinical Neuroscience
The Department of Clinical Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary department which includes psychiatry-behavioral science, neurology, neurosurgery, neuropharmacology, and neuroradiology. The Department's philosophy is based on a comprehensive, integrated biopsychosocial model of brain function (mind, brain and behavior) in health and illness. The Department provides undergraduate training in behavioral science, neuroscience, psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery and operates a fully accredited psychiatry residency training program in Fargo, ND. Major areas of research include: 1) a program of research on obesity, eating disorders, and bariatric surgery. This program includes human research, centered at the Eating Disorders Institute, an entity jointly sponsored by UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Clinical Neuroscience, the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, and MeritCare. 2) A national research effort in Grand Forks studying the epidemiology of mental health issues in women with particular attention to substance abuse.
Several faculty members are also appointed at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute in Fargo, a private, non-profit, endowed research institute that includes both basic and clinical research components. The Chairperson of the Clinical Neuroscience Department also serves as the President and Scientific Director of the Institute.