Wonderlich garners Dakota Medical Foundation grant Stephen Wonderlich, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and associate chair of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has received a $4,000 grant from the Dakota Medical Foundation. The grant will support the annual meeting of the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute’s (NRI) Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth. Wonderlich is the director of Clinical Research at NRI in Fargo, N.D. The Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, a not-for-profit research institute established in 1986 with its team of nine scientists and their staff, conducts research in eating disorders, obesity and related conditions. NRI is also involved in the dissemination of treatment models to regional clinical professionals. Much of NRI’s work is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and private sponsors. Dakota Medical Foundation, Fargo, N.D., focuses its efforts on improving health and access to medical and dental care in the region, with a special emphasis on children. Since 1996, the Foundation has invested over $37 million in 338 nonprofit organizations in the region. For more information, see www.dakmed.org. -- Denis F. MacLeod, Communications Coordinator, Center for Rural Health, dmacleod@medicine.nodak.edu, 777-3300