Overview

The mission of the Office of Student Research is to provide a resource to the School of Medicine, University campus and community through which medical students and faculty as well as K-12, undergraduate and graduate students, and K-12 science and mathematics teachers can avail themselves of research experiences and improve their scientific background.

Our Goals

The programs offered by the Office of Student Research provide prospective trainees with primary or advanced experiences in biomedical and behavioral research both at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and at our foreign research sites. These experiences will afford trainees with a realistic understanding of the research environment, contact with appropriate role models, requirements and applications processes for professional and graduate school, and potential collaborative arrangements for faculty trainees.

Our programs will nurture those with a growing interest in a research career or a combined program in the health professions and research. The program will provide trainees with the skills and contacts needed to advance beyond their current level as well as an understanding of the ethical and responsible conduct of research.

The Office of Student Research is committed to broadening research opportunities for all students and faculty so that the research and clinical faculty are reflective of the broader community in which we reside.

Staff & Contact Information

Jordan E. Warnick, PhD
Associate Dean for Student Education & Research
Professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
410-706-3026
FAX: 410-706-0094
jwarnick@som.umaryland.edu 

About Dr. Warnick:

Dr. Warnick is the Director of the Office of Student Research and is responsible for all programmatic activities within the office. Dr. Warnick established and has directed the medical student (1982) and undergraduate (1991) summer research programs at UMB/UMSOM and the undergraduate and medical student international research programs since their inception. In addition, he has directed or co-directed several other programs including "Year-Off" training grants for medical students from the American Heart Association, an NSF Science Teacher Enhancement Program and the summer research program of the NSF's Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation.

Dr. Warnick did his graduate work at Purdue University, was the recipient of an NIH postdoctoral fellowship and Special Individual NIH Awardee at the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, State University of New York at Buffalo. He was a faculty member of the School of Pharmacy in Buffalo from 1971-1974. In 1974, he joined the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at the UM SOM where he rose to Professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics. He has a long-standing commitment to biomedical research [more than 160 publications (>75 manuscripts, 5 chapters and 80 abstracts)] that most recently centered on the effects of neuropeptides and nerve gases on synaptic pharmacology in the spinal cord. In his educational role, he is the Co-course Director for Pathophysiology & Therapeutics in the second year of medical school where he interacts with students throughout the second year in lectures, small groups and laboratories and teaches central and peripheral nervous system drugs and diseases. He has been a thesis advisor, research preceptor for medical students and has trained several postdoctoral fellows (MD and PhD).

Jean Marie Roth
Academic Program Specialist
410-706-8679
FAX: 410-706-0094
jroth@som.umaryland.edu 

About Ms. Jean Marie Roth:

Ms. Roth supports the second year courses, Host Defenses and Infectious Diseases (HDID) and Pathophysiology & Therapeutics (P&T) I and II. She works closely with well over 250 faculty from 16 departments and all second-year medical students. The syllabi for these three sophomore courses include over 300 lectures, 80 small groups and 30 laboratories, all of which are corrected, edited, re-formatted in this office and then copied. Ms. Roth supports the second year Autopsy Program (Dr. Sandy Twaddell), the development of course evaluations and schedules, P&T exams, all mailings, and ordering of textbooks for the courses. In addition, she also provides administrative support to the P&T Committee (Drs. Jordan E. Warnick & George Fantry, Co-Chairs) and the Year I/II Education Subcommittee (Dr. Steven Munger, Chair).

Qi Cao, JD
PROMISE Coordinator
HP-STAR Program Coordinator
410-706-0657
Fax: 410-706-0094
qcao@som.umaryland.edu