Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Do Genetics Control Who Our Friends Are? It Seems So with Mice
Have you ever met someone you instantly liked, or at other times, someone who you knew immediately that you did not want to be friends with, although you did not know why?
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Award-Winning Educator Adam Puche, PhD, Named Vice Chair of Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Asaf Keller, PhD, Professor and Chair of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), along with UMSOM Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced that award-winning educator Adam Puche, PhD, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, has been appointed to serve as the inaugural Vice Chair of that department, effective immediately.
Friday, August 27, 2021
UM School of Medicine Study Finds Mobile Telemedicine Unit as Effective as Traditional Clinics to Treat Opioid Addiction in Rural Areas
Rural regions in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic, while also having the fewest number of programs to treat opioid use disorder. In an effort to remedy this dire health issue, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers reconfigured a recreational vehicle (RV) as a telemedicine mobile treatment unit to determine whether it could provide effective screening and treatment to individuals with opioid use disorder in rural areas. Their research, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, found that the innovative approach to be as successful as traditional brick-and-mortar treatment clinics. The study also found a significant reduction in illicit opioid use among the majority of patients treated on the mobile unit, as well as sustained success in these patients continuing therapy to avoid relapse.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Three UMSOM Faculty Members Recognized as 2021 Maryland Daily Record Health Care Heroes
The Maryland Daily Record has honored three leading faculty members at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) with its 2021 Health Care Heroes Awards. The award recognizes those who have provided exceptional service and made significant impacts on the quality of health care in the State of Maryland this year. An outside panel of health care experts selected the winners.
Friday, August 20, 2021
25th Annual White Coat Ceremony Welcomes Class of 2025
On Friday, August 6, 2021, 143 members of UMSOM’s Class of 2025 attended the school’s 25th Annual White Coat Ceremony.. The event was sponsored by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and UMSOM’s Medical Family Annual Fund.
Thursday, August 12, 2021
UM School of Medicine's Institute of Human Virology Member Joins Scientific Advisory Committee of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has announced that Alash'le Abimiku, PhD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and scientist at UMSOM’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV) will join CEPI’s Scientific Advisory Committee for a three-year appointment. CEPI supports research and development programs in response to infectious outbreaks such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as future pandemics. UMSOM’s Institute of Human Virology is a Global Virus Network (GVN) Center of Excellence.
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
University of Maryland Medicine Study Gauges Hospital Preparedness for the Next National Medical Crisis
A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) finds that hospitals nationwide may not be adequately prepared for the next pandemic or mass casualty crisis. A 10-year analysis of hospitals’ preparedness for pandemics and other mass casualty events found only marginal improvements in a measurement to assess preparedness during the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was published in June in the Journal of Healthcare Management.
Thursday, August 05, 2021
UM School of Medicine Study Finds Culinary Medicine Training Improves Medical Students’ Nutrition Knowledge and Confidence in Counseling Patients
Medical school students who took a three-hour culinary medicine training course reported feeling more confident in their nutritional knowledge and in their abilities to counsel patients on healthy eating habits, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The study involved 119 UMSOM medical students who participated in a class that includes a nutrition lecture and cooking lessons in a demonstration kitchen at the Institute for Integrative Health, a non-profit organization based in Baltimore. Culinary medicine training is now required as part of the new Renaissance Curriculum instituted last year at UMSOM. The study was published last month in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Nationally Renowned Interventional Cardiology and Academic Leader Anuj Gupta, MD, Appointed Clinical Co-Director of Cardiovascular Medicine at the UM School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Department of Medicine Chair, Stephen Davis, MBBS, along with UMSOM Dean, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced today the appointment of Anuj Gupta, MD, as Clinical Co-Director of Cardiovascular Medicine for the Department of Medicine.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
University of Maryland School of Medicine Study Finds Calcium Precisely Directs Blood Flow in the Brain
University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Vermont researchers have shown how the brain communicates to blood vessels when in need of energy, and how these blood vessels respond by relaxing or constricting to direct blood flow to specific brain regions.