Monday, September 14, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Begins at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have begun participation in the Phase 3 clinical trial of an investigational COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by scientists at Moderna Inc. and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This clinical trial is a key step toward final approval of a vaccine to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that has impacted millions of people around the world.
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
UMSOM Researchers Receive $7 Million Grant To Establish Data Center for HIV and Substance Use Disorders
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have received a nearly $7 million grant to be disbursed over five years from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant, provided to the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at UMSOM, will be used to establish an online data coordination center to enable researchers to store and access data sets generated by a program called Single Cell Opioid Responses in the Context of HIV (SCORCH).
Monday, August 24, 2020
UMSOM Researchers Find Wide Variations in Car Seat Breathing Assessment Conducted on Premature Newborns
A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has found wide variations throughout the United States in the way hospitals ensure that premature or low birth weight infants can breathe safely in a car seat before discharging them. The study, published this month in the journal Pediatrics, found that the same infant who passes a screening in one hospital’s newborn nursery (NBN) may fail in similar facilities at another hospital’s nursery. The authors concluded that “further guidance on screening practices and failure criteria is needed to inform future practice and policy” in order to better protect these vulnerable newborns.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Mini-Medical School for Kids Program Celebrates Online Graduation
For the first time in its 13-year history, the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Mini-Medical School for Kids Program was streamed online, allowing over 200 children from Baltimore City and across the country to participate in this year’s cohort.
Monday, August 17, 2020
UMSOM’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Center of Excellence in Infection Control Awarded CDC Funds for COVID-19 Research
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine was recently awarded $900,000 for COVID-19 research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The funding will be used by faculty in the Department’s Division of Genomic Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes for research to help identify the most effective measures for COVID-19 infection control in healthcare settings.
Friday, August 14, 2020
Wendy W. Sanders, UMSOM Associate Dean for Research Career Development and Passionate Advocate for Junior Faculty, Announces Retirement
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Vice Dean for Academic Affairs James Kaper, PhD, along with UMSOM Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced that Wendy W. Sanders, MA, Associate Dean for Research Career Development and Instructor in Epidemiology & Public Health, will be retiring form her post on August 31, 2020.
Monday, August 10, 2020
A New Era in Medical Student Training Begins
The new Renaissance Curriculum for medical students at the University of Maryland School of Medicine officially launched at 8 am on Monday, August 10, with a teleconferenced lecture to students by Adam C. Puche, PhD, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
Monday, August 10, 2020
UM School of Medicine Establishes Conflict of Interest Program as Part of Office of Research Affairs (ORA)
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced that the UMSOM’s Conflict of Interest Program, previously led by Nancy Lowitt, MD, will now be housed in the Office of Research Affairs, and will be co-led by Terry Rogers, PhD, and Joni Prasad, PhD.
Thursday, August 06, 2020
Philanthropist and Real Estate Developer, Howard S. Brown Makes $2.5 Million Gift to UMSOM in Honor of Renowned Trauma Surgeon and Leader, Thomas M. Scalea, MD
Mr. Brown’s Gift Memorializes his Daughter, Esther Ann Brown Adler, and Establishes the Thomas M. Scalea, MD Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Trauma Surgery
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
UMSOM Acclaimed Physician-Scientist and Student Mentor, Dr. Miriam Laufer, to Join Academic Affairs Leadership Team as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research Education
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, James Kaper, PhD, along with UMSOM Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced that Miriam Laufer, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), will join the Academic Affairs leadership team as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research Education.