Thursday, August 10, 2017
Study Finds That Proton-Beam Therapy is Safe for Treating an Aggressive Type of Lung Cancer
Proton-beam radiotherapy is safe and appears to be effective in treating some cases of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), an aggressive cancer that accounts for about 10 to 15 percent of all lung cancers, according to a new study published online in the journal Cancer.
Wednesday, August 09, 2017
UM SOM Names Deputy Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for its Graduate Program in Life Sciences
Dudley K. Strickland, PhD, Associate Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), along with UM SOM Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced that Peixin Yang, PhD, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences (OB-GYN), has been named Deputy Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in UM SOM’s Graduate Program in Life Sciences (GPILS).
Monday, August 07, 2017
Renowned Scientist and Former Department of Epidemiology Chair Dr. Paul Stolley Has Died
Dr. Paul David Stolley, who fought for more rigorous drug safety testing, died Friday of bone cancer in his Columbia home. He was 80.
Monday, August 07, 2017
Adding Targeted Therapy To Chemoradiation Fails To Improve Survival for Esophageal Cancer Patients
Adding the targeted therapy cetuximab to chemotherapy and radiation treatment does not improve overall survival for patients with esophageal cancer, according to new research published online in JAMA Oncology.
Thursday, August 03, 2017
UM SOM Study Announces Breakthrough in Understanding Hearing Loss
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) today announced a breakthrough discovery that could eventually help scientists repair hearing problems or protect those at risk for hearing loss – a condition that affects some 40 million Americans.
Thursday, August 03, 2017
UM SOM Received $2.47 Million Grant To Develop Traveler's Diarrhea Vaccine
The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has been awarded a three-year, $2.47 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop a vaccine to protect against Shigella and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), pathogens which are among the leading causes of diarrheal disease in young children in developing countries and a common cause of “traveler’s diarrhea” among travelers to these countries.
Wednesday, August 02, 2017
UM School of Medicine Receives $2 Million Grant for HIV Research in Malawi
The University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UM SOM) Institute for Global Health (IGH) and the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) have been awarded a $2 million five-year grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the impact exposure to HIV has on the immune systems of infants in utero and how those changes impact the ability of infants to fight off infections after birth.
Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Preeminent UM SOM Scientist Elected to National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Board
Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), was elected to serve a three-year term to the Board of Directors for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).
Monday, July 31, 2017
University of Maryland Medicine Establishes Nation’s First Center for Cardiac Xenotransplantation with $24 Million Grant and Top Surgeon-Scientists
Stephen Bartlett, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and UM SOM Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced today that a recent $24 million grant from United Therapeutics Corporation will establish the first and only center for cardiac xenotransplantation research in the US, and one of only two in the world.
Monday, July 24, 2017
Civil Unrest After Freddie Gray's Death Harms Health in Baltimore Mothers
The April 2015 civil unrest associated with Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody caused a significant spike of stress in mothers of young children living in affected neighborhoods, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM).