Tuesday, October 25, 2016
"A Call to End HIV/AIDS in America" IHV Director Dr. Robert Gallo's Op-Ed in the Huffington Post
As the new Administration is presented with great challenges facing the United States, one will be a longtime foe, the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, I have publicly called on our country’s leaders to utilize the largest global health initiative in history - the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - as a model to address the U.S. epidemic.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Unveils Center for Sports Medicine, Health and Human Performance
The University of Maryland in College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) unveiled ambitious plans for the Center for Sports Medicine, Health and Human Performance. The new Center, a signature component of the Cole Field House project, will serve as a treatment facility for a wide spectrum of sports-related injuries, and will also serve as a research center for investigation into the treatment of sports related conditions, including the effects and consequences of traumatic brain injury.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The Zika Virus Threat and Vaccine Trial is the Focus of a Special Panel Discussion with Dean Reece and UMSOM Faculty Experts
Dean E. Albert Reece was joined by Center for Vaccine Development Director Dr. Kathleen Neuzil, and OB/GYN department chair Dr. Christopher Harman to discuss the threat of the Zika virus and the development of a new vaccine in a panel discussion hosted by Frontline Medical News.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
New Study Reveals Major Racial Bias In Leading Genomics Databases
Led by investigators at the University of Maryland School Of Medicine, a national group of researchers has confirmed for the first time that two of the top genomic databases, which are in wide use today by clinical geneticists, reflect a measurable bias toward genetic data based on European ancestry over that of African ancestry. The results of their study were published today in the journal Nature Communication.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Researchers Identify Novel Mechanism In Combination Drug Therapy For Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Other Cancers
Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in a combination drug therapy that shows potential as a new approach for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and many other cancers. When combined, these agents cause interactions that significantly disrupt cancer cells’ ability to survive DNA damage, according to a preclinical study published today in the journal Cancer Cell.
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
UM SOM Launches Unprecedented Initiatives to Create New Generation of Research Scientists Among Students, Trainees and Faculty
New and expanded research development programs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will include focus on developing junior, minority and female faculty investigators as well as students and trainees.
Friday, September 30, 2016
New Research Finds New Evidence That Human Senses Are Interconnected From Birth
In humans, senses are intimately entwined. Sight, vision, touch, smell and taste all weave together in the brain, giving us a powerfully dynamic and complex experience of reality. For decades, scientists have debated whether this interconnection is present from birth, or develops through childhood.
Monday, September 26, 2016
New School of Medicine Initiative to Recruit Top Scientists Featured in the Baltimore Sun
The University of Maryland School of Medicine has embarked on the most ambitious recruiting drive of its 210-year history — an effort to hire top scientists with the goal of making its biomedical research programs the best in the country.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Investiture ceremony Installs Dr. Melhem as the Dean John M. Dennis Chair in Radiology
Investiture ceremonies have a way of building connections between the School’s past and present and serving as a bond between faculty, alumni, donors, and mentors across multiple generations. Such was the case on September 21, when Elias R. Melhem, MD, was installed as the Dean John M. Dennis Chair in Radiology before a large audience of family, friends and colleagues of both the benefactor and the recipient.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
University of Maryland School of Medicine Holds Inaugural Global Health Summit
The Institute for Global Health (IGH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) will hold its first Global Health Summit on September 26. The event, which will take place from noon to 6 p.m. in the SMC Campus Center at 621 W. Lombard Street, will seek to foster collaboration among scientists and promote new and innovative global health research at UM SOM, as well as at other schools at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Faculty and staff from UM SOM, as well as other schools are welcome at the event.