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Global Health

The University of Maryland School of Medicine is a Global Health Leader.

  • UMSOM is a global leader in vaccine development, disease surveillance, and reducing child mortality rates, based on 40-plus years of research and service.
  • The first research institute in the United States to link basic science, population studies, and clinical trials to develop new vaccines and treatments for HIV
  • The first global center to test, develop, and license vaccines for critical emerging diseases such as Ebola, Zika, cholera, and typhoid
  • Extensive international network with presence in 36 nations, including seven African countries
  • Extensive expertise monitoring HIV/ AIDS, including conducting the largest-ever in-country study of HIV
  • One of the earliest established units in Africa dedicated to prevention, testing, and treatment of vaccine-preventable diseases

 

The University of Maryland Baltimore Center for Global Engagement (CGE) is the campus hub for interprofessional global health and education. CGE is an academic resource center for University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty and students who are interested in global education opportunities. CGE promotes and supports interprofessional global education, identifies global themes that can be contextualized locally, and facilitates academic work related to global education. CGE supports the University's mission to improve the human condition globally through teaching, research, and service.

Please visit the Center for Global Engagement's Listing of Global Opportunities webpage for a list of UMB-sponsored Global Health grant opportunities, along with other opportunities and travel awards for medical students. 

Global Health Alliance

Global Health AllianceThe School’s impact extends well beyond Maryland, with global research and clinical partnerships spanning 33 countries. To strengthen collaboration across the university and internationally—and to position the institution for long-term resilience amid shifting funding landscapes—the University of Maryland School of Medicine established the University of Maryland School of Medicine Global Health Alliance (UMGHA).

UMGHA brings together global health leaders, clinicians, and researchers to safeguard and expand the School’s strong foundation in global health. The Alliance supports UMSOM’s world-class faculty in advancing solutions to generational health challenges in Baltimore, across the United States, and around the world.

Global Alliance LogoAs global health continues to evolve, its future depends on cross-disciplinary approaches and strong institutional partnerships that address chronic disease, mental health, climate-related health impacts, and health systems strengthening—areas in which UMSOM has deep expertise and leadership.

UMGHA includes faculty engaged in global health research and clinical care across UMSOM and continues to expand to involve departments, institutes, centers, and programs with active or emerging global health initiatives. The Alliance is guided by a Steering Committee composed of representatives from departments and centers/institutes with established projects or growing interests in global health, ensuring strategic alignment, collaboration, and sustained impact.

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