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The event was held at TouchPoint Baltimore’s offices at Mondawmin Mall, close to the Village at Mondawmin which will house a new 17,000 square foot space bringing a range of medical, dental, and ancillary services to the community.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/um-joins-touchpoint-baltimore-to-provide-healthcare-resources-for-the-west-baltimore-community-.html' },{ title: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine Receives Full Approval for Re-Accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2022/images/GLADWIN-news-story.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, November 26, 2024', teaser: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that the UMSOM has received full approval for re-accreditation for the maximum term of 8 years by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or “LCME.” The LCME is jointly sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Medical Association (AMA), and is the official accrediting body for all programs leading to the MD degree in the U.S.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/university-of-maryland-school-of-medicine-receives-full-approval-for-re-accreditation-by-the-liaison-committee-on-medical-education-lcme.html' },{ title: 'UMSOM Students\' Team Wins National Academy of Medicine Public Health Challenge', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/Case-UMD-Maryland_thumb.jpg', publishDate: 'Thursday, November 21, 2024', teaser: 'On October 18, two University of Maryland School of Medicine students and their University of Maryland, Baltimore student teammates won the 11th annual National Academy of Medicine’s DC Public Health Case Challenge grand prize. ', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/umsom-students-team-wins-national-academy-of-medicine-public-health-challenge.html' },{ title: 'UM School of Medicine Researchers Link Snoring to Behavioral Problems in Adolescents without Declines in Cognition', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/ISAIAH_AMAL.jpg', publishDate: 'Thursday, November 21, 2024', teaser: 'Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). This is the largest study to date tracking snoring in children from elementary school through their mid-teen years and it provides an important update to parents struggling with what medical measures to take to help manage snoring in their children.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/um-school-of-medicine-researchers-link-snoring-to-behavioral-problems-in-adolescents-without-declines-in-cognition.html' },{ title: 'High School Students Explore Career Paths in Healthcare Through MAHEC Program Visit', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/MAHEC-featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Thursday, November 21, 2024', teaser: 'During the 2024 summer, the Maryland Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) Program at UMSOM welcomed 40 high school students to campus across Western Maryland, rural Eastern Shore, and Baltimore City schools to explore a broad spectrum of careers in healthcare, from Shock Trauma to dentistry. ', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/high-school-students-explore-career-paths-in-healthcare-through-mahec-program-visit.html' },{ title: 'Exposure to Marijuana in the Womb May Increase Risk of Addiction to Opioids Later in Life, Study Finds', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2019/images/Joseph-Cheer.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, November 13, 2024', teaser: 'With the increased legalization of recreational cannabis, as many as 1 in 5 pregnant women in the U.S. are now using the drug to help with morning sickness, lower back pain or anxiety. Evidence has been growing, however, to suggest that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, poses risks to the developing fetus by impacting brain development. Now a new study finds that this could increase the risk of addiction to opioids later in life.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/exposure-to-marijuana-in-the-womb-may-increase-risk-of-addiction-to-opioids-later-in-life-study-finds.html' },{ title: 'Genomic Databases Need More Diversity', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/OConnor_Timothy.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, November 06, 2024', teaser: 'It is commonly known that most genomic databases are biased toward people with European ancestry. Scientists have warned that leaving out other populations could skew results in areas such as drug development, diagnostic testing, and polygenic risk scores—which looks at many genetic variations in a person’s DNA to predict their disease risk.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/genomic-databases-need-more-diversity.html' },{ title: 'UMSOM Unveils New State-of-the-Art Anatomy Facility', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/Reid-Anatomy-Lab-featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Monday, October 28, 2024', teaser: 'The University of Maryland School of Medicine unveiled at an Oct. 8 ribbon-cutting ceremony the newly renovated Maurice N. Reid, MD ’99 Anatomy Teaching Facility, a state-of-the-art gross anatomy laboratory and learning facility made possible in part by a $1 million donation by UMSOM alum Maurice Reid, MD, a Board of Visitors member and former CEO and medical director of ExpressCare UrgentCare Centers.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/umsom-unveils-new-state-of-the-art-anatomy-facility.html' },{ title: 'Building a Biomedical Research Enterprise that Leads to More Equity and Healthier Lives', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2019/images/SOMnewsFeb2019-5.jpg', publishDate: 'Monday, October 28, 2024', teaser: 'In an effort to address the urgent challenges facing biomedical research, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA Distinguished University Professor and former Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine, chaired a prestigious group of physician-scientists who authored a new National Academy of Medicine report released earlier this month.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/building-a-biomedical-research-enterprise-that-leads-to-more-equity-and-healthier-lives.html' },{ title: 'UM School of Medicine\'s Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/McCarthy-Headshot.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, October 22, 2024', teaser: 'Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, an internationally-recognized neuroscientist, who is the James and Carolyn Frenkil Dean’s Endowed Professor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine\'s Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development, and Director of the University of Maryland – Medicine Institute of Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND), has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/um-school-of-medicines-margaret-m-mccarthy-phd-elected-as-member-of-prestigious-national-academy-of-medicine.html' },{ title: 'UMSOM Launches New Rural Health Initiative to Address Physician Shortage on Maryland\'s Eastern Shore', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/R-HEALE-Featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, October 09, 2024', teaser: 'With a commitment to addressing rural health disparities and the challenges faced by Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore residents, the University of Maryland School of Medicine has launched the Rural Health Equity and Access Longitudinal Elective (R-HEALE). The pilot program is designed to train and place incoming medical students in Eastern Shore healthcare practices. It has received $1.4 million in state funding to launch the effort with added funds provided by University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Rural Maryland Council and philanthropic donors.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/umsom-launches-new-rural-health-initiative-to-address-physician-shortage-on-marylands-eastern-shore.html' },{ title: 'Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr. Inducted into Prestigious American College of Surgeons Master Surgeon Academy', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Ribeiro_Marcelo.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, October 08, 2024', teaser: 'Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr., MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), was inducted into the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Academy of Master Surgeon Educators during an event in Chicago held on September 27. Dr. Ribeiro, who is also the Director of the International Outreach Initiative at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, is among a group of 76 esteemed surgeon educators nationwide who were inducted this year into membership in this distinguished Academy.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/marcelo-a-f-ribeiro-jr-inducted-into-prestigious-american-college-of-surgeons-master-surgeon-academy.html' },{ title: 'Early Results from Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trial Prove Cancer Drug Combination Provides Longer Response and Potential Benefit in Disease-Free Survival ', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Badros_Ashraf.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, October 02, 2024', teaser: 'Patients with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer in their white blood cells, have a significantly longer disease-free period and likely long-term survival if they are treated with the monoclonal antibody drug daratumumab along with the standard therapy drug lenalidomide compared to the standard therapy alone. That is the finding of a new national study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine investigators and presented earlier this week at the plenary session of the International Myeloma Society Meeting in Rio de Janerio, Brazil and published online in the journal Blood.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/early-results-from-multiple-myeloma-clinical-trial-prove-cancer-drug-combination-provides-longer-response-and-potential-benefit-in-disease-free-survival-.html' },{ title: 'Cancer Patients Who Experience Cognitive Decline After Radiation Treatment for Brain Metastases May Regain Full Neurocognitive Function, New Study Suggests', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/hua-ren-ryan-cherng.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, October 01, 2024', teaser: 'Nearly 40 percent of cancer patients who experienced memory loss, brain fog and other cognitive difficulties after radiation treatment for brain metastases regained full neurocognitive function within six months, according to a new analysis by radiation oncology researchers at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC). ', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/cancer-patients-who-experience-cognitive-decline-after-radiation-treatment-for-brain-metastases-may-regain-full-neurocognitive-function-new-study-suggests.html' },{ title: 'UM School of Medicine Establishes Three New Endowed Professorships through Maryland \nE-Nnovation Awards and UMB Matching Funds', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2022/images/GLADWIN-news-story.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, September 18, 2024', teaser: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, announced today that the School of Medicine has been awarded $2 million in matching funds from the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund (MEIF), administered by the Maryland Department of Commerce. The funds, totaling $4 million when combined with UMB private funding, will enable the establishment of three endowed research professorships.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/um-school-of-medicine-establishes-three-new-endowed-professorships-through-maryland-e-nnovation-awards-and-umb-matching-funds.html' },{ title: '28th Annual White Coat Ceremony Welcomes UMSOM Class of 2028', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/White-coat-2024-featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Thursday, August 29, 2024', teaser: 'The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) welcomed 165 new students making their first entrance into the practice of medicine through the tradition of the White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony took place on August 9 with family, friends, faculty, and staff gathering at the historic Hippodrome Theatre to celebrate the Class of 2028 as students received the first white coat of their careers.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/28th-annual-white-coat-ceremony-welcomes-umsom-class-of-2028.html' },{ title: 'Leading Computational Scientist and Oncology Researcher Elana Fertig, PhD, Appointed as New Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/elana-fertig.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, August 28, 2024', teaser: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today the appointment of Elana J. Fertig, PhD, FAIMBE, as the new Director of the School’s Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS). She is an internationally-recognized researcher known for her work in integrating spatial multi-omics technologies with mathematical models to develop a new predictive medicine paradigm in cancer. Spatial technologies allow researchers to learn about any cell type inside of natural tissue, including gene activity and cell interactions.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/leading-computational-scientist-and-oncology-researcher-elana-fertig-phd-appointed-as-new-director-of-the-institute-for-genome-sciences-at-the-university-of-maryland-school-of-medicine.html' },{ title: 'Gallery: UM Joins Community Block Party to Address Healthcare Needs in West Baltimore', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/Mondawmin-mobile-featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Thursday, August 22, 2024', teaser: 'On August 10, Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, and Esa Davis, MD, MPH, Associate Vice President for Community Health at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and Senior Associate Dean for Population and Community Medicine, took part in the annual Summers in the 7th Block Party at The Village at Mondawmin.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/gallery-um-joins-community-block-party-to-address-healthcare-needs-in-west-baltimore.html' },{ title: 'Patients with Unexplainable Chronic Itch Have Unique Blood Biomarkers that Could Eventually Lead to New Targeted Treatments', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Kwatra_Shawn-Gaurav.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, August 14, 2024', teaser: 'Millions of patients worldwide suffer from a chronic itching condition with no identifiable cause – a condition known as chronic pruritus of unknown origin (CPUO) – that has no targeted therapies approved to treat it. Many of these patients suffer for years with little relief, but a new University of Maryland School of Medicine study may provide hope for future treatments. Patients were found to have lower than normal levels of metabolite biomarkers in the blood plasma that could point to a cause of their excruciating symptoms.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/patients-with-unexplainable-chronic-itch-have-unique-blood-biomarkers-that-could-eventually-lead-to-new-targeted-treatments.html' },{ title: 'Longtime Chair of Epidemiology & Public Health, Dr. Jay Magaziner, to Step Down as Chair', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Magaziner_Jay.jpg', publishDate: 'Monday, August 12, 2024', teaser: 'UMSOM Dean, Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today that Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, has decided to step down at the end of the academic year from his role as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health after 17 years of dynamic leadership and academic achievement. 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class="medium">Master's Programs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/biochemistry/">Biochemistry & Molecular Biology</a></li> <li><a title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Graduate%20Program%20In%20Life%20Sciences%20%28GPILS%29%20%BB%20Programs%20%BB%20MS%20in%20Cellular%20%26%20Molecular%20Biomedical%20Science%20%BB%20Program%20Home" href="http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/CMBS/">Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science MS Program</a></li> <li><a title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Graduate%20Program%20In%20Life%20Sciences%20%28GPILS%29%20%BB%20Programs%20%BB%20Epidemiology%20and%20Human%20Genetics" href="http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/epidemiology/">Epidemiology & Human Genetics</a></li> <li><a title="Genetic Counseling" href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/mgc/">Genetic Counseling</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/dmrt/Academic-Programs--Policies/Master-of-Science-Program/Laboratory-Management-Track/" target="_blank">Laboratory Management</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/dmrt/Academic-Programs--Policies/Master-of-Science-Program/Biomedical-Research/" target="_blank">MS-Biomedical-Research</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/epidemiology/mph/">The Master of Public Health (MPH)</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/pathology/Pathologists-Assistant-Program/">Pathologists' Assistants Program</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="span4"> <h3 class="medium">Combined Degrees</h3> <ul> <li class="first-child"><a href="https://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/microbiology/Program-of-Study/MDPhD--DDSPhD-Curriculum/" target="_blank">DDS/PhD </a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/epidemiology/mph/">MD/MS in Public Health</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/epidemiology/mph/Prospective-Students/Program-Options/Joint-MPH-Degree-Programs/MDMPH/" target="_blank">MD/MPH</a> </li> <li class="last-child"><a href="http://mdphd.umaryland.edu">MD/PhD (Medical Scientist Training Program)</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </section><section> <header> <h2>Programs, Research Centers, and Institutes</h2> </header> <div> <div class="row-fluid general_content"> <div class="span4"> <h3 class="medium">Programs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/epidemiology/associated-programs/program-for-aging-trauma--emergency-care-patec/">Aging, Trauma, & Emergency Care (PATEC)</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/programs/equity/">Health Equity & Population Health</a></li> <li><a href="//lifesciences.umaryland.edu/neuroscience/">Program in Neuroscience</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/oncology/">Oncology</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/genetics/">Personalized and Genomic Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/program-in-transplantation/" target="_blank">Transplantation</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/trauma/">Program in Trauma</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/programs-general/">Other Programs</a></p> </div> <div class="span4"> <h3 class="medium">Research Centers</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/carti/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Advanced Research Training & Innovation (CARTI)</a></li> <li class="first-child"><a href="http://www.biomet.umaryland.edu" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20BioMET%20-%20The%20Center%20for%20Biomedical%20Engineering%20and%20Technology">Biomedical Engineering & Technology</a> </li> <li class="first-child"><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/cbt/">Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT)</a></li> <li class="first-child"><a href="http://cerch.umaryland.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Epigenetic Research in Child Health & Brain Development</a></li> <li id="menu_252"><a href="//cim.umaryland.edu/" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Center%20for%20Integrative%20Medicine">Integrative Medicine</a> </li> <li><a href="//www.mprc.umaryland.edu/" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Maryland%20Psychiatric%20Research%20Center%20%28MPRC%29">Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/research-centers/center-for-research-on-aging/">Research on Aging</a></li> <li class="first-child"><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/star/">Shock, Trauma & Anesthesiology Research (STAR)</a></li> <li id="menu_254"><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/stemcell/" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Research%20Centers%20%BB%20Center%20for%20Stem%20Cell%20Biology%20%26%20Regenerative%20Medicine%20">Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine</a> </li> <li class="first-child"><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cvd/">Vaccine Development & Global Health (CVD)</a></li> <li id="menu_257" class="last-child"><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cvid/" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Research%20Centers%20%BB%20Center%20for%20Vascular%20%26%20Inflammatory%20Diseases%20%28migrated%29">Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases (CVID)</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/research-centers-general/">Other Research Centers</a></p> </div> <div class="span4"> <h3 class="medium">Institutes</h3> <ul> <li id="menu_96" class="first-child"><a href="http://www.igs.umaryland.edu/" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Institutes%20%BB%20Institute%20for%20Genome%20Sciences" target="_blank">Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS)</a> </li> <li class="first-child"><a href="https://www.ihc.umd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Institute for Health Computing (IHC)</a></li> <li id="menu_97"><a href="http://www.ihv.org/" title="University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20%BB%20SOM%20%BB%20Home%20%BB%20Institute%20of%20Human%20Virology%20%28IHV%29">Institute of Human Virology (IHV)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/um-mind/">Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND)</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </section><section> <header> <h2>CIBR Core Facilities</h2> </header> <div> <h3><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/">Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources</a></h3> <div class="row-fluid general_content"> <div class="span6"> <h3>Animal Model Resource</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://cibr.umaryland.edu/service_center/show_external/6079?name=musculoskeletal-physiology-core" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Musculoskeletal Physiology Core</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CBOTH/Core-Facilities/Small-Animal-Surgery-and-Physiology-Core/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Small Animal Surgery and Physiology (SASP) Core</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/translational_lab/">Translational Laboratory Shared Services (TLSS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/vetmedicine/">Veterinary Resources (VR)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Bioinformatics & Statistics</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/Biostatistics-Shared-Core/">Biostatistics and Informatics Core (UMGCCBIOSTATS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/chib/">Center for Health-Related Informatics and Bioimaging (CHIB)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/CTRIC/">Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center (CTRIC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://marylandgenomics.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland Genomics</a> *CLIA</li> <li><a href="http://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/centers/prc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pharmaceutical Research Computing</a></li> </ul> <h3>Clinical Resource</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://cibr.umaryland.edu/service_center/show_external/4547?name=amish-research-center-arc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amish Research Center (ARC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/btbank/">Brain and Tissue Bank (BTB)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/cytogenetics-lab/">Cytogenetics Laboratory *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/gcrc/">General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://cibr.umaryland.edu/service_center/5274/?tab=about">Pathology Histology (PHC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/path_biorepository/">Pathology Biorepository Shared Services (PBSS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/ped-bio-gen/">Pediatric Biochemical Genetics *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://marylandgenomics.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland Genomics *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/tgl/">Translational Genomics Laboratory (TGL) *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/translational_lab/">Translational Laboratory Shared Services (TLSS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/umm-biorepository/">UMM Biorepository (UMM_BIOBANK)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Cytometric & Bioassay</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/cytokine-laboratory/">Cytokine Core Laboratory (CCL</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/umgccc_flow/">Flow Cytometry Core (FCC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/cvd_flow/">Mass and Flow Cytometry Core (CVD FLOW)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CBOTH/Core-Facilities/Red-Blood-Cell-and-Hematology-Core-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red Blood Cell (RBC) Physiology and Hemostasis Core</a></li> <li><a href="http://ihv.org/Research/Core-Facilities/IHV-Flow-Cytometry-Core/">BSL-3 (Infectious Cells) Flow Cytometry</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ihv.org/Research/Core-Facilities/Quant-Core/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">μQUANT Facility</a></li> </ul> <h3>Drug Development Resource</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/centers/bio-and-nano-technology-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/facilities/cpu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clinical Pharmacology Unit</a></li> <li><a href="https://cadd.umaryland.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Computer Aided Drug Design Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/cbt/">Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT)</a> <br />NMR | CryoEM | Xray Crystallography | & More</li> <li><a href="https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/facilities/gmp/fees.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Industrial Pharmaceutics & GMP Manufacturing Lab</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CBOTH/Core-Facilities/Nanofabrication-and-Characterization-Core/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nanofabrication and Characterization Core</a></li> <li><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/neddington/research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pharmacokinetics Biopharmaceutics Lab</a></li> <li><a href="https://cibr.umaryland.edu/service_center/show_external/5842?name=quality-management-system-qms">Quality Management System (QMS)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="span6"> <h3>Imaging Technologies</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/cbt/">Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT)</a> <br />NMR | CryoEM | Xray Crystallography | & More</li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/CTRIM/">Center for Translational Research in Imaging (CTRIM)</a> <br />MRI | PET-CT | Xenogen | MR-Guided Ultrasound</li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/confocal/">Confocal Microscopy Core (CMC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/em/">Electron Microscopy Core (EMC)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Nucleic Acid & Genomic</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/cytogenetics-lab/">Cytogenetics Laboratory *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://marylandgenomics.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maryland Genomics *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/tgl/">Translational Genomics Lab (TGL) *CLIA</a></li> <li><a href="https://cibr.umaryland.edu/service_center/5125/?tab=about">Viral Vector Core (VVC)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Structural Biology</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cibr/core/biosensor-core-lab/">Biosensor Core (BSC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/cbt/">Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics (CBT)</a> <br />NMR | CryoEM | Xray Crystallography | & More</li> <li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/CIBR/CORE/massspec/">Mass Spectrometry Core (MS)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Other Resources</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://cf.umaryland.edu/freezer/">BIORESCO (Biomedical Research Supply Core)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hshsl/services/ispace/">HS/HSL Innovation Space (3D Printing)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/ictr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (ICTR)</a></li> <li><a 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