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Development houses the University's research administration, corporate contract and technology commercialization efforts and leads global and economic development initiatives including the University of Maryland BioPark and Global Health Initiatives. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://www.ord.umaryland.edu/ORDcontacts/staff.html">Our staff</a> is available to assist you.</p><p>Please visit our web portal for more information: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://research.umaryland.edu/">Research @ UM</a></p><p><strong>James L. Hughes</strong><br/>Vice President, Enterprise and Economic Development</p></td><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="white-space:normal;" valign="top" width="25"></td></tr></table><h1>News and Announcements</h1><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://founders.umaryland.edu/awards/entrepreneurs-of-the-year/"><strong>UM's 2012 Entrepreneurs of the Year</strong></a> - Watch the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://www.vpcinc.biz/video/VPCHead/vpchead.aspx+ClipURL+entrepreneuers_of_the_year_link_00181135.wmv+EID+4425">video recognizing Drs. Blattner and Redfield for this award</a>.<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://www.ord.umaryland.edu/researchdocs/entrepreneur_evite_2012.pdf"><img src="/web/20130115162326im_/http://www.ord.umaryland.edu/sebin/j/z/redfield_sm.jpg" align="MIDDLE" alt="Dr. Robert Redfield" border="5" height="112" hspace="0" vspace="5" width="75"/><img src="/web/20130115162326im_/http://www.ord.umaryland.edu/sebin/z/h/Evite.jpg" align="middle" alt="Entrepreneur Evite 2012" border="5" height="128" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="112"/></a><img src="/web/20130115162326im_/http://www.ord.umaryland.edu/sebin/t/c/blattner_sm.jpg" align="MIDDLE" alt="Dr. William Blattner" border="5" height="112" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="75"/><br/><strong>William Blattner and Robert Redfield Jr.</strong> are being jointly honored in recognition of their success in building the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s PEPFAR program in Africa and the Caribbean.  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://www.ord.umaryland.edu/ord_news/2012entrepreneurs.html"><strong>Read more</strong></a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130115162326/http://founders.umaryland.edu/awards/researcher-of-the-year-2/"><strong>UM's 2012 Researcher of the Year</strong></a>, <strong>Alexander MacKerell Jr., PhD</strong> - 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