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news89951 = [ { title: 'UMSOM Rising Third-Year Medical Students Celebrate Transition to Clinical Care Training at Annual Student Clinician Ceremony', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/Clinician-Thumb.jpg', publishDate: 'Thursday, March 13, 2025', teaser: 'The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) celebrated 165 rising third-year medical students at the Annual Student Clinician Ceremony on March 4, as they prepare to begin their clinical care training. Over the next two years, students will transition from the classroom to the bedside to gain experience seeing patients through a wide variety of specialties within local healthcare organizations.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/umsom-rising-third-year-medical-students-celebrate-transition-to-clinical-care-training-at-annual-student-clinician-ceremony.html' },{ title: 'Meningococcal Vaccine Found to be Safe and Effective for Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/Wilbur-Chen_3758.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, March 12, 2025', teaser: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in young children beginning at 9 months of age. This study provided evidence that formed the basis for the World Health Organization&rsquo;s (WHO) decision last year to recommend the pentavalent Men5CV meningitis vaccine for infants ages 9 months and older.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/meningococcal-vaccine-found-to-be-safe-and-effective-for-infants-in-sub-saharan-africa.html' },{ title: 'First ever UMSOM &quot;Shark Tank&quot; competition for biomedical research awards $120,000 for innovative faculty projects', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/sharks.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, March 11, 2025', teaser: 'The members of the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Board of Visitors (BOV) regularly serve as advisors to the school on strategic planning, fundraising, and philanthropy. But on December 17, the&nbsp;Board members took on a new role for the very first time &mdash; they became &ldquo;sharks.&rdquo;', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/first-ever-umsom-shark-tank-competition-for-biomedical-research-awards-120000-for-innovative-faculty-projects.html' },{ title: 'In Memoriam: Dr. Joseph S. McLaughlin', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/mclaughlin.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, March 04, 2025', teaser: 'Dr. Joseph S. McLaughlin had a distinguished and longstanding affiliation with the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) spanning 66 years. His profound impact on medical education, patient care, and surgical innovation leaves a lasting legacy at the University of Maryland.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/in-memoriam-dr-joseph-s-mclaughlin.html' },{ title: 'Innovative CT Scan Technique Could Improve Prognosis and Treatments for Head and Neck Cancers, New Research Suggests', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Ren_Lei.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, February 26, 2025', teaser: 'Cancers occurring in the mouth, nose, and throat are on the rise in the U.S., especially in younger people. About 60,000 new cases are diagnosed every year with one in five cases occurring in people younger than 55, according to the American Cancer Society. A new study provides insights that may eventually help oncologists better predict how the disease will respond to certain therapies, leading to improved survival outcomes for patients.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/innovative-ct-scan-technique-could-improve-prognosis-and-treatments-for-head-and-neck-cancers-new-research-suggests.html' },{ title: 'UM School of Medicine Dermatology Researchers Discover New Skin Disease Using Innovative Diagnostic Platform', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2023/Kwatra.jpg', publishDate: 'Friday, February 21, 2025', teaser: 'A significant number of Americans experience chronic inflammatory skin conditions with no pinpointed cause and often no effective treatments beyond symptom management. Now a new study could pave the way for precision-medicine based diagnostic testing and targeted treatment.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/um-school-of-medicine-dermatology-researchers-discover-new-skin-disease-using-innovative-diagnostic-platform.html' },{ title: 'UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Executive Director, Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, named one of the 25 Black Marylanders to Watch by The Baltimore Sun', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Owonikoko_Taofeek-Kunle.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, February 19, 2025', teaser: 'Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, Executive Director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC), has been named one of the 25 Black Marylanders to Watch for 2025 by The Baltimore Sun.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/um-greenebaum-comprehensive-cancer-center-executive-director-taofeek-k-owonikoko-md-phd-named-one-of-the-25-black-marylanders-to-watch-by-the-baltimore-sun.html' },{ title: 'UM School of Medicine Surgeon-Scientist to Co-Lead Large International Clinical Trial\n to Determine Most Effective Treatment for Common Hip Fracture in Older Adults', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Slobogean_Gerard.jpg', publishDate: 'Friday, February 07, 2025', teaser: 'Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopaedic surgeons have repaired a common fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone, or femur, near the hip using screws and plates to piece together slightly separated pieces of bone. But many surgeons now treat these &ldquo;minimally displaced&rdquo; femoral neck fractures by replacing the hip joint with a metal implant.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/um-school-of-medicine-surgeon-scientist-to-co-lead-large-international-clinical-trial-to-determine-most-effective-treatment-for-common-hip-fracture-in-older-adults.html' },{ title: 'Two UM School of Medicine Faculty Appointed as 2025 MPower Professors', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/MPOWER-featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, February 05, 2025', teaser: 'The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) today announced the appointment of seven professors from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) as 2025 MPower Professors.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/two-um-school-of-medicine-faculty-appointed-as-2025-mpower-professors.html' },{ title: 'University of Maryland, Baltimore and Wexford Science &amp; Technology Cut Ribbon on 4MLK Building', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/4MLK-featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, January 15, 2025', teaser: 'The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and Wexford Science &amp; Technology, LLC, celebrated the grand opening of 4MLK, the newest addition to the University of Maryland BioPark, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The event brought together distinguished guests, including Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller and Mayor Brandon Scott, alongside University and Wexford leaders, neighborhood representatives, innovation community members, economic development officials, and BioPark tenants.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/university-of-maryland-baltimore-and-wexford-science--technology-cut-ribbon-on-4mlk-building.html' },{ title: 'Jeremy L. Davis, MD, Named UMGCCC Surgical Oncology Lead and Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at UMSOM', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/Davis_Jeremy.JPG', publishDate: 'Wednesday, January 15, 2025', teaser: 'University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) Executive Director, Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD, and University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Department of Surgery Chair, Christine Lau, MD, MBA, have announced that Jeremy L. Davis, MD, will serve as the new Surgical Oncology Lead for UMGCCC and Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at UMSOM. Dr. Davis is a nationally recognized surgical oncologist and leader in gastric cancer research.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/jeremy-l-davis-md-named-umgccc-surgical-oncology-lead-and-chief-of-the-division-of-surgical-oncology-at-umsom.html' },{ title: 'University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park Announce $10 Million Joint Gift from Edward and Jennifer St. John and the Edward St. John Foundation for New Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/EDWARD-AND-JENNIFER-ST.-JOHN-CENTER-FOR-TRANSLATIONAL-ENGINEERING-AND-MEDICINE20250109_1383.jpg', publishDate: 'Tuesday, January 14, 2025', teaser: 'The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) are pleased to announce a $10 million joint gift from Edward and Jennifer St. John and the Edward St. John Foundation. This landmark investment will launch the Edward &amp; Jennifer St. John Center for Translational Engineering and Medicine (CTEM), a collaboration between the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) at UMB and the A. James Clark School of Engineering at UMCP. Together, researchers from these distinct disciplines will tackle a broad spectrum of generational health challenges and drive medical innovations that benefit patients in Maryland and beyond.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/university-of-maryland-baltimore-and-university-of-maryland-college-park-announce-10-million-joint-gift-from-edward-and-jennifer-st-john-and-the-edward-st-john-foundation-for-new-center-for-translational-engineering-and-medicine.html' },{ title: 'UMMS Rolls Out Virtual \'NEST\' to Support Bedside Care Teams in Labor and Delivery Units Across the System', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2025/NEST-Image_NEST-nurses-consulting-with-care-unit.jpg', publishDate: 'Monday, January 13, 2025', teaser: 'The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) has launched NEST (Neonatal Outcomes Impacted by Escalation Safety Telemetry), a groundbreaking remote fetal monitoring center that offers continuous, real-time monitoring of critical elements of labor and delivery across System hospitals. NEST is led by a medical director and team of highly specialized nurses who bring more than 200 years of combined experience in safely delivering thousands of babies.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/umms-rolls-out-virtual-nest-to-support-bedside-care-teams-in-labor-and-delivery-units-across-the-system.html' },{ title: 'Experts Propose New Framework for Evaluating Sex in Clinical Algorithms to Reduce Bias and Ensure Legality', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2022/images/Goodman_Katherine.jpg', publishDate: 'Monday, January 13, 2025', teaser: 'Many physicians are now using algorithms that consider a patient&rsquo;s sex, like heart disease risk assessment tools, to help with clinical decision-making. Reliance on these algorithms may result in men and women receiving different care or having different eligibility for healthcare resources, for example placement on an organ transplant list.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/experts-propose-new-framework-for-evaluating-sex-in-clinical-algorithms-to-reduce-bias-and-ensure-legality.html' },{ title: 'Presenting a Path Forward for Future Genetically-Modified Pig Heart Transplants: Lessons Learned from Second Patient', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2023/Xeno-featured-2023.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, January 08, 2025', teaser: 'Continuing significant advancements in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeon-scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine provided an extensive analysis on the second patient in the world to receive a genetically-modified pig organ. Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2023 to treat his end-stage heart failure. He lived for 40 days before choosing to forgo additional treatment after the transplant began to fail due to rejection.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/presenting-a-path-forward-for-future-genetically-modified-pig-heart-transplants-lessons-learned-from-second-patient.html' },{ title: 'Medical Student Researchers Win Recognition at 47th Annual UMSOM Medical Student Research Day event', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/msrd-2-2024.JPG', publishDate: 'Sunday, January 05, 2025', teaser: 'On November 12 and 13, the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) hosted the 46th annual Medical Student Research Day), where more than 140 UMSOM students presented posters on their research in basic, clinical, translational, and population sciences. Jointly sponsored by the UMSOM Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and the Office of Student Research in the Dean&rsquo;s Office, the event marked an opportunity for medical students to both exhibit their research before expert faculty judges and learn from working physician-scientists how to balance research alongside clinical practice.&nbsp;', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/medical-student-researchers-win-recognition-at-47th-annual-umsom-medical-student-research-day-event.html' },{ title: 'Researchers Discover New Neurons that Suppress Food Intake', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Herb_Brian.jpg', publishDate: 'Monday, December 16, 2024', teaser: 'Obesity affects a staggering 40 percent of adults and 20 percent of children in the United States. While some new popular therapies are helping to tackle the epidemic of obesity, there is still so much that researchers do not understand about the brain-body connection that regulates appetite. Now, researchers have discovered a previously unknown population of neurons in the hypothalamus that regulate food intake and could be a promising new target for obesity drugs.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/researchers-discover-new-neurons-that-suppress-food-intake.html' },{ title: 'Exposure to Remote Wildfire Smoke Drifting Across the U.S. Linked to Increased Medical Visits for Heart and Lung Problems', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/Mary-Maldarelli.jpg', publishDate: 'Friday, December 13, 2024', teaser: 'Wildfire smoke has long been known to exacerbate health problems like heart disease, lung conditions, and asthma, but now a new study finds that smoke from these fires can lead to poor health thousands of miles away. Researchers from the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC) found that medical visits for heart and lung problems rose by nearly 20 percent during six days in June, 2023, when smoke from Western Canadian wildfires drifted across the country, leading to very poor air quality days in Baltimore and the surrounding region.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/exposure-to-remote-wildfire-smoke-drifting-across-the-us-linked-to-increased-medical-visits-for-heart-and-lung-problems.html' },{ title: 'Cynthia Egan Named Board of Visitors Chair Emerita in Recognition of Her Dedication and Leadership to UMSOM', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/Egan-Featured.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, December 11, 2024', teaser: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, has announced that former UMSOM Board of Visitors Chair Cynthia Egan has been honored for her service with the title of &ldquo;Chair Emerita.&rdquo; Ms. Egan has served with distinction on the Board since 2013, with four years as Board Chair, until the recent appointment of Michael Greenebaum to that role.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/cynthia-egan-named-board-of-visitors-chair-emerita-in-recognition-of-her-dedication-and-leadership-to-umsom.html' },{ title: 'Business Leader and Philanthropist Michael Greenebaum Named New Chair of the University of Maryland School of Medicine\'s Board of Visitors', image: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/news/2024/M-Greenebaum-968-.jpg', publishDate: 'Wednesday, December 04, 2024', teaser: 'University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM)&nbsp;Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, has announced that prominent business leader and philanthropist Michael Greenebaum has been named Chair of the School\'s Board of Visitors. Mr. Greenebaum served as the Inaugural Vice Chair of the Board of Visitors since 2021 and has been a board member since 2012.', url: 'https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2024/business-leader-and-philanthropist-michael-greenebaum-named-new-chair-of-the-university-of-maryland-school-of-medicines-board-of-visitors.html' }, { title: '', active: 0 } ]; </script> <div class="news-wrapper owl-carousel" data-ajax-controller="news-t4" data-ajax-template="news-carousel" data-news-zone="41" data-count="20" data-owl-items="4" data-owl-navigation="true" data-owl-pagination="false" data-owl-navigation-text="[&quot;&quot;,&quot;&quot;]" data-owl-scroll-per-page="true" data-module="carousel" data-content-id="89951"></div> <div class="social-container"> <div><ul class="social"> <li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Maryland.Medicine?sk=wall" class="umsom-facebook"><span class="visible-for-screen-readers">Facebook</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/ummedschool" class="umsom-twitter"><span class="visible-for-screen-readers">Twitter</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/schoolofmedicine" class="umsom-youtube"><span class="visible-for-screen-readers">YouTube</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/Marylandmedicine/" class="umsom-instagram"><span class="visible-for-screen-readers">Instagram</span></a></li> </ul> </div><!-- navigation object : SOM Social Media Icons --> </div> <a class="more" href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2025/">More Stories</a> </div> <!-- Videos --> <div class="videos"> <div class="container"> <div class="vertical-tabs" data-module="video-tabs" data-ajax-controller="youtube" data-ajax-function="playlist" data-ajax-template="youtube-playlist-tabs" data-playlist="PLuLPiTWmOc7K8j_434P1ykVZ3NCp1gTUx" data-count="10"> <!--<section> <header> <h2>Gamma Pod - 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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%20Neuroscience" href="http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/neuroscience/">Neuroscience</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%20Physical%20Rehabilitation%20Science" href="http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/rehabscience/">Physical Rehabilitation Science (PhD)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="span4"> <h3 class="medium">Master's Programs</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/biochemistry/">Biochemistry &amp; 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 &amp; Human Genetics</a></li> <li><a title="Genetic Counseling" href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/mgc/">Genetic Counseling</a>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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/programs/program-for-aging-trauma--emergency-care-patec/">Aging, Trauma, &amp; Emergency Care (PATEC)</a></li> <li><a href="http://medschool.umaryland.edu/programs/equity/">Health Equity &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; Technology</a>&nbsp;</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 &amp; 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>&nbsp;</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 &amp; 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 &amp; Regenerative Medicine</a>&nbsp;</li> <li class="first-child"><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/cvd/">Vaccine Development &amp; 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 &amp; Inflammatory Diseases (CVID)</a>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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">&mu;QUANT 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 | &amp; More</li> <li><a href="https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/facilities/gmp/fees.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Industrial Pharmaceutics &amp; 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 | &amp; 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 &amp; 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&nbsp;(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 | &amp; 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://bioresco.umaryland.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">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 &amp; Translational Research (ICTR)</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> </div> </section><section> <header> <h2>Offices of the Dean</h2> </header> <div> <h4><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/offices/">Offices of the Dean</a></h4> <div class="row-fluid general_content"> <div class="span4"> <ul> <li><a 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