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<!--******************************************* Beginning of main content area *******************************************--> <!--Custom UMB In The News Styles--> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/itn-styles.css"> <form action="#" class="umb-subsite-search" id="itn-search"> <label>Search In the News by keyword(s)</label><br> <div class="umb-subsite-search-rowwrapper"> <input type="text" placeholder="Enter keyword(s)" title="Enter keyword(s)" id="itn-search-textbox"> <button type="submit" aria-label="Submit" id="itn-search-submit"></button> </div> </form> <p> </p> <div class="row-fluid umb-inthenews-container"> <div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://marylandmatters.org/2025/03/25/lawmakers-consider-proposal-to-reduce-potential-of-billions-in-sex-abuse-payouts/">Lawmakers consider proposal to reduce potential of billions in sex abuse payouts</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 25, 2025</span></p> <p>Kathleen Hoke, a University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law professor, said in an email that the amendments to the bill shown to her by a reporter attempt to create a system similar to one in New Hampshire. But they raise a number of legal questions, she said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/khoke.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kathleen Hoke, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kathleen Hoke, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=034" title="Read bio: Kathleen Hoke, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-10.21.02-AM.png" alt="Maryland Matters Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Maryland Matters</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bayjournal.com/news/climate_change/trump-deregulatory-blitz-threatens-chesapeake-bay-environmental-advocates-say/article_f29d1f9b-108b-4e0">Trump deregulatory blitz threatens Chesapeake Bay, environmental advocates say</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 24, 2025</span></p> <p><span>When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, President Richard M. </span>Nixon said<span> its mission would be to establish and enforce environmental protection standards, research the adverse effects of pollution and provide grants and technical assistance to help control it.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Jmueller1.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jon Mueller"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jon Mueller</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=846" title="Read bio: Jon Mueller">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-24-173407.png" alt="Bay Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Bay Journal</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/weight-loss-menopause-belly/"> How to Lose Your Menopause Belly</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 24, 2025</span></p> <p>“It produces hormones such as the stress hormone cortisol, as well as inflammatory proteins known as cytokines,” explains Pamela Peeke, M.D., assistant professor of family and community medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and author of <em>The Hunger Fix: The Three-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction</em>.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Pamela-M.-Peeke--bio.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/whm/archived-whm-events/whm-2021/pamela-m-peeke-md-mph-facp-facsm/" title="Read bio: Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-25-at-12.07.05-PM.png" alt="AARP Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: AARP</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/03/24/refugee-program-on-chopping-block-has-impacted-countless-lives-guest-commentary/"> Refugee program on chopping block has impacted countless lives</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 24, 2025</span></p> <p><em><span class="il">Op-ed co-authored by Morgan</span> Pardue-Kim, MSW '14, a PhD. candidate at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Kerri Evans, PhD, MSW, LCSW, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Department of Social Work, and UMSSW student and research assistant Celene Viveros Garces.</em></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Kerri-Evans.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kerri Evans, PhD, MSW, LCSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kerri Evans, PhD, MSW, LCSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/evans-kerri/r/recHogyUFiuQ1PEdm" title="Read bio: Kerri Evans, PhD, MSW, LCSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore-Sun-Logo-2025.png" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/baltimore-senior-opioid-overdoses-new-addiction-treatment-narcan-PEADKAKFUBANTHYBWJ6F5DKTDI">Baltimore seniors have died at shocking rates from drug overdoses. Help is on the way.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 21, 2025</span></p> <p>For years, Shanda Brown saw dozens of seniors die from drug use at the affordable housing complex where<strong><span> </span></strong>she<strong><span> </span></strong>worked in Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood.</p> <p>“We definitely felt like we were out there on our own,” Brown said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/alumni/phd-45th/Moen_Marik_200x200.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/marik-moen/" title="Read bio: Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/2025/Baltimore-Banner.jpg" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.ddw-online.com/clinical-trial-represents-a-step-towards-a-vaccine-for-lassa-fever-34070-202503/">Clinical trial represents a step towards a vaccine for Lassa fever</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 20, 2025</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">A clinical trial of a candidate vaccine to prevent Lassa fever has begun enrolling participants at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic disease that can be fatal and causes permanent hearing loss in up to one-third of those who contract it. </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"></span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/drugdiscoveryworld_logo.jpg" alt="Drug Discovery World Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Drug Discovery World </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/muhammad-mansoor-mohiuddin-nat-geo-33-2025">The doctor who believes pig hearts could end our organ shortage </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 18, 2025</span></p> <p>Sometimes tragedies can be breakthroughs. Or the beginnings of breakthroughs. That’s what happened a few years ago when a University of Maryland Medical Center surgical team, led by Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin and Bartley Griffith, performed a revolutionary new procedure on a 57-year-old who had terminal heart failure. David Bennett, Sr., had been denied a traditional heart transplant due to a variety of health factors. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/global-hub/Muhammad-Mohiuddin.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/mohiuddin-muhammad/" title="Read bio: Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-18-100453.png" alt="National Geographic Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: National Geographic</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.ascp.com/news/696261/New-Digital-Badge-Recognizes-Age-Friendly-Pharmacists-Committed-to-Improving-Care-for-Older-Adults-.htm ">New Digital Badge Recognizes Age-Friendly Pharmacists Committed to Improving Care for Older Adults and Lives of Caregivers</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 18, 2025</span></p> <p>"Pharmacists are one of the most accessible health care practitioners, and they are perfectly positioned to help older adults gain the most benefit from Age-Friendly care," said Lamy Center Executive Director Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD, MBA.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Brandt-Nicole-500x700.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD, MBA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD, MBA</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/brandt.php" title="Read bio: Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD, MBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-19-at-8.23.59-AM.png" alt="American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/natures-ozempic-11694729">Does ‘Nature’s Ozempic’ Exist? What Science Says About Natural Alternatives</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 17, 2025</span></p> <p><span>Various plants, herbs, and substances are being called “nature’s Ozempic,” usually because of anecdotal evidence or small studies that show weight loss.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2025-03-18-113130.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mihir K. Patel, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mihir K. Patel, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/patel-mihir/" title="Read bio: Mihir K. Patel, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-18-112840.png" alt="Verywell Health Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Verywell Health</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/null-and-void-trump-questions-whether-biden-was-aware-of-last-minute-pardons#goog">'Null and void': Trump questions whether Biden was aware of last-minute pardons</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 17, 2025</span></p> <p>President Donald Trump has claimed that a batch of last-minute blanket pardons issued by former President Joe Biden are "null and void."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Graber.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=055" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-18-114200.png" alt="Scripps News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Scripps News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/do-you-need-a-measles-booster">Do You Need a Measles Booster? You Might Be Surprised</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 14, 2025</span></p> <p><span>Measles may seem like a disease of the past. Indeed, the highly contagious virus was </span>declared eradicated<span> in the United States in 2000 after a full year had passed without any infections. But times have changed. Texas is now experiencing the largest measles outbreak in nearly three decades, and the virus is spreading across the country.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2023/_Elizabeth-Hammershaimb.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Elizabeth Hammershaimb, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Elizabeth Hammershaimb, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/hammershaimb-elizabeth-adrianne-duque/" title="Read bio: Elizabeth Hammershaimb, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-14-140128.png" alt="Kiplinger Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Kiplinger</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250312124146.htm">Assessing pain, anxiety and other symptoms of nursing home residents unable to speak for themselves</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 13, 2025</span></p> <p>As many as half of nursing home residents are cognitively impaired and may be unable to communicate symptoms such as pain or anxiety to the staff and clinicians caring for them. Therefore, information needed for the evaluation of symptoms and subsequent treatment decisions typically does not reliably exist in nursing home electronic health records (EHRs).</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-7.50.59 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="John Cagle, MSW, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>John Cagle, MSW, PhD</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/cagle-john/r/recLkEcQ3L9YMA9Po" title="Read bio: John Cagle, MSW, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-7.56.58 PM.png" alt="Science Daily Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Science Daily</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://catholicreview.org/baltimore-doctor-leads-international-effort-on-easing-pain/">Baltimore doctor leads international effort on easing pain</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 13, 2025</span></p> <p>Dr. Luana Colloca, a former fellow at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, now leads non-pharmaceutical pain research at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and is a professor at the universities school of nursing. She is a parishioner of St. Leo the Great in Little Italy.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/news--events/media--public-affairs/Colloca-Elm-cropped.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS </h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/luana-colloca/" title="Read bio: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-7.44.05 PM.png" alt="Catholic Review Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Catholic Review</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wbaltv.com/article/patients-program-university-of-maryland-diversity-in-research/64168004">PATIENTS Program expands to include more underrepresented communities in research</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 13, 2025</span></p> <p>"The PATIENTS Program really listens to the voices of patients and their health care providers out there in the community, and then we try to serve as a bridge between those communities and researchers, and we try to answer relevant questions to improve health right here in West Baltimore, but increasingly across the nation," Mullins told 11 News.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/research/pharmapreneurship/mullins-daniel.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="C. Daniel Mullins, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>C. Daniel Mullins, PhD</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/dmullins/" title="Read bio: C. Daniel Mullins, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/2025/WBAL.jpg" alt="WBAL-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WBAL-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/the-feminist-law-professor-who-wants-to-stop-arresting-people-for-domestic-violence">The Feminist Law Professor who Wants to Stop Arresting People for Domestic Violence</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 12, 2025</span></p> <p>Sarah Lustbader on the feminist law professor Leigh Goodmark, who for years was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions but who now holds an opposite view.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Goodmark.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Leigh Goodmark, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Leigh Goodmark, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=982" title="Read bio: Leigh Goodmark, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/New-Yorker.png" alt="The New Yorker Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New Yorker </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5311969/usps-privatization-trump-commerce-lutnick">Postal workers conducting the census is part of a Trump pitch for taking over USPS</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 12, 2025</span></p> <p>But until now, public calls to increase collaboration between the two agencies had not come with the idea of folding the USPS into the Commerce Department. Such a unilateral move by the president would violate the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, says Rena Steinzor, an administrative law expert who retired last year as a professor at the University of Maryland's law school.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Rena-Steinzor.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Rena Steinzor, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Rena Steinzor, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=118" title="Read bio: Rena Steinzor, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/NPR.jpg" alt="NPR Morning Edition Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: NPR Morning Edition </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/maryland-in-pretty-good-shape-despite-measles-case-due-to-high-vaccination-rate">Maryland "in pretty good shape" despite measles case due to high vaccination rate</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 12, 2025</span></p> <p>Although measles was considered "eliminated" from the U.S. 25 years ago, in recent years, epidemiologists could see the writing on the wall. Vaccination rates were starting to dip in the U.S., and cases were beginning to rise globally. An outbreak was likely.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Campbell_James.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="James Campbell, MD, MS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>James Campbell, MD, MS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/campbell-james/" title="Read bio: James Campbell, MD, MS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/WMAR.png" alt="WMAR Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WMAR</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.emjreviews.com/dermatology/news/why-diversity-in-clinical-trials-matters-more-than-ever/"> Why Diversity in Clinical Trials Matters More Than Ever</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 12, 2025</span></p> <p>INCREASING diversity in research, from basic science to clinical trials, remains essential for advancing equitable healthcare outcomes. This is according to a panel discussion at the Skin of Color Society Scientific Symposium at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Systemic barriers, however, political pressures, and recruitment challenges continue to threaten progress.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/calendar/images/weekly-email/ShawnKwatra.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Shawn Kwatra, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Shawn Kwatra, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kwatra-shawn-gaurav/" title="Read bio: Shawn Kwatra, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/EuropeanMedicalJournal.png" alt="European Medical Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: European Medical Journal</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://scienmag.com/meningococcal-vaccine-demonstrates-safety-and-efficacy-in-infants-across-sub-saharan-africa/">Meningococcal Vaccine Demonstrates Safety and Efficacy in Infants Across Sub-Saharan Africa</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 12, 2025</span></p> <p>Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have significantly advanced the field of global health with their recent findings on a new meningitis vaccine. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/umb-foundation/images/chen.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Wilbur Chen, MD, MS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Wilbur Chen, MD, MS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/chen-wilbur/" title="Read bio: Wilbur Chen, MD, MS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/scienmag.png" alt="Science Magazine Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Science Magazine</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://grist.org/regulation/supreme-court-declines-to-interfere-state-level-climate-lawsuits/">Supreme Court declines to hear Republicans’ ‘Hail Mary’ effort to block climate lawsuits </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 12, 2025</span></p> <p>The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-climate-change-state-lawsuits-d38a557894276083f94f47cae4127ddd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">would not hear a case</a> seeking to stop climate lawsuits in five Democratic-led states, which are seeking financial damages from oil and gas companies for having obscured the connection between their products and global warming.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/rpercival.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robert Percival, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robert Percival, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=091" title="Read bio: Robert Percival, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Grist.jpg" alt="Grist Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Grist</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/pig-cloning-transplants-kidneys.html">For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 10, 2025</span></p> <p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">On a 300-acre farm in an undisclosed location in rural Wisconsin, surrounded by fields dotted with big red barns and bordered by wild blue chicory and goldenrod, live some of the most pampered pigs in the world.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2024/Griffith_Bartley-sm.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bartley P. Griffith, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bartley P. Griffith, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/griffith-bartley/" title="Read bio: Bartley P. Griffith, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/new-york-times.png" alt="The New York Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New York Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/">Changes that come with aging can be hard to accept. These 3 tips can help.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 9, 2025</span></p> <p>Why can’t anything ever just stay still?</p> <p>A patient posed this question during a therapy session, reflecting on how, as we age, many things can get thrown into disarray — home life, social relations, job security and health.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2025-03-10-132419.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Christopher W.T. Miller, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Christopher W.T. Miller, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/miller-christopher/" title="Read bio: Christopher W.T. Miller, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-10-132107.png" alt="The Washington Post Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Washington Post</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/03/08/placebo-effect-pain-clinical-trial/">The placebo effect can be good medicine, for pain and other problems</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 8, 2025</span></p> <p><span>Catarina Craveiro, a biomedical research technician from Lisbon, had been hobbled by lower back pain from scoliosis since childhood, unable to do much physically and dependent on ibuprofen for relief.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/directory/Luana-Colloca.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Luana Colloca, MD, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Luana Colloca, MD, PhD</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/luana-colloca/" title="Read bio: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-10-132107.png" alt="The Washington Post Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Washington Post</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-future-of-transplanting-pig-organs-in-people-180986182/">The Future of Transplanting Pig Organs in People</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 7, 2025</span></p> <p>After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-07-at-2.16.55 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin, MBBS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin, MBBS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/mohiuddin-muhammad/" title="Read bio: Muhammad Mansoor Mohiuddin, MBBS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-07-at-2.14.41 PM.png" alt="Smithsonian Magazine Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Smithsonian Magazine</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/108311/how-not-to-hide-an-empire/">Pax Americana: How Not to Hide an Empire</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 7, 2025</span></p> <p>We are in a clarifying moment about the law. This includes noticing the emergence of what legal scholars like Chaz Arnett call the “datafied state,” where the State expands social control and power and widens surveillance of peoples through datafication processes.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-07-at-2.09.39 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Chaz Arnett, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Chaz Arnett, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1218" title="Read bio: Chaz Arnett, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-03-07-at-2.08.33 PM.png" alt="Just Security Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Just Security</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/fox45-mornings/west-baltimore-rich-collective-coming-to-bmore-healthy-expo#">'West Baltimore Rich Collaborative' coming to B'More Healthy Expo</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 7, 2025</span></p> <p>On a Thursday edition of FOX45 Morning News Shannon Lilly spoke with Dr. Yolanda Ogbolu, dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing about the collective and their mission.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/directory/Ogbolu,-Yolanda.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/yolanda-ogbolu/" title="Read bio: Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/wbff-fox-45.png" alt="Fox Baltimore Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Fox Baltimore</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2025/03/06/maryland-economy-ai-quantum-data.html">Viewpoint: These industries hold the key to Maryland's economy</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 6, 2025</span></p> <p>The new Institute for Health Computing in Montgomery County with AI faculty from College Park linked with medical researchers from the University of Maryland-Baltimore and University of Maryland Medical System across the state will support the existing bio cluster in the Bethesda-I-270 corridor.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/baltimore-business-journal.png" alt="Baltimore Business Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Business Journal</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.ajmc.com/view/trump-s-immigration-crackdown-fuels-health-crisis-detention-depression-deportation-and-disease">Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Fuels Health Crisis: Detention, Depression, Deportation, and Disease</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 5, 2025</span></p> <p class="pb-2">“Detention centers have become tinderboxes for infectious-disease outbreaks,” Mark Travassos, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics and a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Maryland School Of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, said in a statement.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Travassos_Mark.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Travassos, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Travassos, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/travassos-mark/" title="Read bio: Mark Travassos, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-12.24.30-PM.png" alt="American Journal of Managed Care Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: American Journal of Managed Care</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.parents.com/study-rural-parents-give-up-on-breastfeeding-sooner-11691103">Rural Parents Don't Get the Support They Need to Breastfeed Long Term—But There Are Ways to Help</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 5, 2025</span></p> <p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/anjana-solaiman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="1">Anjana Solaiman</a>, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, says larger-scale programs can help combat the problem as well. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Solaiman_Anjana.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Anjana Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Anjana Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/anjana-solaiman/" title="Read bio: Anjana Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-06-at-12.14.50-PM.png" alt="Parents Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Parents</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://news.bloombergtax.com/health-law-and-business/trumps-fda-staff-cuts-weigh-on-agencys-drug-oversight-work">Trump's FDA Staff Cuts Weigh on Agency's Drug Oversight Work</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 5, 2025</span></p> <p>The Trump administration’s moves to shrink the federal workforce put the FDA’s ability to regulate drugs and oversee the pharmaceutical industry at risk, according to current and former agency employees. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/faculty-senate/images/doshi_peter_FS.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Peter Doshi, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Peter Doshi, PhD</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/pdoshi/" title="Read bio: Peter Doshi, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/bloomberglaw.jpg" alt="Bloomberg Law Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Bloomberg Law </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vaginal-microbiome-citizen-science">These scientists have a plan to demystify the vaginal microbiome</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 4, 2025</span></p> <p><span>The female body has often been overlooked in science, and the vagina remains the most taboo part of it.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Ravel_Jacques.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jacques Ravel, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jacques Ravel, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/ravel-jacques/" title="Read bio: Jacques Ravel, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-04-115229.png" alt="Science News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Science News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.everydayhealth.com/mental-health-conditions/fda-expands-access-to-clozapine-for-treatment-resistant-schizophrenia/">FDA Expands Access to Clozapine for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 3, 2025</span></p> <p><span>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just made it easier for patients to get clozapine, the only drug approved for </span>treatment-resistant schizophrenia<span>. </span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2025-03-04-120902.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label=" Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5> Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kelly-deanna/" title="Read bio: Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-04-120606.png" alt="Everyday Health Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Everyday Health</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://marylandmatters.org/2025/03/03/maryland-has-reported-high-child-fatalities-for-years-now-they-say-theyve-overreported/">Maryland has reported high child fatalities for years. Now they say they’ve overreported.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">March 3, 2025</span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Richard Barth, professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, said the corrected data is not necessarily a comfort to those in his field, as he believes there are issues with the national reporting system at large.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/SSW-Barth_Richard-for-Experts-Guide.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Richard Barth, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Richard Barth, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/barth.php" title="Read bio: Richard Barth, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-03-04-at-10.21.02-AM.png" alt="Maryland Matters Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Maryland Matters</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bottomlineinc.com/health/wellness/what-is-the-placebo-effect"> What Is the Placebo Effect?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 27, 2025</span></p> <p><em>Bottom Line Personal</em> spoke with internationally renowned placebo expert Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, about <a href="https://www.bottomlineinc.com/health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the placebo effect</a> and how it can be used in health care today. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12-10-16-UMB-in-the-News---UMB-News.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Luana Colloca, MD, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Luana Colloca, MD, PhD</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/luana-colloca/" title="Read bio: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.33.55-PM.png" alt="Bottom Line Inc Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Bottom Line Inc</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/president-trump-politics/could-fluoride-be-removed-from-your-water/3854979/">Could fluoride be removed from your water?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 27, 2025</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/khoke.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kathleen Hoke, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kathleen Hoke, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/president-trump-politics/could-fluoride-be-removed-from-your-water/3854979/" title="Read bio: Kathleen Hoke, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.24.26-PM.png" alt="WRC-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WRC-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/759068/answers-issue-2025-dc/"> The Answers Issue 2025</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 27, 2025</span></p> <p>“D.C. loses tax revenue if these players don’t live in D.C.,” says Donald Tobin, a professor of law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/TOBIN_Donald_SOL_print(1).jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Donald Tobin, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Donald Tobin, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/tobin.php" title="Read bio: Donald Tobin, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.21.34-PM.png" alt="Washington City Paper Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Washington City Paper</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.pharmatutor.org/pharma-news/2025/um-school-of-medicine-dermatology-researchers-discover-new-skin-disease-using-innovative-diagnostic-platf">UM School of Medicine Dermatology Researchers Discover New Skin Disease Using Innovative Diagnostic Platform</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 27, 2025</span></p> <p>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.</p> <p> </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/calendar/images/weekly-email/ShawnKwatra.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Shawn Kwatra, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Shawn Kwatra, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kwatra-shawn-gaurav/" title="Read bio: Shawn Kwatra, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/pharmatutor.jpg" alt="PharmaTutor Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: PharmaTutor</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://afro.com/maryland-cuts-youth-mental-health-funding/">Maryland spent big on youth mental health – but then the budget crisis hit</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 27, 2025</span></p> <p>In Baltimore City, the 11 grants the consortium issued take into account a stigma surrounding mental health services, said Jennifer Cox, director of the University of Maryland School Mental Health Program, which received a $970,000 grant to run a number of programs.“We think in Baltimore City, we have to be a little bit more creative than just saying, ‘Come get help,’ ” Cox said. </p> <p> </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jennifer Cox, LCSW-C</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/offices-of-the-dean/officeofdevelopment/images/foundation/foundation/macosx/AFRO-Icon-Black-LOGO-.png" alt="The Afro-American Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Afro-American</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/health/clozapine-schizophrenia-fda.html">F.D.A. Expands Access to Clozapine, a Key Treatment for Schizophrenia</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 26, 2025</span></p> <p>“There were patients who ended up relapsing into psychosis, patients who ended up hospitalized, patients who became violent,” said Raymond C. Love, a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, who helped organize the effort.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/love-ray-small.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Raymond C. Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Raymond C. Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/rlove/" title="Read bio: Raymond C. Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/new-york-times.png" alt="The New York Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New York Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wbtv.com/video/2025/02/25/standard-time-vs-daylight-saving-time/">On Your Side Tonight with Jamie Boll </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 25, 2025</span></p> <p>"Permanent daylight savings time is the worst possible option." Dr. Emerson Wickwire is a sleep specialist at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and one of many experts..."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-26-at-6.25.40 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Emerson M. Wickwire, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Emerson M. Wickwire, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/wickwire-emerson/" title="Read bio: Emerson M. Wickwire, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-12.10.05-PM.png" alt="WBTV Television Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WBTV Television</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/fluoride-water-bad-dentists-want-215900809.html">Is Fluoride in Water Bad for You? What Dentists Want You </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 25, 2025</span></p> <p>Fluoride fortifies your tooth enamel, the hard outer layer protecting the soft pulp and sensitive nerves inside. “It helps make the teeth stronger and more resistant to breakdown, and it helps remineralize or re-harden teeth that have begun to soften,” says Erica Caffrey, DDS, a clinical assistant professor of pediatric dentistry at the Univ. of Maryland School of Dentistry and a consultant for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Council for Clinical Affairs.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-26-at-6.16.29 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Erica Caffrey, D.D.S."></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Erica Caffrey, D.D.S.</h5> <p>School of Dentistry</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/pediatric/faculty-and-staff/dr-erica-caffrey/" title="Read bio: Erica Caffrey, D.D.S.">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-26-at-6.14.59 PM.png" alt="AOL.com Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: AOL.com</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.citybiz.co/article/664718/maryland-spent-big-on-youth-mental-health-but-then-the-budget-crisis-hit/">Maryland Spent Big On Youth Mental Health — But Then The Budget Crisis Hit</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 25, 2025</span></p> <p><strong>Catholic Charities of Baltimore</strong><span> won state grants to fight chronic absenteeism in three Maryland public school districts by connecting troubled students with the mental health services they need.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/microsites/ncsmh/images/staff-photos/Cox_Jennifer_o.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jennifer Cox, LCSW-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jennifer Cox, LCSW-C</h5> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.49.41-PM.png" alt="CityBiz Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: CityBiz</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.health.com/thyroid-cancer-overdiagnosis-weight-loss-medications-ozempic-11680251">Thyroid Cancer Is Overdiagnosed in the U.S.—Could Ozempic Be Making the Problem Worse?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 25, 2025</span></p> <p><span>A new study found that weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may be contributing to a national trend of thyroid cancer overdiagnosis.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/calendar/images/weekly-email/RozalinaMcCoy.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Rozalina McCoy, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Rozalina McCoy, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/mccoy-rozalina/" title="Read bio: Rozalina McCoy, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-25-134243.png" alt="Health Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Health</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-email-judiciary-b2703867.html">Judicial branch employees – which Trump does not oversee – got Musk’s email asking for their accomplishments</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 24, 2025</span></p> <p>Another expert noted that a number of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders are currently pending. Any effort by the executive branch to learn more about the inner workings of the judiciary would be “a profoundly significant violation of an internal judicial process,” Max Stearns, a professor at the University of Maryland’s law school, told Bloomberg. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/mstearns.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Max Stearns, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Max Stearns, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=373" title="Read bio: Max Stearns, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-5.16.50-PM.png" alt="Independent Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Independent</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://cnsmaryland.org/2025/02/24/maryland-budget-crunch-prompts-lawmakers-gov-moore-to-trim-youth-mental-health-effort/">Maryland spent big on youth mental health — but then the budget crisis hit</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 24, 2025</span></p> <p>“We have to invest in it in a significant way now and going forward for the next 30 years because so many of our young people are suffering,” said Britt Patterson, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “As a result, the adults in their lives are also struggling.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/parham-brittany-1447787734.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Brittany Renee Patterson, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Brittany Renee Patterson, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/parham-brittany/" title="Read bio: Brittany Renee Patterson, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-5.14.06-PM.png" alt="Capital News Service Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Capital News Service</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://baltimorebeat.com/lived-experience-is-crucial-in-guiding-baltimores-overdose-crisis-response-new-board-members-say/"> Lived experience is crucial in guiding Baltimore’s overdose crisis response, new board members say </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 24, 2025</span></p> <p>Paris Barnes, a senior training specialist with the PATIENTS Program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, watched her biological father struggle with addiction when she was a child.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/programs/patients/headshots/Paris-Barnes-100x150.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Paris Barnes, MS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Paris Barnes, MS</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/programs/the-patients-program/about-us/our-team/barnes/" title="Read bio: Paris Barnes, MS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-5.02.07-PM.png" alt="Baltimore Beat Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Beat</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/cyber-incident-anne-arundel-county-buildings-maryland/">Anne Arundel government buildings to reopen amid cyber incident investigation</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 24, 2025</span></p> <p><span>Anne Arundel County public service and government buildings will reopen on Tuesday, Feb. 25, as an investigation into a cyber incident continues, county officials say.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/markus_rauschecker.jpeg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Markus Rauschecker, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Markus Rauschecker, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=757" title="Read bio: Markus Rauschecker, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-20-164146.png" alt="WJZ-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wmar2news.com/local/anne-arundel-county-likely-experiencing-ransomware-attack">Expert: Anne Arundel County likely experiencing ransomware attack</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 24, 2025</span></p> <p>County offices that were closed on Monday, like the Housing Resource Center and the Anne Arundel County Department of Health in Glen Burnie, will re-open on Tuesday following an ongoing "cyber incident" that led to a precautionary shutdown.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/markus_rauschecker.jpeg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Markus Rauschecker, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Markus Rauschecker, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=757" title="Read bio: Markus Rauschecker, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/WMAR.png" alt="WMAR Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WMAR</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/consumer-protection/cfpb-dismantling-is-harming-consumers-worse-may-be-to-come-a1107755089/">The Dismantling of a Financial Watchdog Is Already Harming Consumers—and Worse May Be to Come</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 21, 2025</span></p> <p>Five years ago, Sally Proske was 30 and desperate. She had accumulated nearly $41,000 in high-interest credit card debt—more than she could comfortably pay off on her salary as a live-event and concert production manager in Chicago and still afford rent and food. She knew there was such a thing as debt relief companies and had a vague understanding that they could help her manage and even lower her debt, so she Googled to find one.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/jeff_sovern.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jeff Sovern, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jeff Sovern, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1397" title="Read bio: Jeff Sovern, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/consumerreports.png" alt="Consumer Reports Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Consumer Reports </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/02/19/md-law-schools-prepare-for-new-bar-exam-rollout/">MD law schools prepare for new bar exam rollout</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 19, 2025</span></p> <p>Maryland’s two law schools will be among the first in the nation to adopt a new bar exam next year.</p> <p>The NextGen exam, designed to assess law graduates’ grasp of practical legal skills instead of their ability to memorize legal doctrine, focuses on core competencies such as negotiation, legal research and client counseling.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2025-02-19-171703.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Micah J. Yarbrough, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Micah J. Yarbrough, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1124" title="Read bio: Micah J. Yarbrough, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/2025/Daily-Record.jpg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/02/19/md-law-schools-prepare-for-new-bar-exam-rollout/">MD law schools prepare for new bar exam rollout </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 19, 2025</span></p> <p>“The traditional focus of the bar exam has been, in large part, to test the general knowledge base of law school graduates,” said Micah J. Yarbrough, director of bar programs at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. “The NextGen aims to move the needle even farther toward aptitude assessment. The goals are to license more practice-ready applicants prepared to take on the challenges of the modern-day practitioner.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2025-02-19-171703.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Micah J. Yarbrough, Director of Bar Preparation Programs and Lecturer"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Micah J. Yarbrough, Director of Bar Preparation Programs and Lecturer</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1124" title="Read bio: Micah J. Yarbrough, Director of Bar Preparation Programs and Lecturer">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/2025/Daily-Record.jpg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.petage.com/mars-launches-global-study-program-on-pet-contribution-to-human-wellbeing/">Mars Launches Global Study Program on Pet Contribution to Human Wellbeing </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 19, 2025</span></p> <p>Over the lifetime of the study program the collaborative research will include work with academic institutions and partners including Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, University of Maryland School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liverpool, University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine, YouGov and the Human Animal Bond Research Institute, with the aim to deliver novel research and new insights. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-20-at-2.12.52-PM.png" alt="Pet Age Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Pet Age</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://cambridgespy.org/2025/02/15/umb-pathways-for-eastern-shore-healthcare-careers-event-at-londonderry-on-feb-18/">UMB Pathways for Eastern Shore Healthcare Careers Event at Londonderry on Feb 18</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 15, 2025</span></p> <p>In an ongoing effort to help alleviate the healthcare professional shortage on the Eastern Shore in Maryland, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is working with Londonderry on the Tred Avon to host an event for prospective high school and college students, as well as the surrounding community, to learn more educational pathways</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/HENDRIX-Cherilyn-GS-rgb.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Cherilyn Hendrix, DHEd, MSBME, PA-C, DFAAPA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Cherilyn Hendrix, DHEd, MSBME, PA-C, DFAAPA</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/hendrix.php" title="Read bio: Cherilyn Hendrix, DHEd, MSBME, PA-C, DFAAPA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-17-at-8.44.36-AM.png" alt="The Cambridge Spy Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Cambridge Spy</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2025/02/the-heart-loves-what-one-loves-u-md-study-on-whether-life-is-getting-better-or-worse-for-interracial-interethnic-co">U. Md. studies whether life is getting better or worse for interracial, interethnic couples</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 13, 2025</span></p> <p>“A little bit over 55% percent of our sample said things were getting a little better or much better. About 32% said things had not really changed, and about one in eight said things were really getting worse for interracial couples,” said Geoffrey Greif, a University of Maryland, Baltimore professor who holds a doctorate in social work.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Greif-small-1.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Geoffrey L Greif"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Geoffrey L Greif</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/greif-geoffrey/r/recUxeA2VJLGqvOwu" title="Read bio: Geoffrey L Greif">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-14-at-11.54.36-AM.png" alt="WTOP News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WTOP News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pig-to-human-organ-transplants-will-finally-begin-clinical-trials-this-year/">Animal-to-Human Organ Transplants Hit Long-Awaited Testing Milestone</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 13, 2025</span></p> <p>In 2022 a patient named David Bennett became the first living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart transplant. A team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine performed the surgery using a kidney with 10 edits to its genetic code from a pig engineered by Revivicor (a subsidiary of United Therapeutics, the company providing the organs for the new trial). Sadly, Bennett developed complications and died two months later.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-14-at-11.49.44-AM.png" alt="Scientific American Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Scientific American</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/local/2025/02/13/sturm-cosmetic-surgery-in-ames-abruptly-shuts-down-for-unknown-reasons/78391354007/">This Ames surgery center closed recently, canceled all appointments and scrubbed its website</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 13, 2025</span></p> <p><span>A local cosmetic surgery center on the northeast side of Ames has abruptly closed for unknown reasons.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Goldberg_Nelson.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Nelson Goldberg, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Nelson Goldberg, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/goldberg-nelson/" title="Read bio: Nelson Goldberg, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-13-113230.png" alt="Ames Tribune Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Ames Tribune</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.womansworld.com/wellness/pain-management/hip-arthritis-pain-ease-stiffness-and-restore-your-mobility">Ease Hip Arthritis Pain and Stiffness Naturally—Proven Tips to Restore Mobility</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 12, 2025</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arthritis “is a process by which the cartilage, or cushion in a joint, wears away over time,” explains </span><a href="https://www.umms.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/dr-sumon-nandi-md-1316114242" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA, FAOA</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an orthopedic surgeon and associate professor of orthopedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. </span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-12-at-2.23.20 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA, FAOA,"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA, FAOA,</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/nandi-sumon/" title="Read bio: Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA, FAOA,">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-12-at-2.21.52 PM.png" alt="Woman's World Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Woman's World</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.climateinthecourts.com/republican-states-launch-legal-challenge-to-new-yorks-climate-superfund-law-2/">Republican States Launch Legal Challenge To New York’s Climate Superfund Law</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 11, 2025</span></p> <p>“It’s complete legal overreach,” Robert Percival, an environmental law professor at the University of Maryland, said of the multi-state lawsuit against New York. “A state says another state passes a superfund law, and we don’t like it so therefore it violates all our rights? Just unbelievable.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/rpercival.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robert Percival, MA, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robert Percival, MA, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=091" title="Read bio: Robert Percival, MA, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-12-at-2.26.18 PM.png" alt="Climate in the Courts Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Climate in the Courts</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/02/11/us-must-restore-vital-aids-relief-saving-lives-in-africa-guest-commentary/">Medical Researchers react to US must restore vital AIDS relief saving lives in Africa | GUEST COMMENTARY </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 11, 2025</span></p> <p><em>Dr. Cassidy Claassen is associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.</em></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-12-at-2.19.38 PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Cassidy W. Claassen, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Cassidy W. Claassen, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/claassen-cassidy/" title="Read bio: Cassidy W. Claassen, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore-Sun-Logo-2025.png" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/johns-hopkins-nih-indirect-costs-XQUP5ZEX7ZDKJC4GR25OPFA4AE/">Maryland sues to stop Trump cuts that could cost universities millions</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 11, 2025</span></p> <p>But Dr. Bruce Jarrell, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, said most of his university’s endowment money is designated by donors for scholarships or other specific uses. Foundations can’t make up the funding, and universities like his already put substantial funds toward research, he added.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Bruce-Jarrell.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/president/presidents-biography/" title="Read bio: President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore_banners_Logo.jpg" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91276080/cfpb-shut-down-attempt-by-trump-should-outrage-consumers">‘We run the risk of another Great Recession’: People should be outraged by Trump’s efforts to kill CFPB</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 11, 2025</span></p> <p>“They told people to go home and not work at the office. At the same time, they’re saying to other government employees ‘no more remote work,’” says Jeff Sovern, a Michael Millemann professor of consumer law at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/jsovern-(1).jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jeff Sovern"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jeff Sovern</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1397" title="Read bio: Jeff Sovern">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Fast-Company-Emblem.png" alt="Fast Company Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Fast Company</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2025/02/11/nih-trump-umb-johns-hopkins-university-research.html">Trump policy would pummel Hopkins, UMB research funding</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 11, 2025</span></p> <p>“Indirect cost recovery is necessary and pays for important expenses used to conduct research such as building maintenance, utilities, IT support, grants administration, animal care, protection for human subjects, safeguarding against unlawful conflicts of interest, compliance with federal regulations, and many other critical functions,” UMB president Bruce Jarrell wrote in a letter to UMB staff and students on Monday.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Bruce-Jarrell.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/president/presidents-biography/" title="Read bio: President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/baltimore-business-journal.png" alt="Baltimore Business Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Business Journal</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250208/New-clinical-trial-aims-to-improve-outcomes-for-older-adults-with-hip-fractures.aspx">New clinical trial aims to improve outcomes for older adults with hip fractures</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 10, 2025</span></p> <p>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 "minimally displaced" femoral neck fractures by replacing the hip joint with a metal implant.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2024/Slobogean_Gerard.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/slobogean-gerard/" title="Read bio: Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-12-09-at-1.28.11-PM.png" alt="News Medical Life Sciences Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: News Medical Life Sciences </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://upriseri.com/cfpb-shut-down-trump-musk-banks/">In Massive Betrayal of His Supporters, Trump Shuts Down Consumer Watchdog, CFPB</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 10, 2025</span></p> <p>The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—the federal agency responsible for protecting Americans from predatory financial practices—effectively ceased operations this weekend following the abrupt firing of its director, Rohit Chopra, marking one of the most significant reversals of consumer protections in recent history.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/jeff_sovern.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jeff Sovern, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jeff Sovern, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1397" title="Read bio: Jeff Sovern, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Uprise-RI.png" alt="Uprise RI Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Uprise RI</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/antibiotic-resistant-infections-treatments-research-fda/">The FDA’s misguided thinking on antibiotics</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 10, 2025</span></p> <p>It’s easy to criticize the FDA, whether you think the agency makes it too hard for innovative treatments to help the patients who need them or that Big Pharma holds too much sway over decisions. We’ll avoid that fight and instead focus on why the public, with the FDA’s help, has misunderstood why so many Americans die from resistant infections every year. In short: The Food and Drug Administration focuses on bugs instead of patients.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>John H. Powers, MD </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/stat.jpg" alt="Stat News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Stat News </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-juanita-mitchell-civil-rights-revival-historic/">Historic West Baltimore building at center of Civil Rights Movement getting a revival</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 10, 2025</span></p> <p>"We're going to have things hanging in the windows similar to what she hung in the window back during her time of practicing there that had inspiring messages," said Lydia Watts, the executive director of the ROAR Center.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.44.07-PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Lydia Watts, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Lydia Watts, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://roarcenter.org/staff-member/lydia-watts/" title="Read bio: Lydia Watts, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-20-164146.png" alt="WJZ-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/02/10/executive-alliance-names-50-companies-to-honor-roll-for-womens-representation/">Executive Alliance names 50 companies to Honor Roll for Women’s Representation </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 10, 2025</span></p> <p>University of Maryland, Baltimore named to Executive Alliance Honor Roll Award for Women’s Representation. Each award recipient has at least 30% of their executive leadership and board of director seats held by women. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/thedailyrecord.jpeg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://news.jrn.msu.edu/2025/02/public-and-private-organizations-provide-services-to-combat-high-suicide-rates-among-middle-aged-men-and-veterans/">Public and private organizations provide services to combat high suicide rates among middle-aged men and veterans</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 7, 2025</span></p> <p>On a hot summer day, a woman working with a state suicide prevention program was approached by her neighbor who asked to share a drink on her porch, and for a foam sleeve — known as a Koozie – to keep it cold.</p> <p>The woman grabbed the first foam sleeve she saw — branded to promote ManTherapy.org — and handed it to her neighbor. The two shared a drink and the neighbor went back home, Koozie in hand.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/ssw/Jodi-J-Frey.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jodi J. Frey, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jodi J. Frey, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/frey-jodi/r/recZm6IiTCuBc6moI" title="Read bio: Jodi J. Frey, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-07-131422.png" alt="Spartan Newsroom Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Spartan Newsroom</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://todayheadline.co/bruen-guns-police-crime-courts/">The Bruen decision: How police are adapting to the Supreme Court gun ruling</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 7, 2025</span></p> <p>On the surface, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen centered on how New York issued permits to people who wanted to carry their guns in public. The Court said that the state’s practice of issuing concealed carry permits only to those who could prove they had a special need to carry a gun — like a threat to their personal safety — was a violation of their constitutional rights.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/gkrishnamurthi.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Guha Krishnamurthi, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Guha Krishnamurthi, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1384" title="Read bio: Guha Krishnamurthi, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-03-125710.png" alt="Vox Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Vox</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.citybiz.co/article/658288/the-erin-levitas-foundation-launches-qa-portal-to-support-conversations-on-safety-and-boundaries/">The Erin Levitas Foundation Launches Q&A Portal to Support Conversations on Safety and Boundaries</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 6, 2025</span></p> <p>The Erin Levitas Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending sexual violence by providing early education resources for youth, young people, caregivers, and educators, has launched a new question-and-answer portal, <em>Every Body Has Questions</em>, to support and encourage conversations about bodies, boundaries, and safety.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/ivp/Laurie-M-Graham-cropped.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Laurie M. Graham, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Laurie M. Graham, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/graham-laurie/r/recNPecElKd9vPGu5" title="Read bio: Laurie M. Graham, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-07-154322.png" alt="City Biz Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: City Biz</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/progress-in-psychopharmacology-over-the-last-40-years">Progress in Psychopharmacology Over the Last 40 Years</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 6, 2025</span></p> <p>As Psychiatric Times celebrates its 40th anniversary all year long, Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC sat down to discuss 40 years of mental health care and what has changed in psychiatry.<br />Robinson is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore. She is also the director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the university.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-06-at-4.01.22â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/sara-robinson/" title="Read bio: Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-06-at-3.59.02â¯PM.png" alt="Psychiatric Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Psychiatric Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://parade.com/living/how-to-spice-up-your-marriage-according-to-relationship-expert">How to Spice up Your Marriage in 2025, a Relationship Expert Reveals</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 6, 2025</span></p> <p>Authors and University of Maryland School of Social Work researchers Geoffrey Greif, DSW, MSW, and Kathleen Holtz Deal, PhD, MSW, conducted more than 400 interviews with couples. The researchers found that maintaining friendships with other pairs could assist with solidifying a sense of self in couples and even up partners' attraction to each other.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/oaa/middle-states/images/Greif-350.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/greif-geoffrey/r/recUxeA2VJLGqvOwu" title="Read bio: Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-06-at-3.51.53â¯PM.png" alt="Parade Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Parade</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://mburcharth.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/under-trumps-new-order-kamala-harris-would-not-have-been-a-citizen-or-vice-president/">Under Trump’s New Order, Kamala Harris Would Not Have Been a Citizen or Vice President</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 6, 2025</span></p> <p>Epps’ colleague Mark Graber, a law professor at the University of Maryland, has also studied the 14th Amendment. He tells Information: “Trump and his legal advisors’ argument collapses when you consider that children born to non-Americans can be deported. If they can be deported, it means they fall under U.S. jurisdiction.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Graber.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=055" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-02-06-at-3.45.53â¯PM.png" alt="American Notebook Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: American Notebook</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://wallethub.com/edu/b/what-is-a-budget/142825#expert=Robert_A._Gordon">What Is a Budget?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 5, 2025</span></p> <p>WalletHub asked a panel of experts to share some budgeting advice.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/rgordon.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robert A. Gordon, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robert A. Gordon, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-5.21.05-PM.png" alt="WalletHub Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WalletHub</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2025-02-05/maryland-sees-steep-drop-in-opioid-overdose-deaths"> Maryland sees steep drop in opioid overdose deaths </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 5, 2025</span></p> <p>“We are coming to the realization that there are certain gold standard treatments that we have to provide for our patients, which include medications for opioid use disorder,” Weintraub said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Weintraub_Eric.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Eric Weintraub, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Eric Weintraub, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/weintraub-eric/" title="Read bio: Eric Weintraub, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-22-141637.png" alt="WYPR Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WYPR</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nextavenue.org/make-new-friends-this-year/">Keep Current Friends and Make New Friends This Year</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 5, 2025</span></p> <p>"Men construct friendships in <a href="https://www.nextavenue.org/the-camaraderie-of-mens-sheds/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">shoulder-to-shoulder ways</a>, like [playing] sports or watching sports," says Greif. "They feel less comfortable interacting face-to-face, the way women construct friendships. Women like to get together and have more intimate conversations."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/GGreif.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/greif-geoffrey/r/recUxeA2VJLGqvOwu" title="Read bio: Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-05-at-9.33.07-AM.png" alt="Next Avenue Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Next Avenue</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/02/04/stalled-lawsuits-resume-after-md-high-court-upholds-child-victims-act/">Stalled lawsuits resume after MD high court upholds Child Victims Act </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 4, 2025</span></p> <p>“Some defendants will, appropriately, seek to negotiate settlements,” Hoke told The Daily Record. “And many survivors will be willing to do so particularly if the settlements are not confidential. A huge part of the campaign for the CVA was about exposing organizations that harbor abusers. Survivors are far more motivated by bringing that to light and protecting today’s children than by money.” </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/khoke.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kathleen Hoke, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kathleen Hoke, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=034" title="Read bio: Kathleen Hoke, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/thedailyrecord.jpeg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00368-w">The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 4, 2025</span></p> <p>Trials will enable researchers to select people who are in better health than those first compassionate-use recipients to assess the transplant’s safety and efficacy, says Muhammad Mohiuddin, a surgeon and researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Mohiuddin_Muhammad.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/mohiuddin-muhammad/" title="Read bio: Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Nature.png" alt="Nature Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Nature</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/02/04/syzmik-headgear-flag-football/"> Hunt Valley-based SYZMIK leads charge for protective headgear in flag football </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 4, 2025</span></p> <p>Dr. Brian Corwell, an emergency and sports medicine physician at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, downplayed the idea that participants wearing protective garments put themselves at an increased risk.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Brian Niall Corwell, MD </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/corwell-brian/" title="Read bio: Brian Niall Corwell, MD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore-Sun-Logo-2025.png" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250204/USC-to-lead-24108-million-study-on-hip-fracture-surgery-options.aspx"> USC to lead $10.8 million study on hip fracture surgery options </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 4, 2025</span></p> <p>The trial leadership team includes co-principal investigators Gerard Slobogean, MD, director of clinical research for the Department of Orthopaedics at University of Maryland School of Medicine,</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Slobogean_Gerard.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Gerard Slobogean"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Gerard Slobogean</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/slobogean-gerard/" title="Read bio: Gerard Slobogean">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-12-09-at-1.28.11-PM.png" alt="News Medical Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: News Medical</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/overdose-deaths-maryland-baltimore-opioids-IADMTNE3QBAKPIN6CV7YXAV42M/">Overdose deaths dropped sharply last year in Maryland, Baltimore</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 4, 2025</span></p> <p>Dr. Eric Weintraub, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, said some populations have a harder time accessing appropriate health care and putting their trust in traditional medical institutions.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Weintraub_Eric.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Eric Weintraub, MD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Eric Weintraub, MD </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/weintraub-eric/" title="Read bio: Eric Weintraub, MD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore_banners_Logo.jpg" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/public-policy-in-psychiatry-over-40-years">Public Policy in Psychiatry Over 40 Years</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 3, 2025</span></p> <p>As Psychiatric Times celebrates its 40th anniversary all year long, Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC sat down to discuss 40 years of mental health care and what has changed in psychiatry.</p> <p>Robinson is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore. She is also the director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the university.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Sara-Robinson.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/sara-robinson/" title="Read bio: Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-04-at-5.09.21-PM.png" alt="Psychiatric Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Psychiatric Times </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.citybiz.co/article/656032/should-maryland-grant-parole-to-more-elderly-and-ill-inmates-lawmakers-disagree/">Should Maryland Grant Parole To More Elderly And Ill Inmates? Lawmakers Disagree</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 3, 2025</span></p> <p>Under current state law, “you can only be considered for geriatric parole if you’ve been convicted of multiple violent offenses,” said Lila Meadows, an assistant public defender and clinical faculty member at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. “That wouldn’t have been the [General Assembly’s] intent.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Lila-Meadows.gif')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Lila N. Meadows"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Lila N. Meadows</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1207" title="Read bio: Lila N. Meadows">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-04-at-2.32.19-PM.png" alt="CityBiz Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: CityBiz</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/10/the-long-quest-for-artificial-blood">The Long Quest for Artificial Blood</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">February 3, 2025</span></p> <p>In Baltimore, the rabbits were receiving a somewhat different concoction. They belonged to the lab of Allan Doctor, the director of the Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the co-inventor of ErythroMer, a synthetic nanoparticle that mimics the oxygen-carrying role of red blood cells.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Doctor_Allan.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Allan Doctor, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Allan Doctor, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/doctor-allan/" title="Read bio: Allan Doctor, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-02-04-at-2.23.28-PM.png" alt="The New Yorker Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New Yorker</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/013125/breaking-through-limits-in-kinase-inhibition">Breaking through limits in kinase inhibition</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 31, 2025</span></p> <p>Protein kinases, enzymes that add phosphate groups to other proteins, are often dysregulated in diseases. This makes kinase inhibitors popular drugs, although they often target things they aren’t supposed to. To mitigate these off-target effects, scientists like Paul Shapiro are finding ways to target specific functions of a kinase, rather than inhibiting the whole enzyme. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-12.16.14â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Paul Shapiro, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Paul Shapiro, PhD</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/pshapiro/" title="Read bio: Paul Shapiro, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/news-logos/ASBMBToday.PNG" alt="ASBMB Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: ASBMB Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/30/moore-said-maryland-will-follow-the-constitution-on-immigration-policy-what-does-the-constitution-say/">Moore said Maryland will follow the Constitution on immigration policy. What does the Constitution say? </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 30, 2025</span></p> <p>Mark Graber, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law, pointed to the 1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Printz v. United States. In that case, justices set the precedent that the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution does not give the federal government the authority to force state officials to carry out federal programs.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Graber.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=055" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/Baltimore-Sun-200x76.jpg" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.tradelineinc.com/news/2025-1/university-maryland-and-wexford-celebrate-opening-4mlk"> University of Maryland and Wexford Celebrate Opening of 4MLK</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 30, 2025</span></p> <p>The <strong>University of Maryland, Baltimore</strong> opened a 250,000-sf innovation center in January of 2024 to drive biomedical advances and accelerate the discovery of new health solutions.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-10.28.02-AM.png" alt="Tradeline Inc Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Tradeline Inc</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/29/marylands-youth-are-unfairly-criminalized-guest-commentary/"> Maryland’s youth are unfairly criminalized | GUEST COMMENTARY </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 29, 2025</span></p> <p>All children must be seen, viewed and treated as children, receive the benefit of their adolescence and be provided the supports and services needed to overcome any challenges they may face. Michael Pinard and Monique L. Dixon are the faculty director and executive director, respectively, of the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Collage-maker-project.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Michael Pinard and Monique L. Dixon"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Michael Pinard and Monique L. Dixon</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/academics/programs--centers/gibson-banks-center-for-race-and-the-law/" title="Read bio: Michael Pinard and Monique L. Dixon">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore-Sun-Logo-2025.png" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/190817/trump-rfk-jr-hhs-public-health-cdc-nih">How Bad Could Trump’s Assault on Public Health Get?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 29, 2025</span></p> <p>Five years after a novel virus rocked the world, killed millions, and continues to sicken people; amid ongoing outbreaks of bird flu and mpox and tuberculosis, public health and scientific research are being gutted in America—and it’s happening more quickly than even experts thought possible.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Popescu_Saskia.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/popescu-saskia/" title="Read bio: Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/newrepublic_logo.jpg" alt="The New Republic Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New Republic</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.dentistrytoday.com/researchers-uncover-new-approach-to-predict-pain-sensitivity/"> Researchers Uncover New Approach to Predict Pain Sensitivity </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 29, 2025</span></p> <p>“More people live with chronic pain than cancer, diabetes, and heart disease combined,” Da Silva said. “This study is a breakthrough in developing an accurate pain biomarker that could not only predict individuals’ pain but also help prevent who will develop such a debilitating condition—chronic pain.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/20200326-joyce-teixeira.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Joyce Teixeira Da Silva, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Joyce Teixeira Da Silva, PhD</h5> <p>School of Dentistry</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/neuralpain/faculty-and-staff/dr-da-silva/" title="Read bio: Joyce Teixeira Da Silva, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-9.03.01-AM.png" alt="Dentistry Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Dentistry Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.citybiz.co/article/654745/etc-baltimore-marks-milestone-with-opening-of-venture-hub-at-connect-labs-baltimore/">ETC Baltimore Marks Milestone with Opening of Venture Hub at Connect Labs Baltimore</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 29, 2025</span></p> <p><strong>ETC Baltimore</strong>, dedicated to elevating Baltimore as a national leader in tech startups, announces the opening of its inaugural <strong>ETC Venture Hub</strong> at <strong>Connect Labs Baltimore</strong> in the newly constructed 4MLK Building in the University of Maryland BioPark.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.49.41-PM.png" alt="CityBiz Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: CityBiz</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/brain-activity-patterns-could-predict-pain-sensitivity-395462">Brain Activity Patterns Could Predict Pain Sensitivity</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 28, 2025</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In an international effort, researchers at Western, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) uncovered how specific patterns in brain activity can predict an individual’s sensitivity to pain, expanding opportunities for improved pain management strategies. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":278}"> </span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> <p>School of Dentistry</p> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-28-at-4.28.24-PM.png" alt="Technology Networks Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Technology Networks</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/well/human-challenge-trials.html">Would You Get Sick in the Name of Science?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 28, 2025</span></p> <p>Mr. Laurenson was part of a study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to test a new monoclonal antibody designed to prevent malaria transmission. Specifically, he had agreed to take part in a human challenge trial, a research method in which volunteers are knowingly infected with a pathogen.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/new-york-times.png" alt="The New York Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New York Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://familyfrontier.substack.com/p/child-care-has-a-branding-problem">Child Care Has a Branding Problem</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 28, 2025</span></p> <p><span>As a pair of scholars, Elizabeth Palley and Corey Shdaimah, </span><a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479862658/in-our-hands/" rel="">wrote in 2014</a><span>: </span><span class="footnote-hovercard-target"></span>Caring for very young children in the United States has not been framed as part of larger universal policies to support families. As a result, it has been left on the sidelines of major political discourse</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/c-shdaimah.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Corey Shdaimah, PhD, LLM, LLB "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Corey Shdaimah, PhD, LLM, LLB </h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/shdaimah.php " title="Read bio: Corey Shdaimah, PhD, LLM, LLB ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-30-at-9.10.25-AM.png" alt="The Family Frontier Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Family Frontier</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91266999/does-the-non-alcoholic-craze-just-keep-us-drinking">Does the non-alcoholic craze just keep us drinking?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 27, 2025</span></p> <p><span>Everyone needs their vice. For me, it’s tacos. Tacos and a cheap can of beer. But each January, the tacos hit differently because the beer is gone. I’ve been Dry Januarying for longer than I can remember, and will be the first to praise the hashtag. Over time, mine has extended to February, March, and now through most of the year until the Midwest grows cold and the parties feel cozy.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Roche_Daniel-J.roche.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Daniel Roche, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Daniel Roche, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/roche-daniel-j/" title="Read bio: Daniel Roche, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Fast-Company-Emblem.png" alt="Fast Company Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Fast Company</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/01/27/trump-executive-order-electric-vehicles/">Trump order on EVs targets Maryland programs. Experts say parts might not stick. </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 27, 2025</span></p> <p>With a Day 1 executive order involving electric vehicles, President Donald Trump is seeking to upend Maryland programs to grow EV sales and install car chargers.</p> <p>But experts say the path ahead is legally cloudy.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Jmueller1.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jon Mueller, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jon Mueller, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=846" title="Read bio: Jon Mueller, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore-Sun-Logo-2025.png" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-school-of-medicine-maryland-health-screenings-churches/">University of Maryland School of Medicine, hospitals partner to give free health screenings</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 26, 2025</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland School of Medicine partnered with the engAGE with Heart initiative to provide free health screenings at Baltimore area churches.</p> <p>On Sunday, inside Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries, people got a little extra care from the inside out.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/media-archive/04x2f2023-april-2023/Davis-Esa-Matius_inset.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Esa Davis, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Esa Davis, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/davis-esa/" title="Read bio: Esa Davis, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-20-164146.png" alt="WJZ-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wbal.com/some-federal-workers-in-maryland-looking-for-other-employment-amid-trump-executive-orders">Maryland Carey Law Professor Discusses Birthright Citizenship</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 26, 2025</span></p> <p>Mark Graber, professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, discusses birthright citizenship on WBAL Radio.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Graber.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=055" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/WBAL-News-Radio.png" alt="WBAL Radio Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WBAL Radio</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/thyroid/113915">More Thyroid Cancers Found After Starting GLP-1s: Researchers Think They Know Why</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 24, 2025</span></p> <p>Of over 350,000 adults with type 2 diabetes, thyroid cancer risk was significantly higher within the first year after GLP-1 agonist initiation compared with SGLT2 inhibitors, DPP-4 inhibitors, or sulfonylureas (HR 1.85, 95% CI 1.11-3.08), reported Rozalina McCoy, MD, MS, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/McCoy_Rozalina.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/mccoy-rozalina/" title="Read bio: Rozalina G. McCoy, MD, MS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-24-at-4.28.12-PM.png" alt="MEDPAGE TODAY Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: MEDPAGE TODAY</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://timesng.com/awards-million-moderna-bird/">U.S. Awards $590 Million to Moderna for Bird Flu Vaccine Development</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 24, 2025</span></p> <p>Researchers are also exploring adjuvants to enhance the effectiveness of bird flu vaccines. Matthew Frieman, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is developing an adjuvant that could move to early-stage clinical trials within a year. “You don’t want to wait until it’s everywhere and then you decide to make a vaccine,” Frieman said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Frieman_Matthew.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Matthew B. Frieman, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Matthew B. Frieman, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/frieman-matthew/" title="Read bio: Matthew B. Frieman, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-24-at-4.25.08-PM.png" alt="Times News Global Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Times News Global</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-01-24/environmental-health/are-md-coastline-protections-safe-in-the-trump-era/a94855-1">Are MD coastline protections safe in the Trump era? </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 24, 2025</span></p> <p>Robert Percival, director of the environmental law program at the University of Maryland, said Trump tried to repeal coastline protections in his first term and got some pushback.</p> <p>"It would be difficult," Percival explained. "When Trump tried to roll back, during his first term, some areas that had been protected by previous presidents, a judge said that the Act did not clearly give the president the authority to roll them back. So, it's kind of an open legal question."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/rpercival.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robert Percival, MA, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robert Percival, MA, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/percival.php" title="Read bio: Robert Percival, MA, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-24-at-4.12.02-PM.png" alt="Public News Servie Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Public News Servie</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/5101673-tax-code-helping-disaster-victims/">From tax lottery to tax credit: A better way to help disaster victims</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 23, 2025</span></p> <p>As victims of several natural disasters are facing homelessness and economic ruin, many are searching for an economic lifeline. The tax code will provide some assistance, but the benefit is haphazard, somewhat random, and mostly helps wealthy individuals. The provision is so complicated that receiving assistance under it is like winning the tax assistance lottery.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/TOBIN_Donald_SOL_print(1).jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Donald Tobin, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Donald Tobin, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1061" title="Read bio: Donald Tobin, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Logo_The_Hill.svg.png" alt="The Hill Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Hill</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/virus-season-roars-back-quad-demic">Virus season roars back with "quad-demic" of illness</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 22, 2025</span></p> <p>The spread of influenza A, COVID and RSV is "high" or "very high" across much of the U.S. at the same time norovirus cases are well above normal levels, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and wastewater surveillance data shows.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Popescu_Saskia.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Saskia R. Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Saskia R. Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/popescu-saskia/" title="Read bio: Saskia R. Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/axios.png" alt="Axios Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Axios</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2025-01-22/dry-january-goes-mainstream-what-are-the-benefits">Dry January goes mainstream. What are the benefits?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 22, 2025</span></p> <p>Dry January, a month-long stint of sobriety at the beginning of the new year, is growing in popularity in the United States.</p> <p>According to data from<span> </span>Civic Science, 23 percent of U.S. adults 21 and over said they intended to take part in Dry January in 2023. That grew to 27 percent in 2024.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Lee_Jessica_R.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jessica R. Lee, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jessica R. Lee, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/lee-jessica/" title="Read bio: Jessica R. Lee, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-22-141637.png" alt="WYPR Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WYPR</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/its-time-to-reconcile-with-medication-reconciliation">It’s Time to Reconcile With Medication Reconciliation</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 22, 2025</span></p> <p><span>Psychiatric training instills in us the importance of completing a comprehensive initial evaluation of patients. We are each afforded varying time windows to complete our assessments with different documentation systems and sometimes additional information to satisfy requirements. </span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/news--events/media--public-affairs/Headshot---Sara-Robinson-.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/sara-robinson/" title="Read bio: Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-22-135114.png" alt="Psychiatric Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Psychiatric Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.climateinthecourts.com/big-oil-may-finally-have-to-face-trial-in-climate-deception-lawsuits-why-it-matters-and-what-comes-next/">Big Oil May Finally Have To Face Trial In Climate Deception Lawsuits. Why It Matters - And What Comes Next</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 21, 2025</span></p> <p>Robert Percival, an environmental law professor at the University of Maryland, called the Alabama et al. petition the “most outlandish of all” and said he expects the Supreme Court will reject it. “It doesn’t have a legal leg to stand on,” he said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-1.47.12â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robert Percival, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robert Percival, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=091" title="Read bio: Robert Percival, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-1.46.06â¯PM.png" alt="Climate In The Courts Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Climate In The Courts</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/relationships/toxic-sibling-relationship/">When to call time on a toxic sibling relationship</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 21, 2025</span></p> <p>In researching for his book, co-authored with Michael E Woolley, Adult Sibling Relationships Dr Geoffrey Greif found that one in five (21 per cent) of interviewees had a strained relationship with their adult siblings. The cosy ideal of supporting each other through the ups and downs of life like the Waltons siblings just isn’t realistic.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/president/distinguished-university-professors/Geoff-Greif-350.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Geoffrey L. Greif, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Geoffrey L. Greif, PhD</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/greif-geoffrey/r/recUxeA2VJLGqvOwu" title="Read bio: Geoffrey L. Greif, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-1.40.59â¯PM.png" alt="The Telegraph Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Telegraph</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-abortion-access-reproductive-rights-amendment-election/">Maryland enshrines access to abortion in state constitu</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 20, 2025</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland, Baltimore received $10.6 million for the state's Abortion Care Clinical Training Program and about $5 million was set aside to increase Medicaid provider's reimbursements for abortion care. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2024/Mary-Jo-Bondy.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768247-en.html" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-20-164146.png" alt="WJZ-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.98online.com/maryland-perspectives-the-positive-school-center/"> Maryland Perspectives: The Positive School Center</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 19, 2025</span></p> <p><a href="https://positiveschoolscenter.org/">The Positive School Center</a> is a non profit that provides coaching and staff development, community school programming and policy recommendations for Maryland schools. Director Shantay McKinily talks about development strategies, school programs and what policy recommendations they have on the books for 2025.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Shantay-McKinily.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Shantay McKinily, MS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Shantay McKinily, MS</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/mckinily-shantay/r/rec94OvS35oyPCxZQ" title="Read bio: Shantay McKinily, MS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-9.29.20-AM.png" alt="98 Rock Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: 98 Rock</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.latintimes.com/exclusive-trumps-plan-eliminate-certain-humanitarian-visas-could-have-devastating-effects-572048">Exclusive: Trump's Plan to Eliminate Certain Humanitarian Visas Could Have 'Devastating' Effects on Crime Victims</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 17, 2025</span></p> <p>But unlike other immigration documents, eliminating U and T visas, with their humanitarian angles designed to help marginalized communities, would have devastating effects for immigrants who seek refuge in the U.S., Iris Cardenas, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Iris-Cardenas,-PhD.,-LSW-cropped.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Iris Cardenas, PhD, LSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Iris Cardenas, PhD, LSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/ipv/research-team/" title="Read bio: Iris Cardenas, PhD, LSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-17-at-3.08.56-PM.png" alt="The Latin Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Latin Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://technical.ly/civic-news/um-biopark-4mlk-baltimore-life-sciences-photos/">Look inside 4MLK, the University of Maryland BioPark’s new 250k-square-foot life sciences hub</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 16, 2025</span></p> <p>Years of efforts across the University System of Maryland, the real estate industry, local government and a variety of private and nonprofit players led to Wednesday night’s star-studded ribbon-cutting for 4MLK. Even the news that Baltimore was again left off the federal Tech Hubs funding list couldn’t dampen the excitement. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/edi/Bruce-Jarrell.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS President, University of Maryland, Baltimore "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS President, University of Maryland, Baltimore </h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/president/presidents-biography/" title="Read bio: Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS President, University of Maryland, Baltimore ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-17-at-8.36.46-AM.png" alt="Technical.ly Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Technical.ly</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.studentdoctor.net/2025/01/16/pharmapreneurship-creating-your-career-as-a-pharmacist-entrepreneur/">Pharmapreneurship: Creating Your Career As a Pharmacist-Entrepreneur</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 16, 2025</span></p> <p>Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, FNAP is the Gyi Endowed Memorial Professor of Pharmapreneurship and Associate Dean for Clinical Services and Practice Transformation at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. She spoke with the Student Doctor Network about the University of Maryland Pharmapreneurship® pathway.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/about/depts/p-shor/images/faculty/rodriguez-debittner-magaly.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, FNAP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, FNAP</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/mrodriguezdebittner/" title="Read bio: Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, FNAP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Student-Doctor-.png" alt="Student Doctor Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Student Doctor</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/on-the-basis-of-sex-a-framework-for-clinical-algorithms.html">On the basis of sex: A framework for clinical algorithms</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 16, 2025</span></p> <p>With an approaching federal deadline, healthcare and legal experts have developed a framework for evaluating the use of AI-powered algorithms.</p> <p>As AI, clinical algorithms and predictive analytics become more prevalent in healthcare, HHS finalized a rule April 26 to ensure that these tools do not discriminate "on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age and disability."</p> <p>By May 6, CMS-funded entities must comply with the rule.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/calendar/images/weekly-email/KatherineGoodman.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Katherine Goodman, Phd, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Katherine Goodman, Phd, JD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/goodman-katherine/" title="Read bio: Katherine Goodman, Phd, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Beckers_clinical_leadership.png" alt="Becker's Clinical Leadership Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Becker's Clinical Leadership</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/4mlk-life-science-hub-opens-at-the-university-of-maryland-biopark/">4MLK life science hub opens at the University of Maryland BioPark</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 16, 2025</span></p> <p>Baltimore gained a new hub for life science activity with the grand opening this week of an eight-story tower at the University of Maryland BioPark.</p> <p><span id="more-204391"></span></p> <p>4MLK is the name of the $180 million, 250,000-square-foot multi-tenant lab and office building that opened at 4 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on what would have been the slain civil rights leader’s 96<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Gladwin_Mark.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark T. Gladwin, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark T. Gladwin, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/gladwin-mark/" title="Read bio: Mark T. Gladwin, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-17-at-8.38.00-AM.png" alt="Baltimore Fishbowl Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Fishbowl </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2025/01/16/4mlk-wexford-umb-science-development.html">First half of $320M West Baltimore science hub opens</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 16, 2025</span></p> <p>An eight-story science and tech hub that's been years in the making celebrated its grand opening this week, introducing new space to West Baltimore that a city developer believes can become an innovation center for the region.</p> <p>Developer Wexford Science & Technology and the University of Maryland, Baltimore unveiled the 250,000-square-foot 4MLK building at 4 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on Wednesday.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/edi/Bruce-Jarrell.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS </h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/president/presidents-biography/" title="Read bio: Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/baltimore-business-journal.png" alt="Baltimore Business Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Business Journal </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.singlecare.com/blog/gabapentin-and-meloxicam/">Can you take gabapentin and meloxicam together?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 16, 2025</span></p> <p>While both drugs work for pain relief, Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, a professor and executive director at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland, explains that the two drugs are only taken together if a patient is experiencing a relatively complex pain situation.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/SOP-McPherson_Mary-Lynn-for-Experts-Guide.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS </h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/mcpherson.php" title="Read bio: Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, PhD, BCPS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-17-at-11.24.51-AM.png" alt="The Checkup by SingleCare Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Checkup by SingleCare</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimores-largest-biotech-complex-opens-at-umb-biopark">Baltimore's largest biotech complex opens at UMB BioPark</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 15, 2025</span></p> <p>4MLK is the newest addition to the University of Maryland's BioPark, set to bring a wave of innovation and opportunity to Southwest Baltimore.</p> <p>"This is going to represent a bold vision for breaking down silos between traditional engineering, bioengineering, and medicine," says Dr. Mark Gladwin, Dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/president/the-presidents-message/2024/SOM-Gladwin_Mark.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Gladwin, MD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Gladwin, MD </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/about-dean-gladwin/" title="Read bio: Mark Gladwin, MD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/WMAR.png" alt="WMAR 2 Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WMAR 2 </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2025-01-15/u-of-md-hopes-to-educate-public-and-professionals-about-psychedelic-therapies">UMB hopes to educate public and professionals about psychedelic therapies</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 15, 2025</span></p> <p>The use of psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat trauma and other ailments is on the rise. University of Maryland, Baltimore puts it front and center with an interdisciplinary speaker series across social work, pharmacy, and nursing called Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Science and Practice of Psychedelic Therapies. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/ssw/cpe/psychedelic/MMeyer.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Megan Meyer, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Megan Meyer, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/meyer.php" title="Read bio: Megan Meyer, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-16-095125.png" alt="WYPR: On the Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WYPR: On the Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/california-wildfires/how-exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-can-put-your-health-at-risk">How exposure to wildfire smoke can put your health at risk</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 14, 2025</span></p> <p>As wildfires rage in southern California, Scripps News spoke with Dr. Omer Awan, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, about the health risks involved for those nearby.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Awan_Omer.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/awan-omer/" title="Read bio: Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-06-at-12.44.20â¯PM.png" alt="Scripps News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Scripps News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.healthday.com/health-news/bone-and-joint/updated-guidelines-for-preventing-osteoporosis-related-fractures-released">Updated Guidelines for Preventing Osteoporosis-Related Fractures Released</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 14, 2025</span></p> <p>“Too often, the first sign of osteoporosis is a broken bone, which can lead to serious health issues,” USPSTF member <a href="https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/esa-m-davis-md-mph" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="content">Dr. Esa Davis</a> said in a statement from the group.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Davis-Esa-Matius.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Esa Matius Davis, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Esa Matius Davis, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/davis-esa/" title="Read bio: Esa Matius Davis, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-11.41.04-AM.png" alt="Health Day Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Health Day</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/university-of-maryland-receives-10-million-for-research-collaboration"> University of Maryland receives $10 million for research collaboration</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 14, 2025</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) have announced a $10 million gift from Edward and Jennifer St. John and the Edward St. John Foundation in support of a center focused on translational engineering and medicine.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Gladwin_Mark.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark T. Gladwin, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark T. Gladwin, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/gladwin-mark/" title="Read bio: Mark T. Gladwin, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-11.14.54-AM.png" alt="Philanthropy News Digest Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Philanthropy News Digest</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.greenlodgingnews.com/world-of-hyatt-and-headspace-launch-new-series-to-help-travelers-find-a-good-nights-sleep/">World of Hyatt and Headspace Launch New Series to Help Travelers Find a Good Night’s Sleep</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 13, 2025</span></p> <p>In addition to guests, members and colleagues, Hyatt is extending its purpose of care to help enhance sleep routines, Hyatt is also providing complimentary, one-year subscriptions to Headspace to support nonprofit organizations, including Salt & Light Coalition Chicago, ReStore NYC, University of Maryland Safe Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, Safe House Project, BEST Alliance and Survivor Alliance.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-11.37.29-AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label=" Susan Esserman, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5> Susan Esserman, JD</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://umdsafecenter.org/about-us/our-team/susan-esserman-esq/" title="Read bio: Susan Esserman, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-14-at-11.32.10-AM.png" alt="Green Lodging News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Green Lodging News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/wheres-marty-umd-school-of-pharmacy-discusses-history-and-new-technology/">Where's Marty: UMD School of Pharmacy discusses history and new technology</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 13, 2025</span></p> <p><span class="now-playing__dek">Marty Bass is live from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to discuss history and new technology.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Leah-Sera.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/lsera/" title="Read bio: Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-20-164146.png" alt="WJZ-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/jimmy-carter-took-on-the-awful-guinea-worm-when-no-one-else-would-and-triumphed/#google_vignette">Jimmy Carter Took on the Awful Guinea Worm When No One Else Would — And Triumphed.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 13, 2025</span></p> <p>Christopher Plowe, adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, agrees that Carter’s advocacy has helped governments and public health agencies around the world stay focused on eradicating Guinea worm disease. The Carter Center has pitched in, too, investing about $500 million since 1986.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Plowe_Christopher.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, F.A.S.T.M.H."></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, F.A.S.T.M.H.</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/plowe-christopher/" title="Read bio: Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, F.A.S.T.M.H.">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Observer-Masthead-clean-2.png" alt="St. Kitts & Nevis Observer Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: St. Kitts & Nevis Observer</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/13/abortion-access-healthcare-workers-democratic-states"> Democratic states train non-doctors on providing abortions to expand US access</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 13, 2025</span></p> <p>Democratic<span> states across the country are embarking on a pioneering effort to increase access to </span>abortion<span> by</span><strong><span> </span></strong><span>teaching people who are not doctors to offer and perform the procedure.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/lifelong-learning/featured-experts/Lee-float.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jessica Karen Lee, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jessica Karen Lee, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/lee-jessica-karen/" title="Read bio: Jessica Karen Lee, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-14-111856.png" alt="The Guardian Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Guardian</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/science-medicine/university-of-maryland-mixes-medicine-and-engineering-to-improve-health-STUS7ZUC5NFXJANXJW">University of Maryland merges engineering and medicine to turn ideas into companies</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 11, 2025</span></p> <p>“Grandpa can come [along] now,” said Dr. Bartley P. Griffith, a professor of transplant surgery in the university’s School of Medicine, about the artificial lung support device he helped create and commercialize before it was bought by Johnson & Johnson.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Griffith_Bartley.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bartley P. Griffith, MD, FACS, FRCS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bartley P. Griffith, MD, FACS, FRCS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/griffith-bartley/" title="Read bio: Bartley P. Griffith, MD, FACS, FRCS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore_banners_Logo.jpg" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thenarrativematters.com/dr-elizabeth-clayborne-the-ceo-and-founder-of-nasaclip-for-nosebleeds/"> Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne, the CEO and Founder of NasaClip ™ for Nosebleeds </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 9, 2025</span></p> <p>Dr. Clayborne is currently a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine with an academic focus on ethics, health policy, end-of-life care, and innovation/entrepreneurship. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/1609.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2025-01-10-at-11.11.02-AM.png" alt="The Narrative Matters Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Narrative Matters</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://scienmag.com/charting-the-future-of-genetically-modified-pig-heart-transplants-insights-from-the-second-patient/">Charting the Future of Genetically Modified Pig Heart Transplants: Insights from the Second Patient</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 8, 2025</span></p> <p>Dr. Bartley Griffith, the lead surgeon involved in both the first and second pig heart transplantations at the University of Maryland, emphasized the need for continuous exploration of xenotransplantation as a feasible option for patients like Mr. Faucette, especially those who are ineligible for standard human heart transplants.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Griffith_Bartley.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bartley P. Griffith, MD FACS, FRCS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bartley P. Griffith, MD FACS, FRCS </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/griffith-bartley/" title="Read bio: Bartley P. Griffith, MD FACS, FRCS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-08-at-4.38.45â¯PM.png" alt="Morning News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Morning News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/hmpv-bird-flu-norovirus-facts-risk-2010017">HMPV, Bird Flu and Norovirus: What Should US Be Most Worried About?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 7, 2025</span></p> <p>As infections from three viruses—human metapneumovirus (HMPV), bird flu, and norovirus—continue to climb, infectious disease and population health experts told <em>Newsweek</em> about the recent rise in cases, prevention measures, and what may come next.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Popescu_Saskia.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Saskia Popescu, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Saskia Popescu, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/popescu-saskia/" title="Read bio: Saskia Popescu, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/newsweek-desktop-tablet.svg" alt="Newsweek Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Newsweek</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.healio.com/news/pulmonology/20250107/canadian-wildfire-pollution-negatively-impacted-eastern-us-residents-lungs-heart">Canadian wildfire pollution negatively impacted Eastern US residents’ lungs, heart</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 7, 2025</span></p> <p>Despite living far away from Canada, Maryland residents experienced more cardiopulmonary disease health concerns in June 2023 believed to be due to Canadian wildfire pollution, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.</p> <p> </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Maron,-Bradley-MD_HR.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bradley Maron, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bradley Maron, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/maron-bradley/" title="Read bio: Bradley Maron, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-12.13.10-PM.png" alt="Healio Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Healio</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fluoride-water-research-possible-children-brains-rcna185788">Fluoride once again scrutinized for possible effect on children's brains</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 6, 2025</span></p> <p>A new report once again raises the question of whether there is a link between fluoride in drinking water and lower IQ levels in children.</p> <p>The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, is a review of 74 other studies exploring how the mineral may affect children’s IQ levels.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sod/office-of-institutional-advancement/continuing-education-thumbnails/Caffrey.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Erica Caffrey, DDS "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Erica Caffrey, DDS </h5> <p>School of Dentistry</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/pediatric/faculty-and-staff/dr-erica-caffrey/" title="Read bio: Erica Caffrey, DDS ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-05-135047.png" alt="NBC News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: NBC News </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.scrippsnews.com/health/surgeon-general-issues-advisory-on-link-between-alcohol-and-cancer">Surgeon general issues advisory on link between alcohol and cance</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 3, 2025</span></p> <p>“We have had the data on some of the cancers for a very long time that they directly associate with cancer, and those were breast, colon, these two we've known for a long time. Liver, you know, these are big cancers,” said Dr. Niharika Khanna of University of Maryland School of Medicine. “I think the entire medical community has known that, but the surgeon general hadn't stepped up yet to recommend these guidelines.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-06-at-12.45.56â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.G.O."></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.G.O.</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/khanna-niharika/" title="Read bio: Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.G.O.">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-06-at-12.44.20â¯PM.png" alt="Scripps News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Scripps News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/maryland-training-more-health-workers-110046790.html">Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">January 1, 2025</span></p> <p>Expanding the pool of health care providers with reproductive health care skills outside of the state’s urban centers is vital, said Mary Jo Bondy, associate dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She helped create the new training program.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/graduate-school/images/MJ-Bondy-28-(1).jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768247-en.html" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.50.15â¯AM.png" alt="Yahoo News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Yahoo News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/12/30/md-eyes-new-gambling-frontier-but-critics-say-state-must-reckon-with-sports-betting-harm/">MD eyes new gambling frontier, but critics say state must reckon with sports betting harm</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 30, 2024</span></p> <p>Now 53 and in recovery, Hinman helps people struggling with a gambling problem navigate the resources available to them. As a peer recovery specialist at the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, he fields calls and messages from those seeking help for trouble with gambling at casinos, on the lottery or on sports, whether for themselves or for a loved one.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.42.11â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="William Hinman, CPRS, RPS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>William Hinman, CPRS, RPS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.mdproblemgambling.com/team/william-hinman/" title="Read bio: William Hinman, CPRS, RPS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/thedailyrecord.jpeg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.livescience.com/health/why-are-my-feet-two-different-sizes">Why are my feet two different sizes?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 29, 2024</span></p> <p>A number of birth conditions can lead to one foot being a significantly different size than the other. For instance, "if you're born with a club foot, that whole extremity is smaller than the opposite side," Dr. Jacob Wynes, an associate professor and chief of podiatric services at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, told Live Science.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.36.53â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jacob Wynes, DPM, FACFAS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jacob Wynes, DPM, FACFAS</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/wynes-jacob/" title="Read bio: Jacob Wynes, DPM, FACFAS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.35.39â¯AM.png" alt="Live Science Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Live Science</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.ajmc.com/view/5-key-drug-approvals-and-crls-in-2024">5 Key Drug Approvals and CRLs in 2024</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 27, 2024</span></p> <p>Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, professor and codirector of the Mental Health Program, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, explained that the new target of the treatment helps to control the adverse effects of the medication.15 Xanomeline is the part of the treatment that helps with psychosis, but trospium is only working to help with the side effects of the xanomeline.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/research/pharmapreneurship/ehret-megan.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/mehret/" title="Read bio: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.29.10â¯AM.png" alt="American Journal of Managed Care Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: American Journal of Managed Care</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/12/22/family-connections-holiday-season/">How to see the good in families and connections in the holiday season</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 22, 2024</span></p> <p>Christopher W.T. Miller, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the author of “The Object Relations Lens: A Psychodynamic Framework for the Beginning Therapist.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.22.16â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Christopher W.T. Miller, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Christopher W.T. Miller, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/miller-christopher/" title="Read bio: Christopher W.T. Miller, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2025-01-02-at-9.20.37â¯AM.png" alt="The Washington Post Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Washington Post</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.medboundtimes.com/medbound-blog/remote-wildfire-smoke-across-the-us-tied-to-rise-in-heart-and-lung-related-medical-visits">Remote Wildfire Smoke Across the U.S. Tied to Rise in Heart and Lung-Related Medical Visits</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 18, 2024</span></p> <p>“Baltimore had very dark skies, and we could all smell the smoke in the air,” said Mary Maldarelli, MD, a pulmonary critical care fellow at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), who is the first author on the study. “But most importantly, my patients came in to me saying they were coughing quite a bit more and needed their medications more often, so they felt much sicker than they usually did when these wildfires occurred.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Mary-Maldarelli.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary E. Maldarelli, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary E. Maldarelli, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/maldarelli-mary/" title="Read bio: Mary E. Maldarelli, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Untitled_design__2___1_.jpeg" alt="MedBound Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: MedBound Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/the-toll-of-gun-violence-through-the-eyes-of-nurses">The toll of gun violence, through the eyes of nurses</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 18, 2024</span></p> <p>For some, it’s the sound of wailing parents that are indelible. Hershaw Davis, who has worked as an emergency nurse at Johns Hopkins for years and teaches nurses at the University of Maryland Medical School, said the sounds of grieving parents stay with him.</p> <p>“When you hear a mother or a father cry over their child's dead body, and I've heard it a lot, you will never forget that cry in your life,” Davis said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/davis_h.JPG')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Hershaw Davis Jr., DNP, MBA, RN "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Hershaw Davis Jr., DNP, MBA, RN </h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/hershaw-davis/" title="Read bio: Hershaw Davis Jr., DNP, MBA, RN ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-11.57.09-AM.png" alt="Chief Healthcare Executive Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Chief Healthcare Executive</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2024/fluoride-water-mandates/">Which states mandate fluoride in drinking water</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 17, 2024</span></p> <p>The Trump administration can’t overrule those state laws, said Kathi Hoke, director of the Network for Public Health Law’s eastern region and a professor at the University of Maryland law school. They can’t tell a state “how it can act within its own borders on a public health measure, generally speaking,” she said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/founders-week/2024/images/20240919_Hoke_4898-2_400x500.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kathleen Hoke, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kathleen Hoke, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=034" title="Read bio: Kathleen Hoke, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-3.02.05â¯PM.png" alt="The Washington Post Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Washington Post</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://apnews.com/article/pig-organ-transplant-kidney-xenotransplant-revivicor-egenesis-92c378d867f6e1ed8e1587c050daf0f8">Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 17, 2024</span></p> <p>“We have to have the courage to continue,” said University of Maryland transplant surgeon Dr. Bartley Griffith. Back in 2022, Griffith had a hard time figuring out how to ask a dying patient if he’d consider undergoing the world’s first transplant of a gene-edited pig heart.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-3.00.15â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bartley Griffith, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bartley Griffith, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/griffith-bartley/" title="Read bio: Bartley Griffith, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-2.58.56â¯PM.png" alt="Associated Press Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Associated Press</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2024-12-16/training-prepares-health-care-workers-across-maryland-to-provide-abortions">Training prepares health care workers across Maryland to provide abortions </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 16, 2024</span></p> <p>To find out how that program is going, we turn to Dr. Jessica Lee, an associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and co-principal investigator of the training program. And we speak with Samantha Marsee, a nurse practitioner who recently completed the training.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-16-at-4.07.02â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jessica Lee, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jessica Lee, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/lee-jessica/" title="Read bio: Jessica Lee, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/wypr.png" alt="WYPR-FM Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WYPR-FM</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/12/16/as-juvenile-crime-subsides-legislative-debate-continues-over-more-reforms/">As juvenile crime subsides, legislative debate continues over more reforms </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 16, 2024</span></p> <p>Michael Pinard, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law, runs a legal clinic through which law students represent kids who are facing expulsion, suspension or other discipline at school, with the goal of keeping them out of the juvenile and criminal justice systems.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/academics/programs-and-centers/gibson-banks-center/images/pinard.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Michael Pinard, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Michael Pinard, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=093" title="Read bio: Michael Pinard, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-16-at-4.01.14â¯PM.png" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://medicaldialogues.in/dermatology/news/prurigo-nodularis-linked-to-sleep-disorders-and-increased-cv-risk-study-finds-139820">Prurigo Nodularis Linked to Sleep Diorders And Increased CV Risk: Study Finds</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 16, 2024</span></p> <p>Against the above background, Shawn G. Kwatra, Maryland Itch Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, and colleagues aimed to assess the risk of sleep disorders in prurigo nodular patients and explore their connection to system inflammation and negative cardiovascular outcomes.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Kwatra_Shawn.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Shawn G. Kwatra, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Shawn G. Kwatra, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kwatra-shawn-gaurav/" title="Read bio: Shawn G. Kwatra, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-16-at-3.54.08â¯PM.png" alt="Medical Dialogues Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Medical Dialogues</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.enn.com/articles/75747-exposure-to-remote-wildfire-smoke-drifting-across-the-u-s-linked-to-increased-medical-visits-for-heart-and-lung-pro">Exposure to Remote Wildfire Smoke Drifting Across the U.S. Linked to Increased Medical Visits for Heart and Lung Problems </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 16, 2024</span></p> <p>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.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2024/Mary-Maldarelli.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Maldarelli, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Maldarelli, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/maldarelli-mary/" title="Read bio: Mary Maldarelli, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-16-at-3.43.16â¯PM.png" alt="Environmental News Network Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Environmental News Network</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241205143009.htm">Researchers discover new neurons that suppress food intake</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 16, 2024</span></p> <p>"BNC2 neurons in the hypothalamus, which are activated by the hunger hormone leptin, provide the potential for a completely new class of obesity drugs," said Mark T. Gladwin, MD, who is the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean of UMSOM, and Vice President for Medical Affairs at University of Maryland, Baltimore. "These drugs would be distinct from Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonists, which stimulate insulin secretion."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-3.13.40â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Gladwin, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Gladwin, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/gladwin-mark/" title="Read bio: Mark Gladwin, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-3.11.30â¯PM.png" alt="Science Daily Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Science Daily</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimorestyle.com/dont-quit-quitting-what-to-know-about-smoking-cessation-today/">Don’t Quit Quitting: What to Know About Smoking Cessation Today</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 16, 2024</span></p> <p>If a person has smoked for a decade or more, the addiction might be more challenging to break because of how ingrained that behavior is, according to Dr. Niharika Khanna. Khanna, a professor of family and community medicine at Baltimore’s University of Maryland School of Medicine for more than 30 years, is the director of the Maryland Tobacco Control Resource Center. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-3.09.03â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.G.O."></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.G.O.</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/khanna-niharika/" title="Read bio: Niharika Khanna, MBBS, MD, D.G.O.">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-17-at-3.07.47â¯PM.png" alt="Baltimore Style Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Style</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/university-of-maryland-baltimore-the-foundry-church-and-wjz-team-up-to-host-9th-annual-christmas-store/?intcid=">University of Maryland Baltimore, the Foundry Church and WJZ team up to host 9th annual Christmas Store</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 14, 2024</span></p> <p>It's a Christmas miracle for West Baltimore resident Paulette Carroll.</p> <p>"My granddaughter, she is three months old. But we need toys to have her looking around and moving her head and stuff. So this is wonderful, and it plays music," said Carroll. </p> <p>Today she gets to holiday shop for her grandchildren for a fraction of the price these toys would cost in stores.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Brian Sturdivant, MSW</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/occe/who-we-are/index.php" title="Read bio: Brian Sturdivant, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/CBS_News_logo_(2020).svg.png" alt="WJZ-TV, CBS News Baltimore Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV, CBS News Baltimore</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5039166-wildfire-smoke-health-risks/">Remote exposure to Western wildfire smoke causing heart and lung problems nationwide: Study</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 13, 2024</span></p> <p class="keep">Wildfire smoke wafting across the country from North America West blazes may be leading to cardiac and respiratory issues thousands of miles away, a new study has found.</p> <p class="keep">Medical visits for heart and lung issues in the Baltimore region surged by 20 percent during six days in June 2023, when smoke from Western Canada blazes drifted across the continent, according to the study, published on Friday in JAMA Network Open.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/calendar/images/weekly-email/BradleyMaron.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bradley Maron, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bradley Maron, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/maron-bradley/" title="Read bio: Bradley Maron, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-13-145640.png" alt="The Hill Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Hill</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/113380">FDA Advisors Say More Data Needed for RSV Vaccines in Young Kids</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 13, 2024</span></p> <p><span>FDA advisors said that more data are needed to fully understand if there are broader safety concerns related to use of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines in young children after an mRNA vaccine trial was halted earlier this year.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2023/Kotloff_Karen.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Karen Kotloff, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Karen Kotloff, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kotloff-karen/" title="Read bio: Karen Kotloff, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-13-143055.png" alt="MedPage Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: MedPage Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/12/11/women-cervical-cancer-hpv-self-test/76923265007/">Self-tests recommended for women ages 30 to 65 to screen for cervical cancer</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 12, 2024</span></p> <p>“Women who would be more comfortable collecting their HPV test sample themselves can now do so,” Dr. Esa Davis, a task force member and a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said in a statement. “We hope that this new, effective option helps even more women get screened regularly.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2023/Davis-Esa-Matius.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Esa Davis, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Esa Davis, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/davis-esa/" title="Read bio: Esa Davis, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-12-at-11.55.19â¯AM.png" alt="USA Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: USA Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/luigi-mangione-faces-tough-legal-234600859.html">Luigi Mangione faces tough legal challenges, says Baltimore lawyer with ties to family</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 12, 2024</span></p> <p>University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law professor Doug Colbert does not think a competency hearing will be needed due to Mangione’s educational background and academic prowess. Colbert said Mangione likely understands the gravity of the case against him.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-12-at-11.53.06â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Douglas Colbert, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Douglas Colbert, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=029" title="Read bio: Douglas Colbert, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-12-at-11.51.37â¯AM.png" alt="Yahoo News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Yahoo News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://technical.ly/civic-news/innovation-index-baltimore-tech-economy-report/">What a new innovation index tells us about Baltimore</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 11, 2024</span></p> <p>In a word: diffusion. Innovation works best in density — where invention and commercialization can walk to get a coffee. Plenty of Baltimore leaders get this: look at University of Maryland Biopark’s chief Jane Shaab, UpSurge executive director and obsessive organizer Kory Bailey and the well-regarded Impact Hub Baltimore, all tireless connectors. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.53.56-PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jane Shaab, MBA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jane Shaab, MBA</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umbiopark.com/biopark/park-leadership" title="Read bio: Jane Shaab, MBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/news-logos/Techically.png" alt="Technical.ly Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Technical.ly</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/immigration/yes-it-is-unconstitutional-to-deport-us-citizens/536-7173db78-bec4-4c4c-af0d-b95aff587b9b">Yes, it is unconstitutional to deport U.S. citizens</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 11, 2024</span></p> <p>Although deporting U.S. citizens is unconstitutional, it has happened illegally in the past, according to Mittelstadt and Maureen Sweeney, the director of the Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Maureen-sweeney.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Maureen Sweeney, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Maureen Sweeney, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=192" title="Read bio: Maureen Sweeney, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/VERIFY.png" alt="Verify Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Verify</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/uspstf-endorses-hpv-self-collection-tests-cervical-cancer-screening">USPSTF endorses HPV self-collection tests for cervical cancer screening</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 11, 2024</span></p> <p>“Women who would be more comfortable collecting their HPV test sample themselves can now do so,” said task force member Esa Davis, associate VP for community health at the University of Maryland Baltimore. “We hope that this new, effective option helps even more women get screened regularly.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/som/news/2023/Davis-Esa-Matius.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Esa Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Esa Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/davis-esa/" title="Read bio: Esa Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Fierce-Biotech.png" alt="Fierce Biotech Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Fierce Biotech</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/11/baltimore-opioid-trial-abatement/">Baltimore wants $5 billion to combat the opioid crisis. Here’s what the city would do with it.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 11, 2024</span></p> <p>Jay Unick, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, said harm reduction outreach needs to reach communities that have been disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis in Baltimore, specifically older African American men. Historically, many in the city smoked or snorted opioids, Unick said. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-12-at-12.03.44â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jay Unick, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jay Unick, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/unick-jay/r/recI6moXZ5jRffoCP" title="Read bio: Jay Unick, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/Baltimore-Sun-200x76.jpg" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/why-colleges-helping-employee-home-downpayments/734681/">‘This is our community’: Inside the programs helping college workers with home down payments </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 10, 2024</span></p> <p>“Our goals were to revitalize the neighborhoods near the university and offer an awesome benefit to our employees,” said Dawn Rhodes, the institution’s chief business and finance officer and senior vice president. “This is our community, and we care enough that we want to invest in it.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.19.55â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Dawn M. Rhodes, DBA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Dawn M. Rhodes, DBA</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/about-umb/university-leadership/dawn-m-rhodes-dba/" title="Read bio: Dawn M. Rhodes, DBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.18.36â¯PM.png" alt="Higher Ed Dive Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Higher Ed Dive</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/science/121024/does-a-protein-hold-the-key-to-alzheimer-s">Does a protein hold the key to Alzheimer’s?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 10, 2024</span></p> <p>In a recent study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Joanna Cooper at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Aurelien Lathuiliere at Massachusetts General Hospital and a team of researchers focused on a receptor called Sortilin-related receptor 1, or SORL1, that is involved in tau accumulation inside the cells.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.15.35â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Joanna Cooper, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Joanna Cooper, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/cooper-joanna/" title="Read bio: Joanna Cooper, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.14.18â¯PM.png" alt="ASBMB Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: ASBMB Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/verify/health-verify/zinc-supplements-not-proven-prevent-treat-colds-fact-check/536-66b18e63-b048-4f71-b669-30035b92">No, zinc supplements are not proven to prevent or treat colds</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 10, 2024</span></p> <p>“The evidence on zinc is far from settled: we need more research before we can be confident in its effects,” Susan Wieland, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who authored a 2024 review of existing studies on zinc supplements and the common cold, said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.11.57â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Lisa Susan Wieland, MPH, PHD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Lisa Susan Wieland, MPH, PHD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/wieland-lisa-susan/" title="Read bio: Lisa Susan Wieland, MPH, PHD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.08.33â¯PM.png" alt="WFAA-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WFAA-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/health/hpv-testing-preferred-for-cervical-cancer-screening-draft-recommendation-wellness/index.html">HPV testing preferred over Pap for cervical cancer screening starting at age 30, task force’s draft recommendation says </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 10, 2024</span></p> <p>“We are highlighting that HPV screening, as the primary screening for women ages 30 to 65, is the best balance between the benefits and the harms in finding cervical cancer, and that should be offered first and when available,” said task force member Dr. Esa Davis, professor and senior associate dean for population health and community medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.04.16â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Esa Davis, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Esa Davis, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/davis-esa/" title="Read bio: Esa Davis, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/news/news-logos/cnn-log-transparent.jpg" alt="CNN Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: CNN</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/how-to-reduce-risk-falling">How to Reduce the Risk of Falling</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 9, 2024</span></p> <p>Lower-body weakness, cognitive impairment, problems with balance, poor hearing or vision, and certain medications all can increase the risk of falling, says Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, an endowed chair in gerontology at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Blood pressure medications are particularly worrisome. “When you stand up, your blood pressure automatically goes down, and if it goes too low, you can get dizzy,” says Dr. Resnick.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/directory/Resnick,-Barbara.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/resnick.php" title="Read bio: Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-12-09-at-1.21.01-PM.png" alt="Brain & Life Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Brain & Life</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/fox45-mornings/umsom-research-finds-misdiagnosis-of-behavioral-issues-due-to-snoring">UMSOM research finds misdiagnosis of behavioral issues due to snoring</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 6, 2024</span></p> <p>Frequent snoring is a driver of behavior problems like inattention in the classroom, rule-breaking and aggression, but a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine recently found that overtime snoring does not appear to have a cognitive impact on teen’s academic abilities.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Amal Isiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/isaiah-amal/" title="Read bio: Amal Isiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-06-180353.png" alt="Fox 45 News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Fox 45 News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wbal.com/supreme-court-seems-likely-to-uphold-tennessees-ban-on-medical-treatments-for-transgender-minors/">Supreme Court likely to uphold ban on medical treatments for transgender minors</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 5, 2024</span></p> <p>Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.</p> <p>The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people, including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/amarino.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Anya Marino, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Anya Marino, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1435" title="Read bio: Anya Marino, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/WBAL-News-Radio.png" alt="WBAL Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WBAL</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu2675">Act on a mandate to protect research subjects’ privacy</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 5, 2024</span></p> <p>In Michigan, a federal judge has held that the state’s newborn screening program violates parents’ constitutional rights by retaining newborn blood spots for research purposes and purportedly turning them over to police for investigative use. Research data related to drug use, chemical exposure, criminal sentencing, and child abuse have been sought for investigation and criminal and civil cases </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Ram.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Natalie Ram, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Natalie Ram, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1222" title="Read bio: Natalie Ram, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Science.png" alt="Science Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Science</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/can-an-ambitious-plan-to-fix-chesapeake-bay-survive-trump/">Can an ‘ambitious’ plan to fix Chesapeake Bay survive Trump?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 5, 2024</span></p> <p>President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to ensure clean water while slashing the federal bureaucracy will soon face a major test, with his administration set to influence the future of the nation’s largest estuary.</p> <p>An Obama-era blueprint for protecting the Chesapeake Bay faces a critical deadline at the end of next year. The states surrounding the sprawling body of water must now determine next steps, working with input from the federal government.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Jmueller.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jon Mueller, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jon Mueller, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=846" title="Read bio: Jon Mueller, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/E&E-News-by-POLITICO-Essential-Energy-and-Environment-News.png" alt="E&E News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: E&E News </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241205/Discovery-of-leptin-responsive-neurons-offers-new-hope-for-obesity-treatment.aspx"> Discovery of leptin-responsive neurons offers new hope for obesity treatment </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 5, 2024</span></p> <p>In a study published in the Dec. 5 issue of Nature, a team of researchers from the Laboratory of Medical Genetics at Rockefeller University in New York, the Institute for Genome Science (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in Baltimore, as well as New York and Stanford Universities discovered a new population of neurons that is responsive to the hormone leptin.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Herb_Brian.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Brian R. Herb, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Brian R. Herb, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/herb-brian/" title="Read bio: Brian R. Herb, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-12-09-at-1.28.11-PM.png" alt="News Medical Life Sciences Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: News Medical Life Sciences</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03971-5">Microbiome interventions for children raise the ethical stakes</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 5, 2024</span></p> <p>Probiotics — live microorganisms, typically bacteria and yeasts, that are intended to improve health — have intrigued scientists for more than a century, but interest has grown dramatically over the past decade. Their potential for treating or preventing a range of diseases, coupled with their apparent safety, has made probiotics an enticing and lucrative industry that is only expected to grow.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Ravel_Jacques.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jacques Ravel, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jacques Ravel, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/ravel-jacques/" title="Read bio: Jacques Ravel, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Nature.png" alt="Nature Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Nature</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thebaynet.com/new-policy-paper-highlights-urgent-need-to-reduce-gun-related-domestic-violence-in-maryland/"> New Policy Paper Highlights Urgent Need To Reduce Gun-Related Domestic Violence In Maryland </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 4, 2024</span></p> <p>“ROAR’s attorneys have represented many survivors of domestic violence in their protection order hearings in Baltimore City. Many of them tell the judge they are fearful because their partner has a gun, and the judge replies that the order requires the partner to turn over their gun to the state police."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.44.07-PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Lydia Watts, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Lydia Watts, JD</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://roarcenter.org/staff-member/lydia-watts/" title="Read bio: Lydia Watts, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.40.39-PM.png" alt="The Bay Net Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Bay Net</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/us/politics/justice-department-independence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare">Justice Dept.’s Apolitical Tradition Is Challenged by 2 Presidents</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 3, 2024</span></p> <p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The special counsel appointed to investigate President-elect Donald J. Trump is wrapping up his work without the charges he brought in two cases ever going in front of a jury.</p> <p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The special counsel named to lead the inquiry into Hunter Biden, the president’s son, has just seen the two convictions he secured wiped away by a presidential pardon.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/MGreenberger.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Michael Greenberger, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Michael Greenberger, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=059" title="Read bio: Michael Greenberger, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/new-york-times.png" alt="The New York Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New York Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/dec/improving-maternal-infant-health-community-partnerships">Improving Maternal and Infant Health Through Multisector, Community-Driven Partnerships</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 3, 2024</span></p> <p>This report features two studies of multisector, community-driven partnerships committed to advancing maternal and infant health outcomes: B’more for Healthy Babies in Baltimore, Maryland, and Cradle Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. While the impetus for these initiatives was concern over alarming infant mortality rates, these partnerships also strive to center the voices and experiences of expectant mothers.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Stephens-600x600-1.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Stacey Stephens, MSW, LCSW-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Stacey Stephens, MSW, LCSW-C</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://centerforrestorativechange.org/team-members/stacey-stephens-msw-lcsw-c/" title="Read bio: Stacey Stephens, MSW, LCSW-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-4.01.34-PM.png" alt="The Commonwealth Fund Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Commonwealth Fund</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.citybiz.co/article/632744/bdc-and-maryland-department-of-commerce-announce-board-of-estimates-approval-of-conditional-loan-for-4mlk-flex-l">BDC and Maryland Department of Commerce Announce Board of Estimates Approval of Conditional Loan for 4MLK Flex Lab Space</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 3, 2024</span></p> <p>The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) and the Maryland Department of Commerce are pleased to announce the Baltimore City Board of Estimates’ approval of a $200,000 conditional loan to support the establishment of 4MLK Connect Labs, a state-of-the-art flex lab space in the University of Maryland BioPark in Baltimore, Maryland.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.53.56-PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jane M. Shaab, MBA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jane M. Shaab, MBA</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umbiopark.com/biopark/park-leadership" title="Read bio: Jane M. Shaab, MBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-04-at-3.49.41-PM.png" alt="City Biz Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: City Biz</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/387901/malaria-vaccine-treatment-challenge-trial">I got malaria on purpose and so can you</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 3, 2024</span></p> <p>March 26, 2024, was a weird day for me because it was the only one in my life where I was actively trying to get bitten by mosquitos.</p> <p>I had volunteered to be exposed to malaria as part of a study at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) evaluating MAM-01, an injectable drug meant to prevent infection. And by “exposed to malaria” I mean “bitten by mosquitos infected with malaria.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Lyke_Kirsten.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kirsten Lyke, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kirsten Lyke, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/lyke-kirsten/" title="Read bio: Kirsten Lyke, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-03-125710.png" alt="Vox Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Vox</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2407162">Handcuffs and Unexpected Deaths — “I Can’t Breathe” as a Medical Emergency</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 2, 2024</span></p> <p>Cases in which someone in apparently good health is physically restrained by police and has a cardiac arrest represent a failure of the medical profession — not just of law enforcement.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-02-at-1.51.53â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768290-en.html" title="Read bio: Victor W. Weedn, MD, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-02-at-1.48.25â¯PM.png" alt="New England Journal of Medicine Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: New England Journal of Medicine</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2024-12-02/maryland-facing-daunting-shortfall-of-behavioral-health-workers">Maryland facing daunting shortfall of behavioral health workers </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 2, 2024</span></p> <p>Maryland is facing a daunting shortfall of nearly 33,000 behavioral health workers over the next few years to keep the state fully staffed and fight off attrition. The number comes from a report commissioned by the Maryland Health Care Commission and presented to the state’s Medicaid Advisory Board.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/graduate-school/images/Amanda-Lehning-2023-headshot.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Amanda Lehning, PhD, MSS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Amanda Lehning, PhD, MSS</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/lehning-amanda/r/rect0yIcfVCioSyHT" title="Read bio: Amanda Lehning, PhD, MSS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/wypr.png" alt="WYPR-FM Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WYPR-FM</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://medium.com/@ramkishanchoudhary59/this-blood-type-is-at-the-highest-risk-of-brain-stroke-says-research-3d699e35a8f5">This blood type is at the highest risk of brain stroke, says research</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 2, 2024</span></p> <p>The study found that compared to those with other blood types, those with blood type A had a 16% increased chance of having an early stroke. While having blood type A does not ensure a stroke, it does suggest that this population may be at greater risk. The most prevalent blood type, O, on the other hand, appears to provide some protection; individuals in this group had a 12% reduced risk of an early stroke than those in other blood types.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kittner-steven/" title="Read bio: Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-02-at-1.31.27â¯PM.png" alt="Medium Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Medium</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/buddy-system/202412/interracial-and-intercultural-marriages-during-the-holidays">Interracial and Intercultural Marriages During the Holidays</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">December 1, 2024</span></p> <p>Now that phase one of the holidays is over, it is time for families to prepare for the longer, and often more nettlesome, Christmas season. A bunch of religious and cultural holidays fall around this time also (e.g., Ashura [the beginning of December], Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Korean and Chinese New Year [the end of January], and others). </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/GGreif.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/greif-geoffrey/r/recUxeA2VJLGqvOwu" title="Read bio: Geoffrey Greif, PhD, MSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-03-122957.png" alt="Psychology Toda Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Psychology Toda</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://newspub.live/south/maryland/maryland-governments-psychedelics-task-force-begins-work-on-recommendations-due-to-lawmakers-next-year/">Maryland Government’s Psychedelics Task Force Begins Work On Recommendations Due To Lawmakers Next Year</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 28, 2024</span></p> <p>A newly formed psychedelics task force in Maryland held its initial meetings this month, beginning work on what will eventually become a report to lawmakers on how to reform the state’s laws on substances such as psilocybin, DMT and mescaline.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/about/depts/psc/coop-andrew.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Andrew Coop, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Andrew Coop, PhD</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/acoop/" title="Read bio: Andrew Coop, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-12-02-at-1.57.33â¯PM.png" alt="NewsPub Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: NewsPub</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/university-of-maryland-holds-annual-thanksgiving-drive/">University of Maryland holds annual Thanksgiving drive</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 27, 2024</span></p> <p>WJZ partnered with the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus for their annual Thanksgiving drive.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/CBS_News_logo_(2020).svg.png" alt="WJZ-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/26/baltimore-flex-lab-jobs/">Developers of Baltimore flex-lab space hope to create more than 100 jobs </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 27, 2024</span></p> <p>Boosters of the project say the building was designed to provide much-needed wet laboratory space for researchers and companies and foster collaboration between the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland Medical Center.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/Baltimore-Sun-200x76.jpg" alt="Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-11-26/health/maryland-trains-more-health-workers-to-offer-abortion-care/a93755-1"> Maryland trains more health workers to offer abortion care</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 27, 2024</span></p> <p>In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee's clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there's not a single clinic that provides abortions. And until recently, Marsee herself wasn't trained to treat patients who wanted to end a pregnancy.</p> <p>"I didn't really have a lot of knowledge about abortion care," she said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/umbrella/umbrella-coaching-program/mary-jo-bondy/" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/public_news_service.png" alt="Public News Service Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Public News Service </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.care.com/c/how-to-teach-a-toddler-to-share-with-6-easy-a/">10 sharing activities for toddlers and preschoolers</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 26, 2024</span></p> <p><span>You’ve likely heard the phrase, “Sharing is caring.” Perhaps you’ve even used some version of this expression when talking to the children in your life. It’s true that sharing is a way to show we care for others, but it’s not an automatic skill we hold — it’s a developmental milestone that has to be established and nourished.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Ashley-Farringer-2.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Ashley Fehringer"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Ashley Fehringer</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://theinstitute.umaryland.edu/about-us/directory/profile/?name=Ashley-Fehringer&directorynumber=904" title="Read bio: Ashley Fehringer">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-12-03-115916.png" alt="care.com Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: care.com</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2024/11/25/connect-labs-funding-biopark-startups-wexford.html">BioPark program gets $2.2M in state, city funding</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 25, 2024</span></p> <p>The $2.2 million funding package from the state and the city will help fuel the creation of Connect Labs, a combination of pre-built lab space, support services and office space that will be located in the upcoming 4MLK tower on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/baltimore-business-journal.png" alt="Baltimore Business Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Business Journal</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2024/listeria-outbreak-prevention/814091">Here’s What Businesses and Consumers Can Do To Prevent Listeria Outbreaks</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 22, 2024</span></p> <p>A rash of high-profile Listeria recalls has many wondering what’s gone wrong in the United States food system. What appears to be a surge could actually be due to <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2024/10/31/why-are-there-so-many-food-recalls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more effective contamination testing</a>. Still, with Donald Trump set to return to the Oval Office, the threat of declining food safety is very real.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Rena-Steinzor.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Reina Steinzor, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Reina Steinzor, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/search/?q=steinzor" title="Read bio: Reina Steinzor, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-1.43.49â¯PM.png" alt="Triple Pundit Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Triple Pundit </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20241119/religious-beliefs-lack-of-trust-could-explain-black-patients-hesitancy-to-join-cancer-trials">Religious beliefs, lack of trust could explain Black patients’ hesitancy to join cancer trials</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 22, 2024</span></p> <p>Spiritual beliefs and lack of trust in clinical research may influence Black individuals’ decisions about whether to participate in cancer trials, according to findings presented at American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Charlyn Gomez</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-12.13.10-PM.png" alt="Healio Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Healio</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241122/Snoring-in-adolescents-linked-with-problem-behaviors-but-not-cognitive-deficits.aspx?utm_source=headtopics&">Snoring in adolescents linked with problem behaviors but not cognitive deficits</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 22, 2024</span></p> <p>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).</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Isaiah_Amal.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Amal Isaiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Amal Isaiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/isaiah-amal/" title="Read bio: Amal Isaiah, MBBS, DPhil, MBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-15-at-11.37.18-AM.png" alt="News-Medical.net Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: News-Medical.net</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2024-11-20/u-of-md-combats-rural-health-disparities-with-new-med-school-program ">U of Md. combats rural health disparities with new med school program </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 21, 2024</span></p> <p>Eastern shore residents often lack the access to the healthcare they need. The University of Maryland School of Medicine is tackling that problem with the ‘Rural Health Equity and Access Longitudinal Elective’ (or R-HEALE) program. Students are mentored and trained with a focus on rural health needs. We talk with the director, Dr. Leah Millstein and first year student Sarah MacDonald.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Millstein_Leah.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Leah Millstein, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Leah Millstein, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/millstein-leah/" title="Read bio: Leah Millstein, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/wypr.png" alt="WYPR Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WYPR</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/medical-journeys/ms/112985">Improving Multiple Sclerosis Care for Black Patients</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 21, 2024</span></p> <p>For decades, the common medical shorthand has been that if you have a young-to-middle-age white female patient of northern European ancestry with neurological symptoms, you should immediately suspect multiple sclerosis (MS). That shorthand is not wrong, but it also doesn't capture the true complexity and prevalence of MS.</p> <p> </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Wallin_Mitchell.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mitchell T. Wallin, MD, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mitchell T. Wallin, MD, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/wallin-mitchell/" title="Read bio: Mitchell T. Wallin, MD, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-14-43-39-MedPage-Today-Contact-Information-Journalists-and-Overview-Muck-Rack.png" alt="Medpage Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Medpage Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="WAMU-FM">Report calls for reforms in Maryland’s handling of youth tried and imprisoned as adults</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 20, 2024</span></p> <p>Maryland is among the worst states in the nation when it comes to the number of prison inmates who began their time behind bars for crimes they committed as children, according to a report set to be released Wednesday.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-4.58.54â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jamel Freeman"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jamel Freeman</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamel-freeman-3b146422a" title="Read bio: Jamel Freeman">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-4.57.51â¯PM.png" alt="WAMU-FM Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WAMU-FM</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/schizophrenia/113013">Scrap Clozapine's REMS Program, FDA Advisors Say</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 20, 2024</span></p> <p>A joint FDA advisory committee on Tuesday overwhelming voted to eliminate the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program designed around the risk for severe neutropenia associated with clozapine, a drug used to treat schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/research/pharmapreneurship/ehret-megan.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/mehret/" title="Read bio: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-4.48.34â¯PM.png" alt="Medpage Today Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Medpage Today</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/music/katherine-needleman-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-bso-WZSQ4AULPZHXDNWTBFRJCOUKVI/">BSO’s top oboist leads the charge in classical music’s #MeToo fight</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 20, 2024</span></p> <p>Leigh Goodmark, a professor at The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law who has studied gender-based violence and the law, said recent high-profile court cases are cause for concern. In 2022, Johnny Depp won a defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, who alleged abuse in an op-ed for The Washington Post.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/lgoodmark.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Leigh Goodmark, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Leigh Goodmark, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=982" title="Read bio: Leigh Goodmark, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/baltimore-banner.png" alt="Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Banner </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming-news/ag-business/agritourism-laws-evolve-as-more-farms-offer-entertainment-education/article_a8241510-a1e4-11">Agritourism Laws Evolve as More Farms Offer Entertainment, Education</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 19, 2024</span></p> <p>Ag law experts from Ohio and West Virginia along with a county planner from Maryland gave a rundown on agritourism trends and legal implications at the 10th annual Agriculture and Environmental Law Conference hosted Nov. 12 by the University of Maryland’s Agriculture Law Education Initiative.<br />While activities such as corn mazes, petting zoos and hay rides on working farms are typical agritourism practices, some other money-making ventures are not as clearly defined.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-8.54.57â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Margaret Todd, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Margaret Todd, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1408" title="Read bio: Margaret Todd, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-8.53.29â¯AM.png" alt="Lancaster Farming Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Lancaster Farming</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/trumps-pardon-promises-add-complexity-dojs-january-6-prosecutions">Trump’s pardon promises add complexity to DOJ’s January 6 prosecutions</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 19, 2024</span></p> <p>"The pardon power is unlimited," said Mark Graber, a constitutional law professor at the University of Maryland. "Let’s imagine a different president who decides, ‘I’m going to pardon everyone engaged in insider trading who is over six feet tall.’ Utterly arbitrary. They can do it."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-8.35.02â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=055" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-8.33.27â¯AM.png" alt="WTTG-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WTTG-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/why-umd-offers-full-med-school-tuition-for-a-promise-to-serve-the-eastern-shore/3773013/">Why UMD offers full med school tuition for a promise to serve the Eastern Shore</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 19, 2024</span></p> <p>The Eastern Shore is designed as a medically underserved area, said Dr. Donna Parker, a senior associate dean at the UM School of Medicine. “People there have trouble getting to the doctor, finding doctors that are available with appointments in a timely fashion, having to drive too far to get a doctor,” she said.</p> <p>Also on <a href="https://www.wypr.org/show/on-the-record/2024-11-20/u-of-md-combats-rural-health-disparities-with-new-med-school-program">WYPR-FM</a></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-8.30.32â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Donna Parker, MD, FACP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Donna Parker, MD, FACP</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/parker-donna/" title="Read bio: Donna Parker, MD, FACP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-20-at-8.28.33â¯AM.png" alt="WRC-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WRC-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/18/cannabis-health-dashboard-safe-use/">Cannabis-related emergency department visits up this year as Maryland begins tracking data</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 18, 2024</span></p> <p>Maryland has experienced a “significant increase” in cannabis-related emergency department visits, according to the Maryland Department of Health.</p> <p>The health department launched a data dashboard last week to track public health impacts of cannabis and visualize trends pre- and post-marijuana legalization in the state.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Welsh_Christopher.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Christopher Welsh, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Christopher Welsh, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/welsh-christopher/" title="Read bio: Christopher Welsh, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore-Sun-Logo-2025.png" alt="Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/maryland-training-health-workers-offer-abortion-care/story?id=115827871">Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 16, 2024</span></p> <p>In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee's clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there's not a single clinic that provides abortions. And until recently, Marsee herself wasn't trained to treat patients who wanted to end a pregnancy.</p> <p>"I didn't really have a lot of knowledge about abortion care," she said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-19-121217.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Jo Bondy DHEd, MHS, PA-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy DHEd, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768247-en.html" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy DHEd, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-19-120734.png" alt="ABC News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: ABC News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/rfk-jr-anti-vaxxer-history-1235169084/">Breaking Down RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Doublespeak</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 16, 2024</span></p> <p>In order to find any information on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine policy on his Make America Healthy Again website, you must first scroll through sections asking for donations, official MAHA merch, and an ad offering the opportunity to “secure your place” on a tile in a mosaic of Trump and RFK Jr. shaking hands. Only then, after clicking through eight pages of videos, will you find a video titled “My Take on Vaccines.” </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Chen_Wilbur.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Wilber Chen, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Wilber Chen, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/chen-wilbur/" title="Read bio: Wilber Chen, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-19-115713.png" alt="Rolling Stone Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Rolling Stone</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/188511/rfk-jr-vaccines-measles-hhs-trump">What RFK Jr’s War on Vaccines Could Look Like</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 15, 2024</span></p> <p>He is the most influential anti-vaxxer in the world, one of the “Disinformation Dozen.” He is an AIDS denier who has revived old conspiracy theories about HIV. He claims that Covid was “ethnically targeted” to spare certain groups of people and that Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates are part of a “vaccine cartel” that produces fake studies in order to impose global lockdowns and 5G.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Popescu_Saskia.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/popescu-saskia/" title="Read bio: Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/newrepublic_logo.jpg" alt="The New Republic Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New Republic</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/will-trumps-return-to-white-house-deal-final-blow-to-insurrectionist-argument/">Will Trump’s return to White House deal final blow to insurrectionist argument?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 15, 2024</span></p> <p>It isn’t ancient history. Just 1,409 days ago, on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump told supporters gathered in Washington to “fight like hell,” walk down to the U.S. Capitol and give House Republicans “the kind of pride and boldness that they need” to refuse to certify the 2020 election following Joe Biden’s decisive win in the presidential election.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/MGraber.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, PhD, JD, MA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, PhD, JD, MA</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/lifelong-learning/constitution/experts/mark-a-graber.php" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, PhD, JD, MA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-19-114814.png" alt="Courthouse News Service Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Courthouse News Service</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://viral-chatter.com/under-60-your-blood-type-may-impact-stroke-risk/">Under 60? Your Blood Type May Impact Stroke Risk</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 14, 2024</span></p> <p>A meta-analysis led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has uncovered a surprising link between blood type and the risk of having an early stroke. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Kittner_Steven.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH,"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH,</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Viral-Chatter.png" alt="Viral Chatter Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Viral Chatter</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://stateline.org/2024/11/14/maryland-is-training-more-health-workers-to-offer-abortion-care/">Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 14, 2024</span></p> <p>Expanding the pool of health care providers with reproductive health care skills outside of the state’s urban centers is vital, said Mary Jo Bondy, associate dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She helped create the new training program.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-19-121217.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768247-en.html" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-15-at-11.51.33-AM.png" alt="Stateline Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Stateline</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241114/Prenatal-cannabis-exposure-linked-to-increased-risk-of-opioid-addiction-later-in-life.aspx"> Prenatal cannabis exposure linked to increased risk of opioid addiction later in life</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 14, 2024</span></p> <p>"Doctors are contending with an explosion of cannabis use, and the THC content has quadrupled from what it was a generation ago. It demonstrates the enduring consequences that prenatal cannabis exposure exerts on the brain's reward system, which ultimately results in a neurobiological vulnerability to opioid drugs," Joseph Cheer, PhD, study corresponding author, Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Cheer_Joseph.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Joseph Cheer, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Joseph Cheer, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/cheer-joseph/" title="Read bio: Joseph Cheer, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-15-at-11.37.18-AM.png" alt="New Medical Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: New Medical</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/zona-byrd-bernice-byrd-gerald-byrd-QQITBJHEINFAJDZV4HYROVGAYA/">A little girl starved to death in Baltimore. Why did no one help her?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 13, 2024</span></p> <p>For a child suffering from abuse or neglect to become so malnourished she appears gaunt is “exceedingly rare,” said Dr. Howard Dubowitz, a professor of pediatrics and director of the Center for Families at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-2.28.13â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Howard Dubowitz, MB,ChB, FAAP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Howard Dubowitz, MB,ChB, FAAP</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/dubowitz-howard/" title="Read bio: Howard Dubowitz, MB,ChB, FAAP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/baltimore-banner.png" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/maryland-abortion-care-training-rural-np-pa-cnw/">Maryland Is Training More Health Workers To Offer Abortion Care</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 13, 2024</span></p> <p>Expanding the pool of health care providers with reproductive health care skills outside of the state’s urban centers is vital, said Mary Jo Bondy, associate dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland-Baltimore. She helped create the new training program.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-2.16.32â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Jo Bondy, MHed, MHS, PA-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy, MHed, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768247-en.html" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy, MHed, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-2.12.47â¯PM.png" alt="KFF Health News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: KFF Health News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/proud-boys-organizer-from-florida-seeking-pardon-from-president-elect-donald-trump-attorney-says">Proud Boys organizer from Florida seeking pardon from President-elect Donald Trump, attorney says</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 12, 2024</span></p> <p><span>Proud Boys organizer and Ormond Beach, Florida native Joe Biggs is chipping away at a 17-year-prison sentence for his role on January 6th.</span></p> <p><span>Biggs’ attorney, Norm Pattis, is writing to President-Elect Donald Trump, saying it’s in the public interest to commute Biggs’ sentence.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/MGraber.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/graber.php" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-12-155116.png" alt="Fox 35 Orlando Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Fox 35 Orlando</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4981959-trump-robert-kennedy-health-agencies/">RFK Jr.’s new bully pulpit sends public health shock waves </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 11, 2024</span></p> <p>President-elect Trump’s promise to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild” on health is demoralizing public health experts, who worry he could meddle with key government agencies, amplify vaccine hesitancy and direct agency funding to favor his preferred views.</p> <p>Those include removing fluoride from public water, promoting a wide variety of unorthodox and unproven treatments and pushing a deep skepticism of pharmaceutical companies and the agencies overseeing them.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Popescu_Saskia.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/popescu-saskia/" title="Read bio: Saskia Popescu, PhD, MA, MPH">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/theHill.png" alt="The Hill Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Hill </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.mcknights.com/blogs/guest-columns/new-diabetes-practice-guideline-designed-for-ltc-providers/">New diabetes practice guideline designed for LTC providers</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 11, 2024</span></p> <p>Diabetes is very common in people living in post-acute and long-term environments, affecting 25% to 34% of these individuals. </p> <p>Now there’s a wonderful new resource for those caring for them in the revised Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Setting, which was recently published by the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/ictr/profile-portraits/Resnick,-Barbara.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/barbara-resnick/" title="Read bio: Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/mcknights.png" alt="McKnight's Long Term Care News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: McKnight's Long Term Care News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/opinion/election-political-divide-despair.html">The Arbitration Illusion</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 11, 2024</span></p> <p>To the Editor:</p> <p>Re “It Shouldn’t Be This Easy to Sign Away Your Right to a Trial,” by Peter Coy (Opinion, nytimes.com, Oct. 28):<br />Mr. Coy reports the Chamber of Commerce’s claim that arbitration provides larger recoveries than litigation. In fact, arbitration clauses effectively block consumers from asserting claims unless, as multiple studies have shown, consumers have $1,000 or even more at stake.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/jsovern-(1).jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jeff Sovern, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jeff Sovern, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1397" title="Read bio: Jeff Sovern, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/new-york-times.png" alt="New York Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: New York Times </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/11/10/anxiety-normal-maladaptive-disorder-coping/">When is anxiety normal and when is it a disorder? A psychiatrist explains.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 10, 2024</span></p> <p><strong>Is it normal to feel this anxious all the time? How do I know if it’s too much?</strong></p> <p>These are questions many of my patients ask. Anxiety affects all of us and can be thought of as tension or worry about a situation or stressor.</p> <p>Anxiety can be adaptive and is a necessary survival skill, given that our environments can be dangerous and unpredictable.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Miller_Christopher.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Christopher W.T. Miller, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Christopher W.T. Miller, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/miller-christopher/" title="Read bio: Christopher W.T. Miller, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/washpost.jpg" alt="Washington Post Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Washington Post </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://wamu.org/story/24/11/07/md-abortion-care-training/">Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 7, 2024</span></p> <p><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Expanding the pool of health care providers with reproductive health care skills </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">outside of the state’s urban centers is vital, said Mary Jo Bondy, associate dean of </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland-Baltimore. She helped </span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">create the new training program.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-15-32-24-People.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-768247-en.html" title="Read bio: Mary Jo Bondy, DHEd, MHS, PA-C">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-3.30.28-PM.png" alt="WAMU Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WAMU</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2024/11/06/what-the-new-trump-presidency-could-mean-for-public-health/">What The New Trump Presidency Could Mean For Public Health</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 6, 2024</span></p> <p>With Donald Trump having successfully secured the presidency of the United States, significant shifts in American public health policy could be forthcoming.</p> <p><em>Professor Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH, is a senior contributor for Forbes.</em></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Awan_Omer.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH </h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/awan-omer" title="Read bio: Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-4.25.10-PM.png" alt="Forbes Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Forbes</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/trumps-return-white-house-could-mean-pardons-jan-6-defendants">Trump’s return to White House could mean pardons for Jan. 6 defendants</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 6, 2024</span></p> <p data-v-3808eee7="">With Trump soon to be in office, Mark A. Graber, a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, expects a major shift in how January 6 cases are handled. </p> <p data-v-3808eee7="">"Trump is the president, and in the United States, the president basically controls prosecutions," Graber said.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/MGraber.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/graber.php" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-12.17.00-PM.png" alt="WTTG Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WTTG</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/placebos-work-why/id1554578197?i=1000675879355">Placebos work. Why?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 6, 2024</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Luanna told us about this study that showed if doctors told patients they were turning off pain medication, even when they weren't, that expectation could completely reverse the effects of strong opioids. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">LUANNA: We reverse completely the action of opioids. That is how much words are critical in clinical settings. </span></em></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12-10-16-UMB-in-the-News---UMB-News.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Luana Colloca, MD, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Luana Colloca, MD, PhD</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/luana-colloca/" title="Read bio: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-11.31.50-AM.png" alt="Vox Unexplainable Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Vox Unexplainable</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://catholicreview.org/corpus-christi-embraces-new-mission-of-campus-marriage-ministries/">Corpus Christi embraces new mission of campus, marriage ministries</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 6, 2024</span></p> <p>"The University of Maryland, Baltimore, is really a series of relatively independent schools,” said Deacon Bauerschmidt. "It’s catering to a graduate school population (in public health, law and human services). So that’s an incredibly important audience to reach to foster discussions on how you practice medicine or law as a Catholic. What are the church’s social teachings and how do they affect how you think about social work?"</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-10.26.23-AM.png" alt="Catholic Review Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Catholic Review</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.specialtypharmacycontinuum.com/Online-First/Article/11-24/Biosimilars-Generics-445-Billion-Savings/75360"> AAM 2024 Report Shows Billions in Biosimilar and Generic Savings</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 5, 2024</span></p> <p>Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, a professor of practice, sciences and health outcomes research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, in Baltimore, said the results are significant because “the high cost of medications has been a major obstacle for many managing their health conditions.”</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-15-21-50-Cherokee-Layson-Wolf-PharmD-BCACP-FAPhA---UMB-Experts-Guide.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA </h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/layson-wolf.php" title="Read bio: Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-3.20.48-PM.png" alt="Specialty Pharmacy Continuum Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Specialty Pharmacy Continuum</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.science20.com/news_staff/noneuropeans_opt_out_of_genomic_databases_leading_to_lack_of_diversity-257208">Non-Europeans Opt Out Of Genomic Databases, Leading To Lack Of Diversity</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 5, 2024</span></p> <p>“Since we define ‘heritage’ as including culture, geography, and genetics, one of the most interesting parts of this research is that we were able to explore the distant genetic relatedness among Latin American countries through population structure and migration patterns,” said Victor Borda, PhD, corresponding author on the paper and Research Associate at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/vborda.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Victor Borda, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Victor Borda, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.igs.umaryland.edu/people/faculty.php" title="Read bio: Victor Borda, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-06-at-9.10.06â¯AM.png" alt="Science 2.0 Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Science 2.0</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musks-lawyer-says-1m-winners-arent-randomly-chosen-raise-legal-is-rcna178711">Elon Musk’s lawyer says $1M giveaway winners not randomly chosen, which could raise legal issues</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 4, 2024</span></p> <p class="">A lawyer for Elon Musk said in a Philadelphia courtroom Monday that the winners of Musk’s $1 million daily prize giveaway in election swing states are not chosen at random, contradicting what Musk said when he announced the contest last month. Legal experts told NBC News that the disclosure could have legal fallout for Musk across multiple jurisdictions under laws designed to protect consumers from deceptive practices. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/jsovern-(1).jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jeff Sovern"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jeff Sovern</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1397" title="Read bio: Jeff Sovern">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screenshot-2024-11-05-135047.png" alt="NBC News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: NBC News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20241104/hooked-on-rheum-with-luana-colloca-md-phd-ms">Hooked on Rheum with Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 4, 2024</span></p> <p>From a young age, I was fascinated by the human body and its complexities. Growing up in a small village in southern Italy, I had an insatiable curiosity about science and how we experience pain, heal and recover. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12-10-16-UMB-in-the-News---UMB-News.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/luana-colloca/" title="Read bio: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Screen-Shot-2024-11-07-at-12.13.10-PM.png" alt="Healio Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Healio</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/11/01/moore-administration-others-fear-drastic-impact-to-md-government-under-trump/">Moore administration, others fear drastic impact to MD government under Trump </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 1, 2024</span></p> <p>“If there’s unified (Republican) government, we’re going to see lots of legislation, executive orders (and) judicial rulings that the majority of Marylanders are not going to like,” said Mark Graber, a University of Maryland law professor and a leading scholar on constitutional law and politics.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sol/sol-2022-images-and-files/news-and-events/magazine/2023/Graber.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/graber.php" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/thedailyrecord.jpeg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://hearingreview.com/inside-hearing/research/researchers-work-to-expand-genomic-database-diversity-with-latin-american-dna-data">Researchers Work to Expand Genomic Database Diversity with Latin American DNA Data</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 1, 2024</span></p> <p>Researchers at the University of Maryland have created a comprehensive genomic database, GLADdb, to improve diversity in genomics research by including extensive Latin American DNA data.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-01-at-1.08.53â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Timothy O'Connor, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Timothy O'Connor, PhD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/oconnor-timothy/" title="Read bio: Timothy O'Connor, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-01-at-1.07.15â¯PM.png" alt="The Hearing Review Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Hearing Review</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/11/01/um-school-of-pharmacy-hosts-pharmapreneurship-summit/">UM School of Pharmacy hosts Pharmapreneurship Summit</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">November 1, 2024</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy hosted the free Pharmapreneurship Summit Oct. 8, bringing together thought leaders to engage with the university community, to propose bold and innovative ideas to address challenges and opportunities for the pharmacy world and to celebrate its successes.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/sop/wwwpharmacyumarylandedu/research/pharmapreneurship/michel-sarah-200.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Sarah L.J. Michel, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Sarah L.J. Michel, PhD</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/about-umb/university-leadership/deans/sarah-lj-michel-phd/" title="Read bio: Sarah L.J. Michel, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/founders-week/2020/sponsorships-and-logo/MDDR-copy_200.jpg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://facilitiesmanagementadvisor.blr.com/under-construction/under-construction-top-facility-projects-of-october-2024/">Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of October 2024</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 31, 2024</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland, Baltimore broke ground on its $120 million, six-story School of Social Work (UMSSW) building that is slated to be the first net-zero emissions building within the University System of Maryland and downtown Baltimore. The 127,000-square-foot building will consolidate the school’s Master of Social Work and Doctor of Philosophy programs—currently dispersed across three locations—into one modern, flexible space.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-01-at-1.15.03â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Anna Borgerding, MA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Anna Borgerding, MA</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/af/leadership/" title="Read bio: Anna Borgerding, MA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-11-01-at-1.12.38â¯PM.png" alt="Facilities Management Advisor Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Facilities Management Advisor</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/10/31/bruce-e-jarrell/">The 2024 Power List</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 31, 2024</span></p> <p>For nearly three decades, Dr. Bruce E. Jarrell, M.D., FACS, has served the University of Maryland Baltimore.</p> <p>The kidney and liver transplant surgeon first joined the higher educational institution in 2005 as the vice dean of academic affairs. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Bruce-Jarrell.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS President, University of Maryland, Baltimore"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS President, University of Maryland, Baltimore</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/president/presidents-biography/" title="Read bio: Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS President, University of Maryland, Baltimore">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/thedailyrecord.jpeg" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.theregreview.org/2024/10/30/hines-qualified-immunity-as-gun-control/">Qualified Immunity as Gun Control</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 30, 2024</span></p> <p>Although Bruen invalidates regulations inconsistent with the historical tradition of U.S. firearm regulation, states retain significant power to disarm dangerous individuals, argue Guha Krishnamurthi, professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and Peter N. Salib, professor at the University of Houston Law Center, in a recent article. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.22.54â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Guha Krishnamurthi, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Guha Krishnamurthi, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1384" title="Read bio: Guha Krishnamurthi, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.21.11â¯PM.png" alt="The Regulatory Review Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Regulatory Review</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/can-ai-plus-electronic-health-records-predict-childhood-2024a1000jve?form=fpf">Can AI Plus Electronic Health Records Predict Childhood Obesity Risk?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 30, 2024</span></p> <p>“I think that it’s an interesting way to take information that we already have and synthesize it into a picture we could use like an aid to support the family,” added Mutiat Onigbanjo, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and medical director of the University of Maryland Pediatrics at Midtown in Baltimore. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.18.20â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mutiat Onigbanjo, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mutiat Onigbanjo, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/onigbanjo-mutiat/" title="Read bio: Mutiat Onigbanjo, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.17.13â¯PM.png" alt="Medscape Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Medscape</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/extreme-deadly-heat-maryland-A7HVDDKEKBDVTL3S2BH6J6VG6I/">25 dead in 1 summer: The present and future of deadly heat in Maryland</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 30, 2024</span></p> <p>Robyn Gilden, a nurse and environmental expert at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, said additional risk factors for heat-related illness or death include whether a person works outside, whether they’re overweight, heart disease and age.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.14.15â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/robyn-gilden/" title="Read bio: Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.12.45â¯PM.png" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/robyn-gilden/">25 dead in 1 summer: The present and future of deadly heat in Maryland</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 30, 2024</span></p> <p> Robyn Gilden, a nurse and environmental expert at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, said additional risk factors for heat-related illness or death<strong> </strong>include whether a person works outside, whether they’re overweight and age.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/son/alumni/phd-45th/robyn_gilden_200x200.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN </h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/robyn-gilden/" title="Read bio: Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/som/cvd/images/baltimore-banner.png" alt="The Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://biobuzz.io/4mlk-transforming-west-baltimore-into-a-life-sciences-epicenter/">4MLK: Transforming West Baltimore into a Life Sciences Epicenter</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 29, 2024</span></p> <p>Set to open in fall 2024, 4MLK is more than just a building—it’s a game-changer for West Baltimore. This 8-story, 250,000-square-foot facility will provide critical lab and office space for scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators working on the cutting edge of technology and medicine. Positioned at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Baltimore St., 4MLK is designed to be a beacon of collaboration.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.34.42â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS</h5> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/president/" title="Read bio: Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.33.47â¯PM.png" alt="Bio Buzz Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Bio Buzz</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/10/29/marylands-law-schools-increase-bar-passage-rates-for-july-exam-data-shows/">MD law schools increase bar passage rates for July exam, data shows</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 29, 2024</span></p> <p>The increase for the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law comes after last year’s slight dip, and this year marks another steady increase for students at the University of Baltimore School of Law.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.31.01â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Renée Hutchins Laurent, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Renée Hutchins Laurent, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=005" title="Read bio: Renée Hutchins Laurent, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.30.02â¯PM.png" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://greenbuildingnews.com/2024/10/29/sustainable-university-building-to-serve-student-social-workers/">Sustainable University Building to Serve Student Social Workers</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 29, 2024</span></p> <p>Community members and project leaders came together on Oct. 17 to break ground on the new University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) School of Social Work. The 127,000-square-foot building will support programs that address the growing demand for social workers across the country while promoting cross-campus collaboration, environmentalism, and accessibility. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.27.15â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Judy L. Postmus, PhD, ACSW"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Judy L. Postmus, PhD, ACSW</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://directory.ssw.umaryland.edu/employee-detail/postmus-judy/r/recZ592lStWir0UXE" title="Read bio: Judy L. Postmus, PhD, ACSW">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-30-at-5.24.59â¯PM.png" alt="Green Building News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Green Building News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://ascopost.com/news/october-2024/new-marker-for-immunotherapy-response-in-hepatocellular-carcinoma/">New Marker for Immunotherapy Response in Hepatocellular Carcinoma</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 29, 2024</span></p> <p>A newly described stage of lymph node–like structures, known as tertiary lymphoid structures, identified in hepatic tumors following presurgical immunotherapy may be vital to successfully treating patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a recent study published by Shu et al in Nature Immunology.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5>Daniel Shu, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umms.org/find-a-doctor/profiles/dr-daniel-hsing-chien-shu-md-1790216414" title="Read bio: Daniel Shu, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-2.03.01â¯PM.png" alt="ASCO Post Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: ASCO Post</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/5-important-self-care-tips-for-clinicians">5 Important Self Care Tips for Clinicians</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 28, 2024</span></p> <p>Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, shares 5 tips for clinicians on self care. While self care is a popular buzzword, it is harder to find tangible elements that you can implement as a clinician. Here's a good place to start.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-2.15.24â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/sara-robinson/" title="Read bio: Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-29-at-2.12.23â¯PM.png" alt="Psychiatric Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Psychiatric Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.ajmc.com/view/unmet-needs-and-the-importance-of-social-support-in-schizophrenia">Unmet Needs and the Importance of Social Support in Schizophrenia</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 27, 2024</span></p> <p>Treatment adherence is a big challenge for patients with schizophrenia, as is the appropriate use of clozapine in treatment-resistant schizophrenia, said Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, professor and codirector of the Mental Health Program, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy. She also noted that telehealth hasn’t been as helpful for treating patients with schizophrenia as it has in other areas of care.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.27.45â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://faculty.rx.umaryland.edu/mehret/" title="Read bio: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.26.35â¯PM.png" alt="American Journal of Managed Care Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: American Journal of Managed Care</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/10/27/we-must-prepare-for-hidden-threat-of-disease-from-natural-disasters-guest-commentary/">We must prepare for hidden threat of disease from natural disasters | GUEST COMMENTARY</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 27, 2024</span></p> <p>As a scientist who has spent my entire professional career developing countermeasures like vaccines against mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, we cannot ignore the danger posed by climate change and its effect on infectious diseases. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.21.15â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Kirsten Lyke, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Kirsten Lyke, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/lyke-kirsten/" title="Read bio: Kirsten Lyke, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.20.44â¯PM.png" alt="The Baltimore Sun Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Baltimore Sun</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wiareport.com/2024/10/four-women-selected-to-lead-diversity-and-inclusion-initiatives-in-higher-education/">Four Women Selected to Lead Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 24, 2024</span></p> <p><span><strong>Rhea Roper Nedd </strong>has been named assistant vice president of equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She brings over a decade of experience in developing diversity programs to her new role. Most recently, she served as director of the Center for Student Diversity at Towson University in Maryland.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.59.27â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Rhea Roper Nedd, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Rhea Roper Nedd, PhD</h5> <p><em><a href="https://elm.umaryland.edu/elm-stories/2024/Roper-Nedd-Joins-UMB-as-Assistant-Vice-President-of-Equity-Diversity-and-Inclusion.php" title="Read bio: Rhea Roper Nedd, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.57.08â¯PM.png" alt="WIA Report Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WIA Report</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/population-health-management/health-equity/news/55238101/u-of-maryland-school-of-medicine-program-focuses-on-rural-e">U. of Maryland School of Medicine Program Focuses on Rural Eastern Shore</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 24, 2024</span></p> <p><span>The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has launched the Rural Health Equity and Access Longitudinal Elective (R-HEALE) designed to train and place incoming medical students in Eastern Shore healthcare practices. </span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.54.30â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark T. Gladwin, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark T. Gladwin, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/gladwin-mark/" title="Read bio: Mark T. Gladwin, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.52.46â¯PM.png" alt="Healthcare Innovation Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Healthcare Innovation</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/research-on-nocebo-effect-and-how-we-think-ourselves-sick">The Nocebo Effect: How We Think Ourselves Sick, According To Psychiatrists</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 24, 2024</span></p> <p><span>We are now beginning to understand some of the mechanisms—psychological and biological—that give rise to nocebo effects. Studies in both laboratory and clinical settings, some of which are described in other chapters, document the important role of information and expectations in generating nocebo effects.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.49.57â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Luana Colloca, MD, PhD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Luana Colloca, MD, PhD</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/luana-colloca/" title="Read bio: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.47.40â¯PM.png" alt="MBG Health Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: MBG Health</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/why-people-itch-and-how-to-stop-it/680285/">WHY PEOPLE ITCH AND HOW TO STOP IT</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 23, 2024</span></p> <p>There’s so much more compassion from doctors and family members,” Shawn Kwatra of the University of Maryland School of Medicine told me. Itch, he added, “is just not respected.” Perhaps doctors do not respect it because, until recently, they did not really understand it.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-1.30.08â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Shawn Gaurav Kwatra, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Shawn Gaurav Kwatra, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/kwatra-shawn-gaurav/" title="Read bio: Shawn Gaurav Kwatra, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-12.37.11â¯PM.png" alt="The Atlantic Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Atlantic</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.eenews.net/articles/supreme-court-powerhouse-aligns-with-tribe-to-stop-copper-mine/">Supreme Court powerhouse aligns with tribe to stop copper mine</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 23, 2024</span></p> <p>The Apache Stronghold has asked the Supreme Court to block Resolution Copper from digging up more than a billion tons of copper. If the mine moves forward, the land could subside, creating a depression more than 1,000 feet deep and almost 2 miles wide. “This is the route environmentalists should be taking in trying to establish these strategic alliances,” said Robert Percival, director of the environmental law program at the University of Maryland.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-12.32.08â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Robert Percival, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Robert Percival, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=091" title="Read bio: Robert Percival, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-12.30.54â¯PM.png" alt="E&E News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: E&E News</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/anne-arundel-county-schools-report-rise-in-whooping-cough-cases-here-are-the-symptoms/">Anne Arundel County schools warn parents about rise in whooping cough cases</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 23, 2024</span></p> <p>Anne Arundel County Public Schools are warning parents about a rise in whooping cough cases. The district has identified three cases since Sept. 10. Dr. Esther Liu, from the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, says whooping cough is preventable with vaccines.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-12.43.54â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Esther K. Liu, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Esther K. Liu, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/liu-esther/" title="Read bio: Esther K. Liu, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/CBS_News_logo_(2020).svg.png" alt="WJZ-TV, CBS News Baltimore Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WJZ-TV, CBS News Baltimore</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.ajmc.com/view/the-latest-in-new-and-emerging-therapies-in-schizophrenia-dr-megan-ehret">The Latest in New and Emerging Therapies in Schizophrenia: Dr Megan Ehret</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 22, 2024</span></p> <p>In September, the FDA approved the first new schizophrenia treatment in decades.1 Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride) has a new mechanism of action, and there is a lot of potential for this drug in treating patients with schizophrenia, said Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, professor and codirector of the Mental Health Program, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-12.13.33â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/ehret.php" title="Read bio: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-12.12.04â¯PM.png" alt="American Journal of Managed Care Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: American Journal of Managed Care</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/10/22/um-school-of-nursing-kicks-off-5m-collaborative-to-expand-health-equity-initiatives-in-west-baltimore/">UM School of Nursing kicks off $5M collaborative to expand health equity initiatives in west Baltimore </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 22, 2024</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) Tuesday announced it was awarded a five-year, $5 million Health Equities Resource communities (HERC) grant from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (MCHRC) to support the West Baltimore Reducing Inequities in Cardiovascular and Mental Health Collaborative-Stronger Together (RICH 2.0).</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-11.33.28â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN</h5> <p>School of Nursing</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/directory/yolanda-ogbolu/" title="Read bio: Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-11.26.17â¯AM.png" alt="The Daily Record Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The Daily Record</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://whatsupmag.com/news/groundbreaking-for-university-of-maryland-shore-regional-medical-center/">Groundbreaking for University of Maryland Shore Regional Medical Center</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 22, 2024</span></p> <p>Governor Wes Moore joined elected officials and leadership from the University of Maryland Medical System for the groundbreaking of the UM Shore Regional Medical Center. The groundbreaking and major investment reinforces the Moore-Miller Administration’s commitment to improving healthcare access and support for Maryland’s rural communities.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-11.29.38â¯AM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/suntha-mohan/" title="Read bio: Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-24-at-11.26.17â¯AM.png" alt="What's Up Annapolis Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: What's Up Annapolis</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cecildaily.com/news/state_news/new-rural-health-initiative-by-university-of-maryland-seeks-to-fill-medical-gap-on-eastern/article_5f1587ac">New rural health initiative by University of Maryland seeks to fill medical gap on Eastern Shore</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 18, 2024</span></p> <p>Rural areas in Maryland have notoriously been medically underserved, according to the federal Health Resource and Services Administration. Students like Riaz are taking initiative to address these disparities and help close the medical disparity through the Rural Health Equity and Access Longitudinal Elective.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-5.01.49â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Leah Millstein, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Leah Millstein, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/millstein-leah/" title="Read bio: Leah Millstein, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-5.00.03â¯PM.png" alt="Cecil Whig Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Cecil Whig</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wmar2news.com/local/umb-breaks-ground-on-120m-social-work-building-downtown">UMB breaks ground on $120M Social Work building downtown</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 18, 2024</span></p> <p>The University of Maryland, Baltimore broke ground Thursday on a major new School of Social Work building on the westside of downtown.School of Social Work Judy Postmus said in a statement that "it will be a vibrant community hub where students, faculty, and local partners come together." School of Social Work Judy Postmus said in a statement that "it will be a vibrant community hub where students, faculty, and local partners come together."</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-4.54.06â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Judy Postmus"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Judy Postmus</h5> <p>School of Social Work</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/faculty--staff/faculty-and-staff-directory/" title="Read bio: Judy Postmus">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-4.51.27â¯PM.png" alt="WMAR-TV Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WMAR-TV</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://time.com/7081407/brain-health-neurologist-tips/">9 Things You Should Do for Your Brain Health Every Day, According to Neurologists</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 17, 2024</span></p> <p>Taking care of your cognitive health ought to be—well, a no-brainer. According to a survey published in March, 87% of Americans are concerned about age-related memory loss and a decline in brain function as they grow older, yet only 32% believe they can take action to help control that trajectory.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-5.15.07â¯PM.png')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Seemant Chaturvedi, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Seemant Chaturvedi, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/chaturvedi-seemant/" title="Read bio: Seemant Chaturvedi, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-21-at-5.15.38â¯PM.png" alt="Time Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Time</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-in-congress-plan-for-the-next-jan-6/">Democrats in Congress seek to prevent another Jan. 6 riot, protect Electoral College certification</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 15, 2024</span></p> <p>A group of constitutional law experts told CBS News there's no specific prescription for such a political standoff in the Constitution itself. </p> <p>"The Constitution assumed a certain level of normality in our politics. But 'normal' may not describe our current politics," said University of Maryland constitutional law professor Mark Graber. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/MGraber.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Mark Graber, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Mark Graber, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=055" title="Read bio: Mark Graber, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/CBS_News_logo_(2020).svg.png" alt="CBS News Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: CBS News </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/baltimore-opioid-settlement-strategy-KNT7G7M4X5CJ7GD6B7AASDPE3Q/">Why few communities chose Baltimore’s high-risk, high-reward opioid legal strategy</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 8, 2024</span></p> <p>Thousands of communities across the United States have sued pharmaceutical companies in the last decade, seeking accountability and money for an opioid crisis that has killed <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm">hundreds of thousands of Americans</a> and forced governments to spend billions of dollars on drug treatment and other remediation efforts.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/liza_vertinsky.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Liza Vertinsky, JD "></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Liza Vertinsky, JD </h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1296" title="Read bio: Liza Vertinsky, JD ">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/Baltimore_banners_Logo.jpg" alt="Baltimore Banner Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Banner</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.wmar2news.com/matterformallory/solar-panel-install-damages-roof-leave-thousands-in-damages">Solar panel install damages roof, leave thousands in damages </a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 8, 2024</span></p> <p>According to Jeff Sovern with the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, people usually don't read or understand the consumer contract's they're reading.</p> <p>"If they don't understand something they should ask the provider and seller what it means and see what they say. Although if it comes to a dispute over what the provider says and what the contract says, the court will usually go with what the contract says," said Sovern. </p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/jeff_sovern.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Jeff Sovern, JD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Jeff Sovern, JD</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=1397" title="Read bio: Jeff Sovern, JD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/WMAR.png" alt="WMAR-2 Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WMAR-2 </span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2024/10/its-safe-vr-program-being-used-to-help-university-of-maryland-students-identify-life-threatening-situat">‘It’s safe’: VR program being used to help University of Maryland students identify life-threatening situations</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">October 1, 2024</span></p> <p>Inside a computer science office in College Park, a retired firefighter studying to become a physician assistant at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was with a patient when suddenly someone next to him put that patient in a life-threatening situation.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/HENDRIX-Cherilyn-GS-rgb.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Cheri Hendrix, DHEd"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Cheri Hendrix, DHEd</h5> <p>School of Graduate Studies</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.graduate.umaryland.edu/content/people/name-756129-en.html" title="Read bio: Cheri Hendrix, DHEd">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/Screenshot-2024-10-02-at-10.32.36â¯AM.png" alt="WTOP-FM Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WTOP-FM</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/climate/rfk-jr-trump-chemicals-pesticides.html">Kennedy Says Trump Will ‘Make Americans Healthy.’ His Record Suggests Otherwise.</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">August 27, 2024</span></p> <p>When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald J. Trump last week, he recounted speaking with the former president about "the issues that bind us together," including "having safe food and ending the chronic disease epidemic."Mr. Kennedy, a onetime environmental lawyer and longtime vaccine critic, insisted that a second Trump administration would lead to the elimination of pesticides and other hazardous chemicals in America's food and water supply.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Rena-Steinzor.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Rena Steinzor"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Rena Steinzor</h5> <p>Carey School of Law</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty--research/directory/profile/index.php?id=118" title="Read bio: Rena Steinzor">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/new-york-times.png" alt="The New York Times Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: The New York Times</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.auntminnie.com/practice-management/equity-inclusion/article/15682626/are-dei-efforts-in-academic-radiology-under-threat">Are DEI efforts in academic radiology under threat?</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">August 27, 2024</span></p> <p><span>Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in academic radiology are under threat as anti-DEI legislation continues to be introduced to the U.S. Congress, according to a research letter published August 26 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Florence-Doo.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Florence Xini Doo, MD"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Florence Xini Doo, MD</h5> <p>School of Medicine</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/doo-florence-xini/" title="Read bio: Florence Xini Doo, MD">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/aunt-minnie.png" alt="Aunt Minnie Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Aunt Minnie</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.woodtv.com/abc4/daily-buzz/encore-years-by-aarp/marijuana-use-linked-to-higher-heart-attack-stroke-risks/">Marijuana use linked to higher heart attack, stroke risks</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">August 27, 2024</span></p> <p>More older adults in the U.S. are turning to cannabis for stress relief, pain relief and help with other health issues. But new research suggests doing so could come with some heart risks. A large study published Feb. 28 in the Journal of the American Heart Association found a significant association between smoking, vaping or eating cannabis products and a higher risk of heart attack or stroke, even when controlling for other cardiovascular risk factors.</p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- --> <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span2"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo-container"> <div class="umb-itn-expert-photo" style="background-image: url('/media/umb/news/in-the-news/expert-portraits/Leah-Sera.jpg')"> <span role="img" aria-label="Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS"></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span10"> <h5>Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS</h5> <p>School of Pharmacy</p> <p><em><a href="https://www.umaryland.edu/experts/profiles/sera.php" title="Read bio: Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS">Read bio</a></em></p> </div> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/wood-tv-grand-rapids-mi.png" alt="WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI) Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div><div class="umb-inthenews itn-visible"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2024/08/22/live-near-your-work-johns-hopkins-umb-nonprofits.html/">'It's a blessing' How Baltimore's Live Near Your Work incentives keep people in the city</a></strong></h3> <p><span class="umb_light">August 22, 2024</span></p> <p><span>Some local universities and larger employers also believe the programs can help revitalize the areas around their campuses and offices.</span></p> <div class="umb-itn-expert"> <!-- <h4 class="umb_medium">Featured Expert</h4> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span10"> <h5></h5> </div> </div> --> </div> </div> <!-- --> <div class="span4 umb-itn-publication"> <img src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/publication-logos/baltimore-business-journal.png" alt="Baltimore Business Journal Logo"> <p><span class="umb_light">Source: Baltimore Business Journal</span></p> </div> <!-- --> </div> </div> </div> <div id="itn-pagination" class="pagination-page"></div> <p> </p> <!--General Pagination Plugin--> <script type="text/javascript" src="/media/umb/style-assets/javascript/jquery.simplePagination.js"></script> <!--Custom UMB In The News Pagination Script--> <script src="/media/umb/news/in-the-news/itn-script.js"></script><!--******************************************* End of main content area *******************************************--> <!--******************************************* BUILDING BLOCK: Close Main Column *******************************************--> <!-- navigation object: UMB Template: Close Main Column --> </div> </div><!--close row-fluid--> </div><!--close .container id="main-content" --> <!--******************************************* BUILDING BLOCK: Footer *******************************************--> <!-- navigation object: UMB Template: Footer --> <div id="footer-for-print" style="display:none;" role="contentinfo" aria-label="General Information About UMB for Printed Pages"><p>The University of Maryland, Baltimore is the founding campus of the University System of Maryland. <br /> 620 W. 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