Problem gambling among credit counseling clients is the focus of a $34,500 seed grant awarded to the School of Social Work and Guidewell Financial Solutions.
Researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Kentucky College of Public Health create bilingual safety guides for horse farm workers.
A gift of $2 million from Bill and Joanne Conway, through their Bedford Falls Foundation, to the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) will be used to provide scholarships to students in advanced degree programs.
A $500,000 gift creates a new scholarship fund at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to support students and trainees studying regulatory science, pharmacometrics and the use of data to examine the efficacy of drugs and the impact – including economic effects – of clinical pharmacy.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore and Guidewell Financial Solutions are partnering on campus and at the university's new Community Engagement Center. The partnership provides West Baltimore residents and members of the UMB community with financial counseling, housing counseling, and other resources to promote financial awareness and empowerment.
University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman, MD, has been awarded the 2016 Giving Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
Interdisciplinary researchers across the nation, led by Jodi Jacobson Frey, PhD, MSW, and Tanya Sharpe, PhD, MSW, will examine an online screening tool and an online therapeutic program known as Man Therapy, specifically addressing some of the gender-specific issues that increase the risk of suicide for men, including their reluctance to seek help and follow through with treatment.
A University of Maryland School of Social Work researcher joins with colleagues at William & Mary to probe a possible connection between fermented foods, which contain probiotics, and social anxiety symptoms.
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry examines suicidal ideation and psychotic experiences among more than 11,000 adults who were 18 and older. The data were drawn from a large general-population based sample of U. S. households households identified through the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (2001-2003).
New position coordinates the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s expansion at the Universities at Shady Grove and the new hospital in Prince George’s County.
Wes Moore is a best-selling author, Army combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and executive producer and host of a series with PBS on returning veterans called “Coming Back with Wes Moore".
University of Maryland School of Nursing researchers find adverse outcomes are linked to turnover in studies of a sample representing more than 16,000 nursing homes in the United States, suggesting that preventing staff turnover should be given greater emphasis.
Providing people with dental insurance does not necessarily mean that they will use it and seek dental care, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, published online in the American Journal of Public Health.
A recent Institute of Medicine report indicates that 116-million Americans live with some form of chronic pain. Historically, chemists have developed drugs aimed at just one biological target. Two drugs used together may metabolize differently or present other issues. This new drug, named UMB 425 by the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy research team, affects two different opioid receptors, providing diminished tolerance.
On August 5, 2013 President Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton will visit the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, where faculty from the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) work in support of the Rwandan Ministry of Health's Human Resources for Health (HRH) program.
More than 330 students collaborated to address the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) from the dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and social work schools so far.