U.S. Rep. Cummings, Md. Dental School Dean Stohler, Maryland Health Secretary Colmers mark the second anniversary of boy's death, preventable with proper dental care.
The University of Maryland School of Law will begin offering a Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program in fall 2009, building on the Law School's nationally recognized specialty programs.
During these times when it seems as if there is socialism for the wealthy and capitalism for the poor (given today's NYT' story about the shrinking welfare rolls) and in the wake of the three murder/suicide cases of entire families due to financial stress/debt/job loss that took place across the nation last week, including one in Annapolis, Jodi Jacobson, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, whose research falls into work/life, work crisis, offers some advice to those who are suffering stress and emotional fallout over the current financial picture. She is the chair of the Employee Assistance Program track at the School.
Through a licensing partnership with UMB, Encore Path Inc. of Baltimore has refined a compact, retractable, and portable device called Tailwind for stroke survivors. The company plans to launch sales at the Feb. 9-13 meeting in Las Vegas.
National Science Foundation-funded project is aimed at solving dilemma of efficient drug-making from massive data available on the human genome.
The most comprehensive study yet for common jaw pain is now 3,400 patients strong and under way at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and three other universities.
Success in fighting HIV/AIDS in women may require altered strategies, but adherence to medications is still the key, a University of Maryland, Baltimore pharmacist tells eclectic student class.
Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society honored Cyril Enwonwu, a nutrition and health professor with the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Dental School as one of its 25 national advocates for global health research.
School lauded for program improving for oral health of inner-city children.
University of Maryland Dental School study of diet and gum disease bears out powerful link between chronic inflammation and poor health.
Online threats and attacks in the virtual realm often have real consequences in the flesh-and-blood world. Danielle Citron, JD, associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Law, says federal law must address this dangerous problem.
$450 million in funding awarded to University of Maryland, Baltimore researchers is 10 percent annual gain.
Maryland Dental School 1995 discovery of previously unknown neck tissue finally makes ultimate reference book, Gray's Anatomy.
School of Pharmacy's Zuckerman, Mullins to direct research programs abroad.
International group hopes vaccine will help prevent shigellosis, cause of an estimated 1.1 million deaths, mostly children, per year.
James. Polli, PhD, the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore reports to the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists conference that nature's "homing devices" in the gut can help deliver poorly absorbed drugs into the bloodstream faster.
American Dental Association has named the University of Maryland Dental School to elite product review program.
Two closely associated entities of the University of Maryland have signed a partnership agreement that will enhance the training of pharmacists.
Dozens of the country's brightest young legal minds will converge at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore this week to make their case for being the best trial team in the nation. It's a fun combination of the intelligence and quick thinking needed by trial attorneys combined with the pressure and competitiveness of, say, a collegiate basketball tournament.
Simard's discovery in brain cells spawned company, new treatment hopes for stroke and other central nervous system disorders.
It started with families losing their homes to foreclosure, and has led to the failures of Wall Street titans. Where will the fallout from the subprime mortgage meltdown be felt next? And what should be done to correct it? Some of the top legal and financial talent from companies and agencies at the heart of the matter will discuss the issues.
Gliknik Inc. has exclusively licensed the rights to two Trojan peptide cancer therapeutic vaccines from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Mayo Clinic. Two cancer therapeutic vaccine drug candidates based on this technology are currently in clinical trials in patients with advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer at the Greenebaum Cancer Center at UMB.
Distinguished professor will use Fulbright grant to expand Thailand collaboration on drug use and safety for the elderly.
Maryland School of Pharmacy researchers are learning how Ginkgo biloba extract works on memory symptoms.
The government of China proudly announced this year that the athletes who would be living in the just-completed Olympic Village will have access to safe drinking water. That's nice, but University of Maryland School of Law Professor Robert Percival, JD, says ordinary Chinese citizens will have to wait years until they can take for granted that they also have access to clean water.
There is no clear treatment advantage to foster children getting at least three times more emotion/behavior altering drugs than comparable children.
Maryland School of Pharmacy report: Consumers, pharmacies face a growing risk of getting counterfeit drugs because of rising Internet sales of medical drugs.
The University of Maryland School of Law, nationally recognized for its pioneering efforts to integrate legal theory and practice, is once again blazing a new trail in the ways that it prepares law students for careers both inside and outside of law practice.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) announced today it will participate in the BIO 2008 International Convention, June 17 - 20, 2008, in San Diego, Calif. UMB President David J. Ramsay, DM, DPhil, and members of his senior staff will meet with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies about commercializing more than 100 new technologies, forming collaborative research and conducting clinical trials.
University of Maryland, Baltimore will hold Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 16 at 3 p.m.
The technical question presented to the Supreme Court on Wednesday is whether alien detainees held outside the sovereign United States in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are entitled to the benefits of the Constitutional protection of habeas corpus access to federal trial courts under the so-called Suspension Clause within the U. S. Constitution.
The first national conference on planning for vulnerable populations in emergency situations will be held in Washington, D.C. from Nov. 5-7, 2007. The event will result in a national action plan to prepare vulnerable populations for catastrophic emergencies.
The University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) has received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the continuation of CHHS' emergency planning course, titled, "Preparing the States: Implementing Continuity of Operations Planning."
Do researchers do an adequate job of distinguishing women from men when they study pain? "The Painful Truth: A Conference on Gender and Pain Research" at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Sept. 27-29 will bring together more than two dozen researchers from around the world to discuss the latest information in gender-based pain research.
Lt. Cmdr. Charles D. Swift, JD, military counsel for Hamdan in the landmark Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, will speak about the case at the annual Sept. 11 commemoration at the University of Maryland School of Law.
A day-long conference to explore conscience-based refusals in health care and the effect on providers and patients. This conference will focus on defining a claim of conscience and discerning valid from invalid claims, reviewing legal trends and employment laws, and identifying best institutional practices for protecting both health care providers' and patients' rights.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, an accomplished attorney and legislator, and a staunch advocate of the University, will be the keynote speaker at UMB's 2006 Commencement to be held on May 19th at 3 p.m. at 1st Mariner Arena.
This symposium brings together 23 national avian flu experts from avian flu research, public health agencies, vaccine and anti-viral manufacturing companies, business preparedness experts, and first-responder experts for an all-day discussion to give the latest information on this threat.
Experts from the University of Maryland pharmacy and social work schools share helpful tips on how to make the holidays a safer, healthier, and happier time.
The University of Maryland School of Law and the Hippodrome Theatre Foundation are presenting a two-hour production Nov. 16 to examine the legal, creative, and social issues around "non-traditional casting". The event was prompted, in part, by the controversy over a production of Huckleberry Finn.
A new era in Baltimore's biotechnology enterprise begins today with the official opening of the UMB BioPark on the west side of Baltimore. Officials are joined today by Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Mayor Martin O'Malley, and 350 business and community leaders to open Building One, the first of 10 buildings planned for the BioPark.
Brian Billick, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Maryland, Baltimore's 2005 Commencement.
The Royal Society of Medicine and the Association of Academic Health Centers are holding an international health conference to focus on differences in the legal and social environment in responding to terrorism and in medical treatment for terrorism injuries in the United States and Great Britain.
Tim Russert, JD, moderator of "Meet the Press" and Washington bureau chief of NBC News, will deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Commencement. Russert will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree at the ceremony, set for Friday, May 21, at 3 p.m.
Michael Greenberger, JD, a former Justice Department official now with the University of Maryland law school, says concerns about U.S. color-coded terror alert system reflect a growing lack of confidence in the intelligence-gathering system.
Former Justice Department official involved in planning TOPOFF 1 counter-terrorism exercise available to comment on lessons learned and plans for upcoming federal counter-terrorism exercise.
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the University of Maryland, Baltimore commencement address on Friday, May 23, at 3 p.m. at the First Mariner Arena.
The outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) has triggered legal questions as health authorities consider whether to quarantine travelers and other persons.
Useful tips and warnings about common dangers and social problems are offered by University of Maryland, Baltimore health professionals. Subjects include poinsettias, separation and divorce, flu shots, carbon monoxide, parent care, and being superwoman.
The 19th Annual Peter Lamy Conference, co-sponsored by the National Council on Patient Information and Education, will examine technology and medication safety and its impact on consumers, particularly the elderly, Oct. 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, 1 Metro Center in Bethesda, Md.
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