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Released: 13-Jun-2012 10:00 AM EDT
UM Carey Law Clinic Wins ABA Award for Achievement in Environmental Law & Policy
University of Maryland, Baltimore

American Bar Association cites the Environmental Law Clinic at University of Maryland Carey Law for “contributing significant leadership in improving the substance, process or understanding of environmental protection and sustainable development.”

Released: 11-Jun-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Expert Legal Sources Available for Historic Supreme Court Decisions
University of Maryland, Baltimore

With critical, far-reaching decisions still to be made by the Supreme Court, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is offering scholars to reporters seeking informed commentary.

Released: 7-Jun-2012 12:30 PM EDT
Discovery of Bacteria Survival Trick Opens Door to New Kinds of Therapeutics
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Researchers at the School’s Department of Microbial Pathogenesis show how gram-negative bacteria regulate themselves to adapt to temperature changes.

Released: 24-May-2012 6:25 PM EDT
University of Maryland, Baltimore Named New Center of Excellence in Pain Education
University of Maryland, Baltimore

NIH Pain Consortium charges 11 health professional institutions, including UMB, with improving education in pain management and treatment.

Released: 23-May-2012 11:10 AM EDT
Analytical Informatics, Inc. Latest University of Maryland Healthcare “Spinoff”
University of Maryland, Baltimore

The new company is poised to make a broad impact on health care by creating and streamlining software-based solutions at hospitals.

Released: 21-May-2012 4:10 PM EDT
One Month in Jail: The Sentence in the Ravi Case
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Prof. Danielle Citron, an international authority on privacy and cyber-harassment, issued a statement on the sentencing of Dharun Ravi in the Rutgers spycam case.

Released: 1-May-2012 4:15 PM EDT
Dental Fillings That Kill Bacteria and Re-Mineralize the Tooth
University of Maryland, Baltimore

First-a-kind Nanocomposite will be tested in animal teeth and human volunteers next. University of Maryland offers license for the new technology.

Released: 24-Apr-2012 9:00 AM EDT
Expert Sources on Walmart Bribery Scandal From University of Maryland Carey School of Law
University of Maryland, Baltimore

As details of the Walmart bribery scandal in Mexico plays out, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law offers two expert sources for comment.

Released: 12-Apr-2012 5:00 PM EDT
University of Maryland Hosts ‘Brainstorming’ to Speed Development of Protein Drugs
University of Maryland, Baltimore

After several years of teasing useful proteins from the human genome, researchers are now opening up a new field of enormous promise for better drugs and diagnostics, say symposium speakers.

Released: 11-Apr-2012 3:45 PM EDT
Medical Marijuana in Focus at University of Maryland
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Two events at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law examine the timely issue of medicinal use of marijuana.

Released: 21-Mar-2012 12:00 PM EDT
Pioneering Pain Scientist Dubner Wins Dentistry's Distinguished Scientist Award
University of Maryland, Baltimore

The internationally-regarded University of Maryland pain scientist has a “remarkable record of research, teaching and mentoring, service and administrative leadership.”

Released: 15-Mar-2012 10:35 AM EDT
‘Shock Trauma’ to Help Train University of Maryland Dental Students, Residents
University of Maryland, Baltimore

To enhance the School of Dentistry’s focus on prevention and management of medical emergencies, it has partnered with the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.

Released: 14-Mar-2012 11:30 AM EDT
New University of Maryland Center for Translational Medicine Aims to Improve Ways Medical Products are Developed
University of Maryland, Baltimore

UM School of Pharmacy will train future science/business leaders and apply insights from product development and marketing data.

Released: 9-Mar-2012 3:00 PM EST
New Study Finds Usual Care Enough to Promote Well Adjustment to Early Breast Cancer
University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland School of Nursing professor leads study showing that physical, emotional, and social adjustment occurs over time with or without additional interventions for women with early stage breast cancer, as the body and spirit have a natural capacity to heal.

Released: 9-Mar-2012 9:00 AM EST
Pediatric Psychologist Honored as “Tireless” Advocate of Disadvantaged
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Professor Maureen Black of the University of Maryland School of Medicine has joined the state's Women's Hall of Fame; has worked to improve the nutritional care of women and children in need globally.

Released: 1-Mar-2012 12:05 PM EST
USM Collaboration to Leverage UMB and UMCP Resources
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Called University of Maryland: MPowering the State, this new working relationship will leverage the resources of the two universities to serve students better, attract even more exceptional faculty and researchers, and boost research, technology transfer and commercialization.

Released: 16-Feb-2012 7:15 PM EST
University of Maryland Professor To Head Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Robert Beardsley, RPh, PhD, has devoted his entire career to making pharmacists the best health care professionals they can be.

Released: 26-Jan-2012 4:00 PM EST
Latest UM BioPark Tenant Seeks Partners for Testing of Cancer-Fighting Innovation
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Ablitech’s lead product rounds up pancreatic and bladder cancer cells in laboratory tests and prevents further growth.

Released: 13-Jan-2012 3:30 PM EST
Study Shows Obese Nurses More Stressed, Less Active
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Job stress and shift work have a lot more to do with obesity among nurses than previously thought, according to a study by the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Released: 13-Jan-2012 1:00 PM EST
Couples' Friendships Make for Happier Marriages, Relationships
University of Maryland, Baltimore

A new book, "Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships," presents findings based on more than 400 interviews in which couples share experiences over the lifespan that readers can emulate to improve their own marriages.

Released: 20-Dec-2011 3:00 PM EST
FDA’s Gobburu Joins University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Faculty
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Leading Food and Drug Administration scientist is hired to expand education and research in pharmacometrics, a field that makes drug development and regulation more efficient.

Released: 13-Dec-2011 1:40 PM EST
Clarifying Critical Issues on Biosimilar Regs
University of Maryland, Baltimore

A timely conference in Washington, D.C. by the University of Maryland Center on Drugs and Public Policy.

12-Dec-2011 12:00 PM EST
Model Developed for Future Obesity Drug Testing
University of Maryland, Baltimore

A University of Maryland School of Pharmacy report pinpoints a previously unidentified role for a cellular protein in controlling body weight.

Released: 7-Dec-2011 11:55 AM EST
Award-Winning Heart Valve Invention Takes Less Time, Less Expense, Less Trauma
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Patients will have a 24-hour hospital stay instead of a weeklong stay, being able to go back to playing golf, for example, a few days later instead of six weeks later with conventional open heart surgery,

Released: 29-Nov-2011 4:35 PM EST
New Study Involving the School of Pharmacy Raises Concerns Over Foster Children on Antipsychotic Meds
University of Maryland, Baltimore

The study published in Pediatrics is the first to examine the concomitant use of more than one antipsychotic medication among youth in foster care.

15-Nov-2011 1:00 PM EST
Institute for a Healthiest Maryland Announced at Childhood Obesity Summit
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Jay A. Perman, MD, President of the University of Maryland, and Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), announced today the creation of the Institute for a Healthiest Maryland, a collaboration of support systems that will guide efforts to combat chronic diseases across Maryland.

Released: 14-Nov-2011 8:00 AM EST
Yawning May No Longer be a Wide Open Question
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Yawning cools the brain, sinuses aid process, say Maryland, Princeton Scientists.

Released: 11-Nov-2011 2:30 PM EST
Summit on Childhood Obesity Will Draw Top Experts, Scientists
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Science and medical reporters are invited to sample a wide diversity of new research and policy initiatives at a Summit on Childhood Obesity on Tues., Nov. 15 and Wed., Nov. 16 at the Hilton Baltimore.

9-Nov-2011 1:15 PM EST
Long-Term Study Sheds Light on Jaw Pain Disorders
University of Maryland, Baltimore

People with TMJD are more sensitive than those without it on parts of the body aside from the jaw.

Released: 7-Nov-2011 8:00 PM EST
Leading Anesthesiologist Gary Fiskum Named University of Maryland Researcher of the Year
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Fiskum and his research team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have uncovered a new level of understanding of the effects of brain injuries.

Released: 7-Nov-2011 3:50 PM EST
U.S. Surgeon General Helps University of Maryland Launch Baltimore Campaign on Medication Adherence
University of Maryland, Baltimore

National Consumers League's ‘Script Your Future’ is a 3-year drive to raise public awareness on the importance of taking medicine as directed.

Released: 25-Oct-2011 6:00 PM EDT
University of Md. School of Pharmacy Teams With Cross-State Colleagues on FDA Drug Regulatory Science Center
University of Maryland, Baltimore

The University of Maryland has assembled an interprofessional team of research scientists from its campuses in Baltimore and College Park for a center of excellence.

Released: 18-Oct-2011 5:00 PM EDT
Pharmacy Model for Medication Therapy Management Improves Patient Health, Instructs Students
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Pharmacists’ time with patients is invaluable within the interprofessional model, says medical director.

Released: 7-Oct-2011 10:00 AM EDT
Maryland Law Professor, Former Sirleaf Campaign Advisor to Discuss Nobel Prize
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Professor Larry Gibson, an election law expert at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, advised the historic campaign of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in 2005.

Released: 4-Oct-2011 3:00 PM EDT
International Law Luminaries Harold Koh,SU Chi to Speak at UM Carey School of Law
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Harold Koh, legal advisor to the U.S. State Department, and SU Chi, former secretary-general of Taiwan’s National Security Council, are among a roster of speakers from China, Taiwan and the United States at two events this week examining international law.

Released: 30-Sep-2011 8:00 AM EDT
Bowl Championship Series, Stadium Development Among Topics in ‘Sports and Business in Today’s Legal Arena’
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Experts from the business end of the sports world will delve into the legal aspects of stadium development, the Bowl Championship Series, and athlete images/media rights. ESPN’s Jay Bilas will deliver opening remarks, and ESPN Executive VP Edwin Durso will give the keynote speech.

Released: 20-Sep-2011 4:55 PM EDT
Weiss Smith, Sharfstein: Door is Open at FDA for Drug Safety and Review
University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland BioPark tenants get a primer on “Inside the FDA” and how best to work with the huge regulator.

Released: 13-Sep-2011 3:00 PM EDT
Moser Family Philanthropic Fund Donates $1 Million to University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
University of Maryland, Baltimore

The Moser Family Philanthropic Fund will invest $1 million in the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, to support the Moser Ethics in Action Initiative Endowment to be established at the law school.

7-Sep-2011 4:45 PM EDT
Newly Discovery Heart ‘Mechanism’ to Provide New Targets for Heart Therapies
University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland researchers patented and licensed a “Bio-glue” that allows simulation of mechanical and chemical heartbeats from a single cell.

Released: 25-Aug-2011 4:25 PM EDT
Study Shows Zinc Suppresses Pancreatic Cancer Cells
University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland-led study has cancer treatment and diagnostic implications.

Released: 24-Aug-2011 12:40 PM EDT
Study Reveals Fewer ‘Therapeutic Errors’ in Toddlers after Drug Withdrawal from the Marketplace
University of Maryland, Baltimore

A new study by researchers at the Maryland Poison Center has won the best 2010 paper award published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety from a major scientific professional group.

Released: 14-Jul-2011 11:15 AM EDT
New Maryland School of Law Board of Visitors Chair
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Christine A. Edwards, a partner in the Chicago office of international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP, has been elected chair of the Board of Visitors of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Released: 7-Jul-2011 2:00 PM EDT
University Maryland Building 'Team Approach' Model for Gender Violence and HIV/AIDS
University of Maryland, Baltimore

South African gender-based violence expert Kate Joyner advances issue at “Secret Killer” symposium and offers advice to sensitize students to relevant HIV-related issues in context of intimate partner violence.

Released: 6-Jun-2011 11:30 PM EDT
National Leadership Roundtable To Explore the Future of Pharmacists in Health Care
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Media invited as the University of Maryland will host 'The Prescription for Health Care Reform: Where Are the Pharmacists?' featuring top-tier health management officials from government, industry, and non-profit agencies.

Released: 19-May-2011 4:00 PM EDT
University of Maryland Teams up With Kenyans on NIH Medical Education Initiative
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Deans of the six professional schools at the University of Maryland in Baltimore met and planned with counterparts at the University of Nairobi, in initiative sparked by UM's Institute of Human Virology.

Released: 11-May-2011 9:00 AM EDT
Discovery of Faint “Quark” Workings Goes Viral with Heart Physiologists
University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland-led team’s study of calcium release events in heart cells that are smaller than well-known sparks may lead to new cardiovascular therapies.

Released: 10-May-2011 4:30 PM EDT
Homeless Veterans Flashing Big Smiles These Days
University of Maryland, Baltimore

A continuing partnership between the VA Maryland Health Care System and the University of Maryland Dental School has helped more than 2,500 veterans get dental care.

Released: 6-May-2011 11:45 AM EDT
Health Care Delivery Needs to Be a Science Too, Carolyn Clancy Tells University of Maryland
University of Maryland, Baltimore

The director of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says Starbucks does a better job of teamwork than ‘most of medicine’ in this country.

Released: 4-May-2011 5:00 PM EDT
University of Md. Dental School Praised for Bringing Oral Health Research Home
University of Maryland, Baltimore

At town hall meeting, acting director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research says the Dental School in Baltimore is a “fabulous example of a dental institution that draws strength by spanning many areas of research.”

Released: 29-Apr-2011 1:00 PM EDT
Intervene Early to Prevent Smoking
University of Maryland, Baltimore

For years the conventional wisdom in smoking research was that smokers don’t show signs of daily cigarette addiction until adulthood. But at the School of Nursing, Professor Carla Storr, ScD, RN, is shedding light on the fact that nicotine addiction can start well before smokers are old enough to legally buy cigarettes.



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