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July 2009 Dental School Access-To-Care Days Reach Needy University of Maryland Dental School and L.D. Pankey Dental Foundation, Inc. combine to provide free dental care to an underserved community. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/31/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Southern Management Corporation Campus Center Opens in August President Ramsay announces Center is having soft opening through Aug. 28 and Aug.31 begins Housewarming Week. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/27/2009 Contact Name: Ed Fishel Contact Phone: 410-706-3801 Contact Email: efishel@umaryland.edu Top UM School of Medicine Leads Early Trials of H1N1 Flu Vaccine National Study Will Involve Up to 1,000 Volunteers View Full Article Posting Date: 07/22/2009 Contact Name: Karen Buckelew Contact Phone: (410) 706-7590 Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu Top Dental School Helps Doctors, Nurses Halt Infant Tooth Decay Training sessions help medical pros deal with dental disease that starts in infants, as cavity-causing bacteria are transferred from mothers. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/21/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Alessio Fasano, MD, Featured in Scientific American Article Detailing the History of Celiac Disease Diagnosis and Its Treatment Celiac disease has won the attention of the medical community only in recent years. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/17/2009 Contact Name: Karen Buckelew Contact Phone: (410) 706-7590 Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu Top Prof. Ifill Discusses Sotomayor Nomination to High Court Prof. Sherillyn Ifill, JD, has been in demand nationally to comment on the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court and on the Senate hearings. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/16/2009 Contact Name: James Smith Contact Phone: 410-706-7239 Contact Email: jrsmith@law.umaryland.edu Top School of Medicine Launches Third Annual Mini-Med School for Kids More than 30 children between the ages of 5 and 16 are getting a taste of medical school throughout July and August. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/15/2009 Contact Name: Karen A. Buckelew Contact Phone: (410) 706-7590 Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu Top USM Chancellor William E. Kirwan Appoints Search Committee for University of Maryland, Baltimore President The chair of the search committee is Rick Berndt, a former member of the USM Board of Regents. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/07/2009 Contact Name: Anne Moultrie Contact Phone: 301.445.2722 Contact Email: amoultrie@usmd.edu Top University of Maryland Study Finds Medicare Part D Healthy for Enrollees Researchers found that Medicare Part D made statistically significant improvements in the health, access to medications, and financial hardships of previously uninsured beneficiaries. View Full Article Posting Date: 07/06/2009 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top