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December 2010

SSW's Promise Heights Program Spreads Holiday Cheer In West Baltimore

Baltimore Ravens, UM schools, and collaborating non-profit and government agencies make Upton/Druid Heights a center of festivities.

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Posting Date: 12/22/2010
Contact Name: Patricia Fanning
Contact Phone: 410-706-7946
Contact Email: pfanning@umaryland.edu
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School of Medicine Researchers Find Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities for Parkinson's Disease and Similar Conditions

The disparities in health care are associated with greater disease severity and earlier loss of independence.

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Posting Date: 12/20/2010
Contact Name: Karen Buckelew
Contact Phone: 410-706-7590
Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu
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UM President Appoints Task Force to Help Expand Opportunities for Collaboration

Perman, Stines present model of interprofessional education in lecture at School of Nursing

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Posting Date: 12/16/2010
Contact Name: Patricia Fanning
Contact Phone: 410-706-7946
Contact Email: pfanning@umaryland.edu
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Mullins Leads $1.5 Million Study to 'Nudge' Better Drug Approval Trials

School of Pharmacy grant is among only six selected by NIH to improve comparative effectiveness research methods.

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Posting Date: 12/16/2010
Contact Name: Steve Berberich
Contact Phone: 410-706-0023
Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu
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University of Maryland Dental School Stepping Up Ergonomics Instruction

It's the dentist's pain, not just the patient's pain, that's being taught at the University of Maryland's Dental School in Baltimore.

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Posting Date: 12/14/2010
Contact Name: Steve Berberich
Contact Phone: 410-706-0023
Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu
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School of Pharmacy Dean Upbeat in 2010 State of the School Address

Eddington delivers annual address highlighting education, practice, research, and outreach accomplishments from faculty, staff, and students.

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Posting Date: 12/14/2010
Contact Name: Becky Ceraul
Contact Phone: 410-706-1690
Contact Email: rceraul@rx.umaryland.edu
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School of Pharmacy's Rosen Named Maryland Chemist of the Year

His work on real-time imaging of brain function offers medicine an unprecedented new tool for evaluating and potentially treating brain injury.

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Posting Date: 12/13/2010
Contact Name: Steve Berberich
Contact Phone: 410-706-0023
Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu
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UM School of Social Work Faculty Member Honored for Domestic Violence Prevention and Advocacy

Maryland Legal Services Corp. selects Alexander for outstanding work in roles at SWW, House of Ruth Maryland.

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Posting Date: 12/09/2010
Contact Name: Patricia Fanning
Contact Phone: 410-706-7946
Contact Email: pfanning@umaryland.edu
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Dr. Fraser-Liggett Reports on Impact of Genomics on Personalized Medicine

The director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine delivers a major address to the Tech Council of Maryland at the UM BioPark.

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Posting Date: 12/09/2010
Contact Name: Ed Fishel
Contact Phone: 410-706-3801
Contact Email: efishel@umaryland.edu
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University of Maryland Drug Compliance Invention Licensed to Maryland Pharmaceutical Firm

The wristwatch-like device will keep track of when a patient has taken medication.

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Posting Date: 12/03/2010
Contact Name: Steve Berberich
Contact Phone: 410-706-0023
Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu
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School of Nursing Hosts Regional Awareness Meeting to Kick Off Maryland's Campaign for Action on the Future of Nursing

The health arm of the National Academy of Sciences has called for a "transformation" of the nursing profession to address healthcare reform and greater patient needs.

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Posting Date: 12/01/2010
Contact Name: Ed Fishel
Contact Phone: 410-706-3801
Contact Email: efishel@umaryland.edu
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University of Maryland Medical Center Named ''Top Hospital of the Decade'' for Safety and Quality

The Center is staffed by School of Medicine faculty and is one of just two hospitals nationwide to be awarded this recognition

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Posting Date: 12/01/2010
Contact Name: Ellen Beth Levitt
Contact Phone: 410-328-8919
Contact Email: eblevitt@umm.edu
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