What’s on my mind this month is what it means to become known as a national leader with an established program of excellence in a medical specialty. We are fortunate to have multiple faculty leaders who are among the best…
Author: somnews
What's the Buzz? February 2015
What’s on my mind this month is the expansion of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, and how this will allow us to save many more lives in the State of Maryland and our surrounding region,…
What's The Buzz? - January 2015
What’s on my mind this month is how 2014 ended on an incredible “high note,” with the 2014 Festival of Science rounding out a very successful calendar year.. The 2014 Festival of Science was an incredibly exhilarating day of intellectual…
What's the Buzz? - December 2014
What’s on my mind this month is how dramatically we recovered this year from the devastation of sequestration in fiscal year 2013, but how much more we wish to accomplish before we close the books in 2015. As my 2014…
What's the Buzz for November 2014
What’s on my mind this month is the tenacity, bravery and dedication of the healthcare professionals who volunteer to go to the front lines of deadly infectious disease outbreaks because of their commitment to preserving the well-being of all people.
Since the news of an Ebola outbreak in Guinea was announced in March of this year, every day we hear updates about the toll this virus has taken on the people of West Africa. Ebola hemorrhagic fever has swept through multiple countries, killing an estimated 1 in 2 people who have become infected. The September 23, 2014 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), estimated that, under a worst-case scenario, 1.4 million people could be infected with the virus by January 20, 2015, and a similar report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, predicted that Ebola might become endemic to Africa, along the lines of HIV/AIDS.
What's the Buzz? - October 2014
What’s on my mind this month is the upcoming “2014 Festival of Science: Infections, Inflammation and Vaccines,” which will showcase our incredible work in these three key areas of biomedical research. Last year’s inaugural “Festival of Science” was an intellectually…
What's the Buzz? - September 2014
What’s on my mind this month is the progress we have made only a little over a year into our Vision 2020 strategic plan. Vision 2020 for UM Medicine was developed to position ourselves for maximum and extraordinary success through…
What's the Buzz for August 2014
What’s on my mind is the School of Medicine’s long history in making major scientific discoveries which have led to significant advances in medicine and changed people’s lives. As America’s oldest public medical school, our students, faculty and leaders have…
What's the Buzz: July 2014
SOMnews will be back in September with more feature stories about the accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students.
What's the Buzz? June 2014
What’s on my mind this month are the many innovations in education we have implemented at the School of Medicine over the last year, fulfilling one of the key goals of Shared Vision 2020, to introduce a new teaching philosophy…