01 March

A Bold New Collaboration to Leverage UMB and UMCP Resources

Dear Members of the University of Maryland Community: We are writing to inform you that the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents today approved an innovative and structured collaboration between the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and …

24 February

Seed Grant Program

A new seed grant program in complex therapeutics is growing out of the two universities’ successful seed grant program in basic and translational research. The seed grant program has resulted in more than $6 million in joint research awards.

24 February

New Educational Offerings Between UMCP and UMB

One of the most exciting parts of the joint venture is developing new educational offerings where, for instance, UMCP undergraduates are doing research with top UMB faculty and UMB graduate students are training in the labs of top UMCP faculty.

24 February

Health-Related Informatics Center

The new center provides the foundation for research faculty in computer science at UMCP and researchers with expertise in genomics and clinical medicine at UMB and the University of Maryland Medical Center to collaborate on understanding diseases.

24 February

Bioengineering and the Health Sciences

The creation of the Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) is strengthening a rich collaborative relationship between UMCP engineering and UMB health sciences.

24 February

UM Ventures

The Offices of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at UMCP and UMB have joined together to form UM Ventures, which provides unified licensing and patenting services and joint mar­keting to the business community to increase efficiency and productivity.

24 February

Collaborative School of Public Health

Accreditation is being sought for a school that combines College Park’s Master of Public Health Program (MPH) in its School of Public Health with UMB’s MPH Program at the School of Medicine.