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With primary care expected to play a key role in national health care reform, the University of Maryland School of Medicine will be using a five-year, $877,000 grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop a program aimed at increasing the number of medical students who choose primary care specialties.

An international conference on gluten sensitivity co-chaired by the director of the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Celiac Research has resulted in the publication of new classification language for related conditions, which may serve as a guide to improve the diagnosis and treatment of gluten-related disorders.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM ) held its fifth annual Celebrating Diversity reception and dinner on Saturday, February 4, 2012. The event was attended by over 200 guests, who gathered to honor the strides made in diversity at the School of Medicine and to raise money for the Dean Emeritus Donald E. Wilson Endowed Scholarship fund and other UMSOM diversity scholarships that provide financial assistance to minority students.

In face-to-face meetings with lawmakers, students discussed loan repayment assistance programs, funding for scholarships and infrastructure projects, the problem of physician shortages, and the positive impact the School of Medicine’s research success has had on state revenue.

University of Maryland President Jay Perman, MD, announced today that Bruce Jarrell, MD, FACS, has been named Chief Academic and Research Officer (CARO) and Senior Vice President. Dr. Jarrell will also be Dean of the Graduate School.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine and its Department of Psychiatry have created a center to accelerate the development of new methods to improve the mental health treatment of underserved youth with mental illness.

Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in the last six years, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Dr. Brodie, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, is again being recognized for her groundbreaking cancer research.

Dean E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., has appointed Anthony F. Lehman, M.D., M.S.P.H., as the new senior associate dean for clinical affairs.

More than 100 guests crowded the HSF II lobby to honor the man who has been teacher, mentor, colleague and doctor to so many.