About Us
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Global Health Resource Center (GHRC) is located in the Center for Vaccine Development (Room 355).
The purpose of the GHRC is to serve the UMB campus community by acting as a single point of reference in international health, linking the individual schools and coordinating GH information activities, education and events at UMB.
UMB has many international research programs in Africa, the Middle-East, South Asia, Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Latin America dispersed through all of its 6 schools (Medicine, Law, Dental, Nursing, Pharmacy and Social Work Schools) that address global health issues such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, cholera, malaria, schistosomiasis, cancer, tobacco control, injury prevention, disaster management, social policy, law, ethics, bio-terrorism and mental health.
Our overall goal is to provide a platform by which working researchers and students can interact to develop multidisciplinary research themes in global health. Towards that end, we are developing high quality and affordable multidisciplinary training programs in collaboration with the UMB schools giving existing students, faculty and working professionals the opportunity to pursue a global health career. Travel funding is available for students wishing to gain field experiences abroad (UMB GH Travel Awards). In addition, travel funding is also available for faculty, postdoctoral fellows or residents interested in starting projects with international partners.
Committee Members
- Carla S. Alexander, MD, School of Medicine
- David A. Bowman, MD, School of Medicine
- Maria Lin Eng, DrPH, MPH, School of Medicine
- Cyril O. Enwonwu, PhD, DDS, Dental School
- Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, School of Medicine
- Jeffrey V. Johnson, PhD, School of Nursing
- Miriam K. Laufer, MD, School of Medicine
- J. Edward Moreton, PhD, School of Pharmacy
- Nalini Negi, PhD, MSW, School of Social Work
- Howard A. Palley, PhD, School of Social Work
- Pinaki Panigrahi, MD, PhD, School of Medicine
- Christopher V. Plowe, MD, MPH, School of Medicine
- Virginia Rowthorn, JD, Law School
- Jordan E. Warnick, PhD, School of Medicine
- Ilene Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD, School of Pharmacy
This GHRC was made possible through funding from the Fogarty international Center at NIH (complete list of Framework Programs for Global Health Awardees), the UMB Office of the President and the UMB Foundation.