About Us

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Global Health Resource Center (GHRC) is located in the International Health Division in the Department of Epidemiology and Medicine (Howard Hall, Room 100B).

The purpose of the GHRC is to serve the UMB campus community by acting as a single point of reference in international and global health, linking to the individual schools and coordinating GH information activities 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 and working professionals the opportunity to pursue a global health career. Tr avel funding is available for students wishing to gain field experiences abroad (UMB GH Travel Fellowship Awards). In addition, travel funding is also available for faculty, postdoctoral fellows or residents interested in starting projects with international partners (UMB GH Travel Awards).

If you have questions about the GHRC or would like to offer suggestions please feel free to contact the Program Director, Dr. Hala Azzam at hazzam@epi.umaryland.edu or (410) 706 2079.

This GHRC was made possible through funding from the Fogarty international Center at NIH http://www.fic.nih.gov.  For a complete list of Framework Programs for Global Health Awardees, click here.