UM SOM: Mucosal Biology Research Center (MBRC)

Clinical & Translational Research

The MBRC supports active translational research programs that extend our basic research in gastrointestinal and pulmonary diseases into the clinical arena. These programs include:

• The Center for Celiac Research houses a comprehensive multidisciplinary program covering clinical care, support services, education, and scientific research relating to celiac disease;

• University of Maryland Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Program, a multi-disciplinary practice with specialists in gastroenterology, general surgery, radiology and support services dedicated to accurately diagnosing and managing IBD and increasing patients’ quality of life and conducting research and clinical trials to improve the treatment and care of IBD patients;

• Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis Study Group, which studies the mechanisms and treatment of interstitial lung diseases;

• Combined Critical Care Clinical Research Consortium, which coordinates research in the 140 critical care beds at the University of Maryland Medical Center, the Baltimore Veterans Administration Hospital, and the world-renowned R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center;

• COPD Clnical Network, which performs multicenter clinical trials on various aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease pathogenesis and treatment;

• ARDSNet, a network that performs multicenter clinical trials on ARDS, including the paradigm-shifting study on low tidal volume ventilation in patients with ARDS;

• University of Maryland Airway Research Center, which designs and tests therapeutic inhaled delivery devices for clinical trials of treatment for asthma and COPD;

• University of Maryland Genomics Core Facility, which supports the genetic analysis of patients with airways diseases using approaches that target candidate genes as well as those that use a genome-wide approach;

• University of Maryland General Clinical Research Center, which offers nursing and ancillary services for inpatients and outpatients, as well as core services in biostatistics, bioinformatics, and nutrition.

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