March 2020 Newsletter

All UMB faculty are eligible to take their interest in curricular internationalization to the next level by applying to become a GLOBALtimore Teaching Fellow.

The University of Maryland Graduate School is excited to announce the 12-credit Certificate in Global Health Innovation launching this Fall. The first 10 applicants will receive a $7,000 scholarship towards their tuition costs.

Register today for "Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Team-Taught Courses with an International Partner" presented by Dr. Caroline Burry, UMB School of Social Work, and Bill Piermattei, JD, UMB School of Law.

Samba Sow, MD, MSc, FASTMH, Director General of the Center for Vaccine Development in Mali, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was appointed by the World Health Organization to serve as a special envoy on issues related to coronavirus COVID-19.

Devang M. Patel, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, was selected as a UMSOM 2020 Fellow of the Academy of Educational Excellence.

Over the past year, at least seven children have died from diseases including influenza while being detained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection agency.

The Global Enteric Multicenter Study is the largest, most comprehensive study of childhood diarrheal diseases ever conducted in developing country settings. Now, researchers at the UM School of Medicine found that even milder cases of diarrheal diseases can lead to death in young children.

With the world's highest rate of lethal gun violence, the Americans are in the midst of an unmitigated public health crisis. But activists, medical professionals, human rights workers, and policy experts are working together to stop this bloodshed and the vectors that make it happen.

Global health is an ever-changing field. Take this opportunity to ask leaders in this space questions about how to advance your career in global health and international development.

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will host three regional scientific symposia this year celebrating 50 years since the founding of the Institute of Medicine (now NAM).

Your experience and guidance about studying at UMB will be invaluable to incoming international students.

All UMB faculty, staff and students traveling internationally on UMB business or programs are required to register their international travel itineraries and emergency contact information in the UMB International SOS travel registry.