Global News and Events
Student Center for Global Education grand opening ribbon "tying" ceremony
Link to UM News article (4/6/12)
Link to photos and video
Speaker: Conducting Qualitative Public Health Research in the Developing World
Download flyer (jpg) Dr. Michelle Kaufman - JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Kaufman spoke about real world research methods, stories, and insights applicable to a wide range of health research, including her qualitative and mixed methods health behavior work in HIV risk, second hand smoke, and malaria prevention in Tanzania, South Africa, Indonesia, Nepal, and the U.S. (3/30/12)
Social Work Students Help Provide Drinking Water for El Salvador Community
Link to the VOICE Article (March 2012)
Special Presentation from Aga Khan University professor on Gender-based Violence
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Dr. Rozina Karmaliani, Ph.D., MScN, MPH, BScN, RM, RN - Associate Professor and Interim Dean of School of Nursing, Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi, Pakistan - made a presentation on "Gender Based Violence: Contributing Factors and New Interventions". Dr. Karmaliani's research encompasses Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East. (3/8/12)
University Takes its Global Medical Brigade to Panama
Link to UM News Article (2/2/12)
Link to VOICE Article (March 2012)
Malawi - Going Far to Get Closer, Maryland Magazine (2012) Article (PDF, 4 MB)
Read more about UM's interdisciplinary student trip to Malawi of summer 2011
University of Maryland School of Medicine Scientists Identify First Promising Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine. Dr. Christopher Plowe and colleagues from the Center for Vaccine Development in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bamako, Mali have published an article, "A Field Trial to Assess a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine," (n engl j med 365;11)
Link to UM News Article (9/14/11)
Global Health Initiatives and the School of Law present "AIDS Stigma - the Personal and the Political". A public lecture featured Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, one of the most prominent jurists and human rights activists in the world, and the first Distinguished Visitor to the School of Law during the 2011-12 academic year. Opening remarks were presented by Joseph O'Neill, MD, MS, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Director, Global Health Initiatives.
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Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa to visit UM Carey Law
Link to Law School News Article (September 12-13, 2011)
UMSOD Joins Forces with Chinese Dental College. The UMSOD has formed a partnership with the West China College of Stomatology.
Link to School of Dentistry News Article (8/17/11)
Summer interdisciplinary research project in Malawi
Link to UM News Article: Students and Faculty from Summer Interdisciplinary Research Project in Malawi are Reunited (9/12/11)
Link to VOICE Article: Students Spend Six Weeks in Malawi on Interdisciplinary Study of Malaria Treatment (September 2011)
Link to UM News Article: UM Interdisciplinary Students Give Mid-term Report on Malawi Research Project (8/1/11)
Link to UM News Article: UM Students En Route to Africa for Six-Week Interdisciplinary Study of Malaria Treatment (6/28/11)
Students Bring Dental Care to Rural Honduras
Link to Dental School News Article (7/7/11)
Link to VOICE Article (March 2011)
Symposium on gender violence features guest speaker from South Africa
On June 29, 2011, the featured speaker for the symposium "Secret Killer in HIV: Gender Violence" was Kate Joyner, DPhil, MSocSci, Mental health lecturer, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, with moderator Jody Olsen, PhD, MSW, Visiting professor, School of Social Work, Former acting director, Peace Corps
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Link to UM News article, entitled "University Forges 'Team Approach' Model for Gender Violence and HIV/AIDS" (7/6/11)
Delegation from the University of Nairobi (Kenya) visits the University of Maryland - May 2011
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UM News Article, "University's Professional Schools Team up With Kenyans on NIH Initiative" (5/19/11)
Maryland Magazine 2011 article: Placing UM Front and Center on the World Stage (PDF, 4.3 MB)
Link to the Maryland Magazine
University of Maryland Medicine Bulletin Fall 2010 article: Global Health - Making A Difference (PDF, 1.1 MB)
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