UM School of Medicine Researchers Receive Federal Funding to Rapidly Test New Treatments for COVID-19

Researchers at UM SOM will be partnering on an agreement funded by the federal government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to rapidly test hundreds of drugs, approved and marketed for other conditions, to see whether any can be repurposed to prevent or treat COVID-19......

UM Funds Cross-Campus, Joint Medicine & AI Research

UMB and UMD are funding new cross-campus research projects as part of a new joint program....

University of Maryland School of Medicine Launches New Large Scale COVID-19 Testing Initiative

The new initiative will be launched with strong support and collaboration from the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and its President.....

Researchers Develop First Catalog of Genes that Comprise Community of Microbes in Vaginal Microhome

UMSOM's IGS researchers have created.....

IGS Researchers Discover Potential New Treatment for Tropical Parasitic Disease Using Genomics

Using innovative RNA sequencing techniques.....

IGS Scientist Receives NIH Genomic Innovator Award

NHGRI announced that Timothy O'Connor, PhD, will be one of six recipients of the new NIH Genomic Innovator Awards....

Burnet Institute-led women’s health research project wins MRFF Frontier funding

IGS scientists in collaboration with Burnet scientists have led a women's health research project....

The Human Microbiome Project Expands the Toolbox....

for studying the host and microbiome interactions

Dr. Fraser Named President Elect for AAAS

a short video about priorities with the public

Bacteria and Immunity in the Cervix May be Key to Predicting Premature Birth

YouTube interview....