Advocating for Medical Research Funding

In October, I joined other academic medicine leaders at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to thank the Obama Administration, Congress and the American taxpayers for the much-needed $10.4 billion in medical research funding included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

What's on My Mind - October 2009

What’s on my mind this month is the continuing economic climate and its effect on School of Medicine faculty, staff and students.

What's on My Mind - September 2009

What’s on my mind this month is our tremendous leadership in science and medicine, as evidenced by a number of discoveries and innovations by our faculty, making us “first” in many areas.

What's on My Mind - June 2009

What’s on my mind this month is the importance of keeping our patients within the University of Maryland family by referring them to each other within the various practice groups.

What's on My Mind - April 2009

What’s on my mind this month is the human embryonic stem cell research. In the near future, President Barack Obama is widely expected to lift the ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, which has been in place since 2001 and has limited federal funding to only 21 existing lines.