Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, first became fascinated with the placebo effect and pain management when she was in medical school.“I was captivated by the brain’s functions, especially how little we know about its role in healing and how it influences the perception of pain-related symptoms,” said Colloca, professor, Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), and University of Maryland MPower professor.Colloca is an international expert in the fields of placebo effect and nocebo effect — the opposite of the placebo effect in which instead of having a positive response, patients have negative outcomes to treatments that cannot be explained by the treatments’ pharmacologic effects — and mechanisms of pain modulation. She has secured multiple National Institutes of Health awards, including several R01 grants and an R21 grant. For her pioneering work, Colloca has been named the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) 2024 Founders Week Researcher of the Year.Learn more: https://www.umaryland.edu/founders/founders-week-award-winners/researcher-of-the-year/

Joga Gobburu, PhD, MBA, MSc, is a trailblazer in the field of translational medicine, which integrates knowledge across experiments and clinical trials to lay the groundwork for strategic decisions on drug regulation and/or drug development and precision medicine.In recent years, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) professor has compounded his impact with entrepreneurial pursuits, co-founding two companies, PumasAI, Inc., and VivPro Corporation, that support pharmaceutical scientists, health care providers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory agencies.Recognizing his innovations and success, Gobburu has been named the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) 2024 Founders Week David J. Ramsay Entrepreneur of the Year.Learn more: https://www.umaryland.edu/founders/founders-week-award-winners/david-j-ramsay-entrepreneur-of-the-year/

The University of Maryland School of Social Work broke ground on its new $120 million home at 600 W. Lexington Street during an Oct. 17, 2024, ceremony. Construction will begin in December 2024, with a completion date of late summer 2027.Speakers included:• Judy Postmus, Dean, University of Maryland School of Social Work• Bruce Jarrell, President, University of Maryland Baltimore• Brooke Lierman Maryland State Comptroller• Antonio L. Hayes, Maryland State Senator, District 40• The Rev. Karen Brown, Family Support Network Director• Courtney Fullwood, MSW Student, Class of 2025 Learn more: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/october-2024/umssws-new-building-catalyst-for-social-work-campus.php

University of Maryland School of Social Work students share their stories of why they want to become a social worker to help celebrate the next era of the school's history as it breaks ground on a new building on Oct. 17, 2024.Learn more at: https://www.umaryland.edu/designandconstruction/capital-projects/projects/school-of-social-work-building-project/

The University of Maryland, Baltimore's Office of Community and Civic Engagement celebrates 10 years of service in 2024. Originally the Office of Community Engagement, the office has been renamed this year to reflect its commitment to both community and civic engagement.

For Campus Sustainability Month, we're going behind the scenes with the University of Maryland, Baltimore Office of Sustainability and Design and Construction to view the eco-friendly features of buildings at UMB.Recently retired University Architect Anthony Consoli, AIA, LEED AP, leads us on a tour of:Sixth Floor Greenwall in Design and Construction (00:32) Design and Construction Office Neighborhood (01:58) Arch Street Pedestrian Walkway (03:17) Health Sciences Research Facility 3 (04:09) HSRF 3 Bee Hives (05:12) Health Sciences Research Facility 2 Pollinator Garden (05:33) Louisa Parsons Memorial Garden (06:06) Pascault Row Native Plants (07:00)

A final hybrid town hall was hosted on May 2, 2024, to present a design preview of the new University of Maryland School of Social Work building. The project is expected to break ground in October 2024.Learn more at https://www.umaryland.edu/designandconstruction/capital-projects/projects/school-of-social-work-building-project/

Recognize the humanity in people, and don't define them by their disabilities.Sydnee Chavis, DMD, MS, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, shares a story about growing up with her older sister, Brandy, who has cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities, and how she didn’t perceive her as different until the family was out to dinner one night.

Experts need integrity and benevolence above all else to gain public trust.Andrew Coop, PhD, MA, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and associate dean for Graduate Programs in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, shared those words during the third annual Faculty Convocation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.Dr. Coop has been a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy since 1999, serving as chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC) from 2007 to 2015. In addition to his current role as UMSOP’s associate dean for graduate programs, he previously served as the school’s associate dean for academic affairs from 2016 to 2024 and as PSC’s vice chair of academic affairs from 2006 to 2007.Dr. Coop has received funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse for his research on opioids, stimulants, and depressants, all of which were interdisciplinary projects concerned with the design and development of novel tools to allow pharmacological study of the biological systems involved in the abuse of these drugs.

With the power of augmented reality, University of Maryland School of Graduate Studies physician assistant students are seeing real-time anatomy and symptoms up close, and take control of their @UMBaltimore medical education like never before.This is the HaloCamera, which is a volumetric capture studio at @UofMaryland that uses 300 cameras and AI-powered data to create lifelike 3D simulations, helping medical students and professionals experience patient care in an entirely new way. #MPowerMD #MedicalEducation #Innovation #AR #VR