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University of Maryland, Baltimore Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, joined officials from Montgomery County Government, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), and state and federal leaders on July 29, 2024, celebrating a memorandum of understanding and federal funding for developing a building and space that will not only house the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, but a new north entrance for the North Bethesda Metro stop.The University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing opened in 2024 in temporary office and lab space in North Bethesda near its future permanent home. The Institute is a strategic initiative that aims to improve well-being, quality of life, diminish disease, and enhance health outcomes for all citizens of Maryland and beyond.The UM-IHC is a partnership between the University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park, as well as the University of Maryland Medical System under the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State.Learn more about the UM-IHC: https://mpower.maryland.edu/initiatives/13449/
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