Do provisional licenses reduce teen driving risks?University of Maryland, Baltimore researchers are evaluating how policy impacts crash rates among young drivers — with support from NHTSA.#TeenDrivers #TrafficSafety #NHTSA #ProvisionalLicense #RoadSafety #BreakthroughsCantWaitUMB

Every year, thousands of young lives are lost on U.S. roads.For Kerri McGowan Lowrey, JD, MPH, that’s not just a statistic. It’s also a public health crisis that calls for data-driven solutions.As deputy director of the Network for Public Health Law’s Eastern Region office at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Lowrey partnered with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to examine how driver licensing laws impact teen safety. Her team applied a method known as legal epidemiology — quantifying laws so researchers can evaluate their real-world effects on health and safety.Learn more at https://www.umaryland.edu/breakthroughs

Only 2% of cancer drugs can reach the brain — but that could change.At UMB, researchers use focused ultrasound before and after brain tumor surgery to open the blood-brain barrier, helping chemo reach where it couldn’t before.Supported by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, both within the NIH.#CancerResearch #BrainTumor #NIH #FocusedUltrasound #NCI #NINDS #BreakthroughsCantWaitUMB

At the University of Maryland, Baltimore, researchers are breaking through one of medicine’s greatest challenges: safely opening the blood-brain barrier to deliver therapies.This breakthrough — supported by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the NIH — could transform treatment for brain tumors and neurological diseases.#BrainResearch #BloodBrainBarrier #NIH #NCI #NINDS #MedicalBreakthrough #BreakthroughsCantWaitUMB

Can we treat brain tumors with ultrasound waves?Researchers at the University of Maryland are making it possible — with a new drug delivery method that targets brain tumors directly.This research is supported by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, both part of the NIH.#BrainTumor #CancerResearch #NIH #NCI #NINDS #MedicalBreakthrough