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#TrafficSafety #DriverPolicy #NHTSA #PublicHealth #SmartDriving #BreakthroughsCantWaitUMB

Smarter drivers make safer roads.Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore are helping improve how drivers learn — using data, technology, and behavioral science.This research at Maryland Carey Law is supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).#RoadSafety #DriverTraining #NHTSA #TrafficSafety #BehavioralScience #BreakthroughsCantWaitUMB

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

Dr. Graeme Woodworth is opening the door to a promising new treatment for aggressive malignant brain cancer.Focused ultrasound activating bubbles in the blood allow targeted chemotherapy to cross the blood-brain barrier.Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, FACS, chief of neurosurgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Howard M. Eisenberg, MD Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is advancing the treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and deadly primary brain cancer in adults. More than 14,000 Americans are diagnosed with glioblastoma each year. Patients typically survive only 12 to18 months after a diagnosis because the cancer quickly spreads throughout the brain.His research is funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, both within the National Institutes of Health.Learn more: https://www.umaryland.edul/breakthroughs#CancerResearch #braincancer #nihresearch #NIH #NINDS #medicalbreakthrough