(0:55) Yen-Pei Christy Chang, PhD, MS, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is as passionate about developing the careers of faculty as she is educating the next generation of medical professionals.#Baltimore #Faculty

(0:44) This professor loves making connections with her graduate students through storytelling.Yen-Pei Christy Chang, PhD, MS is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Chang was honored with the Educator of the Year at the University of Maryland, Baltimore's 2023 Founders Week.#HigherEducation #GradSchool #HigherEd #Baltimore #Motivation #Positivity

(0:30) The Positive Schools Center works with Baltimore City Public Schools to create positive, supportive, and mindful learning communities where students and staff connect, develop, and grow using restorative practices.The PSC is a service of the University of Maryland School of Social Work.The PSC Director Shantay McKinily was honored for her work as Public Servant of the Year by the University of Maryland, Baltimore.#SocialWorker #BaltimoreCitySchools #Baltimore #RestorativeChange

(0:18) The Positive Schools Center works with Baltimore City Public Schools to create positive, supportive, and mindful learning communities where students and staff connect, develop, and grow using restorative practices.The PSC is a service of the University of Maryland School of Social Work. The Positive Schools Center partner with The Family League, and numerous other agencies.The PSC Director Shantay McKinily was honored for her work as Public Servant of the Year by the University of Maryland, Baltimore.#SocialWorker #BaltimoreCitySchools #Baltimore #RestorativeChange

(0:28) The Positive Schools Center works with Baltimore City Public Schools to create positive, supportive, and mindful learning communities where students and staff connect, develop, and grow using restorative practices.The PSC is a service of the University of Maryland School of Social Work.The PSC Director Shantay McKinily was honored for her work as Public Servant of the Year by the University of Maryland, Baltimore.#SocialWorker #BaltimoreCitySchools #Baltimore #RestorativeChange

(3:49) University of Maryland, Baltimore 2023 Student of the Year: Tural Mammadli, MSW, a PhD student and member of the Class of 2025 in the University of Maryland School of Social Work.After receiving his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2017, Tural Mammadli decided to steer his career in a different direction: social work. Six years later, he owns a master’s degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) and earns heaps of praise for the impact he’s making while pursuing a doctorate at the school.For three years, Mammadli was a member of the research team of Nalini Negi, PhD, MSW, associate professor, working on projects to build upon his research and skills. He’s now on the research team of Darren L. Whitfield, PhD, MSW, associate professor, focusing on projects aimed at improving the well-being of LGBTQ+ persons of color.As a research assistant, Mammadli has engaged in mixed-methods data analysis and co-authored papers on the health of minoritized communities including sexual and gender minority (SGM) persons, foreign-born populations, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the SGM community. He has studied the impact of immigration policies and experiences on the mental health and substance use of refugees and immigrants and evidence-based interventions to address their needs.#SocialWork #SocialWorker #LGBTQ #bipoc

(5:15) The 2023 University of Maryland, Baltimore Entrepreneurs of the Year are: • Jeffrey Hasday, MD, the Dr. Herbert Berger Professor of Medicine and Division Head, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and • Paul Shapiro, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Dean of Research and Advanced Graduate Studies in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.Hasday and Shapiro are co-inventors of technology that is focused on treatments for inflammatory diseases, including acute respiratory disease syndrome, or, ARDS, and has been licensed to GEn1E Lifesciences, a biotech company based in Silicon Valley.When they first met, Shapiro was working on developing novel drugs that target a class of enzymes called kinases — specifically ERK mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) that are important in cancer — that instruct cells to perform certain functions and are implicated in many diseases.Hasday ,was working on the role of a related enzyme called p38 MAPK in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a lung disease with high mortality and few available treatments.#ards #PharmacySchool #MedSchool

(3:32) Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, is the 2023 University of Maryland, Baltimore Researcher of the Year. Neuzeil is the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor of Vaccinology and Director, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.Neuzil had joined the center as director in 2015, leaving the global health nonprofit PATH in Seattle and succeeding Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH, who had co-founded CVD and been its leader since its inception in 1974.It was no surprise that Neuzil and her CVD colleagues stepped up to confront the pandemic in early 2020. CVD led several vaccine trials and coordinated with multiple research sites across the country in work that ultimately led to U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines.#vaccines #medschool #medicalresearch

(4:19) Yen-Pei Christy Chang, PhD, MS, is the 2023 University of Maryland, Baltimore Educator of the Year.Whether it’s teaching genetics to first-year PhD students, mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, or coaching junior faculty members on how to improve their writing skills, Chang leaves an impression on her audience.Chang’s lectures and presentations are not only enlightening, they also are engrossing and entertaining. Chang is an University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) associate professor. Chang holds appointments in three UMSOM departments: Medicine; Epidemiology and Public Health; and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.#medschool #Educators

(2:56) Thanks to Shantay McKinily, MS, Baltimore students have a voice, educators have the tools to transform their schools, and families have a resource in times of need.McKinily is director of the University of Maryland School of Social Work’s (UMSSW) Positive Schools Center (PSC), whose work is built on a strong racial justice understanding and equity focus, approaching school change through embedding restorative practices, trauma-responsive strategies, social-emotional learning, and community voice into schools’ routines, policies, and culture. Since leaving her role as a Baltimore principal to lead the center in 2017, McKinily has transformed it from a startup program into a nationally recognized educational innovation center.#RestorativeChange #SocialWork #education

(0:39) How does the University of Maryland, Baltimore recycle so much? Thanks to the new UMB Recycling Center, UMB can help achieve its commitment to sustainability.#Recycling #highereducation #GreenBuilding

(1:27) The University of Maryland, Baltimore has a new Recycling Center, which is the home for all the recyclable materials on UMB's campus. Materials that are collected all throughout campus are brought here for sorting, baling and then eventually pick up from several external vendors that then take them to other locations.The University of Maryland, Baltimore Office of Sustainability hosted an open house during Sustainability Month in October to tour the new Recycling Center.

(2:55) The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) continues to beautify its campus with the artwork of its students, employees, alumni, retirees, and community members through the installation of the latest outdoor gallery inspired by 1807: An Art & Literary Journal.Arch Gallery, located on the west side of UMB’s Pearl Street Garage adjacent to Arch Street, features artwork from the third issue of 1807, published in autumn 2021.#Murals #Baltimore #publicart

(39:46) University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell will moderate a fireside chat with Gov. Wes Moore and Biotechnology Innovation Organization CEO Rachel King at the University of Maryland BioPark on Maryland's Life Sciences industry

(2:00) Lexington Market Day, a collaboration among the historic market, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), provided a way for the West Baltimore neighborhood to get to know the community services and programs that both UMB and UMMC provide.Lexington Market Day, held Sept. 19, 2023, was created as an opportunity to bring information and resources not just to the University of Maryland communities, but also to the Baltimore community at large.Learn More: https://www.umaryland.edu/news/archived-news/october-2023/making-connections-building-community-at-lexington-market.php#LexingtonMarket #Baltimore #UMB

(0:32) Amazing things can happen when lived experience is combined with research.Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shares what changed her career forever to focus on health disparities and health care equity.

(0:48) Take the time to get to know someone's story. It could save their life.Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shares what changed her career forever to focus on health disparities and health care equity.#healthcare #health

(0:35) Living in a tent at 11 years old, this professor empathizes with homeless patients.Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shares what changed her career forever to focus on health disparities and health care equity.#homelessness #healthcare #baltimore

(0:45) Having a teacher and guidance counselor hear her story in high school changed the trajectory for Laundette Jones.Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shares what changed her career forever to focus on health disparities and health care equity.#Education #lifechanging

(0:53) Experiencing homelessness as a teenager in Maryland, Laundette Jones recognized the health care barriers her mom faced when she died.Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shares what changed her career forever to focus on health disparities and health care equity.