Jeremie Oliver Piña foresees a future for himself as “a surgeon innovator” specializing in cleft care and prevention.
Innovation and Discovery
Good Taste: Pharmacists Develop List to Help Kids Take and Tolerate Their Medicine
The Ew Meds List is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to the worst-tasting liquid medicines, along with proven strategies to make them taste better.
Wake-Up Call: Improving Sleep Isn’t Enough as Researchers Highlight Daytime Function as Key to Assessing Insomnia Treatments
The School of Medicine study sought to determine how well treatments improve daytime functioning.
Innovation and Discovery Archives
Building Safer Health Systems: UMSOM’s McDiarmid and Gaitens Make Global Impact in The Gambia
They helped develop a policy that provides a blueprint for protecting health care workers from occupational hazards.
Game-Changer for Patients: UMB Researcher Developing Rapid, Low-Cost Test for Breast Cancer Subtyping
The test developed by Clement Adebamowo will help oncologists prescribe targeted therapy for patients.
Taking Flight: UMB’s NEST-Peru Project Strengthens Child Development Screenings
The tool has been reshaped to address conditions that are more prevalent in the region.
HIV and Mental Health: School of Nursing Brings Care to Patients in Nigeria Through BRAVE Project
The project has built on already established medical partnerships in Nigeria, working with roughly a dozen clinics.
Safeguarding Global Research: In Face of Funding Cuts, School of Medicine Launches Global Health Alliance
The alliance is designed to connect and elevate the work of faculty who are tackling some of the world’s most urgent health challenges.
Meet UMB’s Researcher of the Year
Kirsten Lyke’s expertise focuses on infectious diseases, in particular malaria and dengue vaccine and immunology.











