Where Dentistry Cut Its Teeth
The profession was conceived and launched in Baltimore, where visionaries who understood the importance of oral health founded the world’s first dental college and transformed U.S. health care.
Planting the Seeds of Change, Nursing Pioneers Expanded Opportunity and Improved Lives
Esther McCready and Shirley Nathan-Pulliam etched their names into the history books and into UMSON’s building by advancing educational equality and adding nursing perspective to public policy.
Transforming Addiction Treatment Through Research, Innovation, and Access
The School of Medicine has helped flip the script on addiction by viewing it as a medical rather than moral issue and working to ground treatment in science, compassion, and comprehensive care.
How the School of Pharmacy Helped Modernize the Drug Approval Process
From research to regulation, UMSOP works to influence national drug policy, improve public health, and support the Food and Drug Administration, one of the USA’s most critical scientific institutions.
The Hospitals That Crossed an Ocean to Answer the Nation’s Call
During World War I and World War II, Baltimore medical schools and teaching hospitals worked to organize medical units that could quickly care for wounded soldiers.
How the Civil War Changed Medicine and Shaped the University’s Future
The conflict’s deadliest combatants were the infectious diseases that swiftly swept through military camps, causing about two-thirds of the war’s deaths but transforming the practice of medicine.
From Davidge Hall to the Frontiers of Discovery
In 1812, a remarkable building rose on the western edge of Baltimore: the home of the College of Medicine of Maryland. More than two centuries later, the vision of its founders continues to shape UMB.
Advancing the American Story at Our University
Through discovery, advocacy, research, and service, UMB has helped the United States meet some of its greatest challenges over the past two centuries.
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