Research

SOP Partners with CER Collaborative to Launch New Certificate Program

April 1, 2014

Continuing education courses will prepare pharmacists and other clinical decision makers to evaluate and use comparative effectiveness research studies to make more informed health care decisions and improve patient outcomes.

PATIENTS Program Engages Community Members at Local Health Fair

March 31, 2014

Program staff partnered with Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church to offer screenings and counseling for individuals affected by high blood pressure, diabetes, and HIV.

UMB Enters Five-Year, $6 Million Partnership with MedImmune

March 24, 2014

New collaboration will strengthen SOP’s existing relationship with biopharmaceutical powerhouse and drive novel bioscience research across the State of Maryland and beyond.

SOP Enters New Agreement with China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University

March 18, 2014

Schools will work together to facilitate joint educational, research, and scientific exchanges.

PHSR Seminar Shows Real Applications for Comparative Effectiveness Research

March 11, 2014

Representatives from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) speak with graduate students about the excitement and challenges surrounding this emerging field of research.

SOP Partners with PhRMA to Publish New Medication Adherence Chartbook

March 4, 2014

Improper use of and non-adherence to evidence-based medications remain leading causes of poor outcomes and increased health care costs for many Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, heart failure, and COPD.

CERSI-Sponsored Conference Brings “Big Data” Experts to UMB

February 25, 2014

Researchers from academia, government, and industry discuss how increasingly large, complex datasets can be harnessed to improve the drug development process.

SOP Researcher Named Associate Editor of Prestigious Medical Journal

February 21, 2014

New appointment will continue Dr. Peter Doshi’s work to build rich collaborations across the fields of health care, journalism, and law.

SOP Researcher Awarded Major Grant from National Institute on Aging

February 19, 2014

Dr. Linda Simoni-Wastila will use $421,000 grant to study COPD treatment in older adults with depression.

SOP Talent Competition Highlights Student Innovation in Regulatory Science

February 6, 2014

M-CERSI’s “America’s Got Regulatory Science Talent” judges award student first prize for new technology to combat worldwide counterfeit drug crisis.

New MS in Regulatory Science Program Welcomes Inaugural Class

February 4, 2014

New part-time, online graduate program designed for working professionals focuses on drug product development and regulation.

SOP Researcher’s Entrepreneurism Recognized with Phase I Innovation Grant

February 3, 2014

Bruce Yu, PhD, to lead investigation of novel, inexpensive method to detect protein aggregation in biopharmaceutical drugs.