UMSOM Media Highlights (09-18-23)

Cardiovascular Health

A new study by UMSOM Dean Mark Gladwin, MD, and Anthony DeMartino, PhD (Medicine) on nitric oxide and its potential for therapeutic uses is featured in media and science publications.

Back to School/Sleep Schedule

Emerson Wickwire, PhD, (Psychiatry) discusses the importance of getting back to a regular sleep schedule with the end of summer.

Richard Lichtenstein, MD, (Pediatrics) is interviewed about shopping for rolling backpacks as kids head back to school.

Ashley Martin, MD, (Pediatrics) provides advice to parents on getting their kids back on a normal sleep and morning routine for school.

14-year old Cancer Researcher

Tonya Webb, PhD, (Microbiology and Immunology) appears in multiple media outlets discussing a teen prodigy who engaged in ovarian cancer research in her lab as part of the American Cancer Society's diversity in STEM internship program.

Skin Cancer (Jimmy Buffett) and

Peptic Ulcer Disease (Bruce Springsteen)

Zaineb Makhzoumi, MD, (Dermatology) discusses the rare form of skin cancer that caused Jimmy Buffett's death.

Eric Goldberg, MD, (Medicine) explains peptic ulcer disease pegged to Bruce Springsteen's announcement that his condition would delay his concerts.

Addiction/Mental Health

Sharon Hoover, PhD, (Psychiatry) is quoted on the national shortage of school mental health staff.

Eric Weintraub, MD, (Psychiatry) is interviewed on rising rate of overdose deaths due to fentanyl mixed with stimulants.

Xenotransplantation

Muhammad Mohiuddin, MD, provided comments on xenotransplant studies in brain dead patients and what it means for the field.

COVID-19

Saskia Popescu, PhD, (Epidemiology & Public Health) is quoted on the possibility of hospitals reinstating masking requirements as COVID cases rise.

Matthew Frieman, PhD, (Microbiology and Immunology) discusses the new COVID variants.

Greg Schrank, MD, (Medicine) is quoted about a rise in COVID cases.

CVD’s Matt Laurens, MD, (Pediatrics) debunks a myth about COVID vaccines causing immunodeficiency.

CVD’s Matt Laurens, MD, (Pediatrics) comments on the new COVID boosters and who should get them this fall.

Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality

Adam Puche, PhD, (Neurobiology) and Sarah Murthi, MD, (Surgery) were featured in an interactive article about using virtual reality tools for training purposes.

Daniel Morgan, MD, (Epidemiology & Public Health) discusses his New England Journal of Medicine perspective piece on the need to educate physicians on the use of AI in medicine.

Women's Health

Samantha Latorre, MD, (Psychiatry) comments on a new treatment for postpartum depression, the first pill ever approved by the FDA for that indication.

Doee Kitessa, MD, (Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences), provides important information on maternal health disparities and importance of educating the next generation of ob/gyns.

Malaria in Maryland, Extreme Heat,

Sports injuries, and Camp Open Arms

CVD's Miriam Laufer, MD, (Pediatrics), discusses locally acquired malaria cases in Maryland.

Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD (Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS)) comments on the lethal strain of malaria contracted in Maryland.

Omer Awan, MD, (Radiology) discusses risks of extreme heat and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Gary Schwartzbauer, MD, PhD, (Neurosurgery) discusses a new report showing evidence of CTE (brain disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries) in football players who had died young.

Joshua Abzug, MD, (Orthopedics) is interviewed on Camp Open Arms, a summer camp he helps run for kids with limb differences.

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