OpenFieldUMB · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is Maryland's premier public health, law, and human services university, established in 1807 in downtown Baltimore. Home to the nation's fifth oldest medical school, UMB is an elite biomedical powerhouse driving over $650 million in annual research, clinical breakthroughs, and public health policy.
UMB comprises six professional schools—Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Social Work—alongside an interdisciplinary Graduate School. The campus is adjacent to the University of Maryland Medical Center and operates the Institute of Human Virology (IHV), the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), and the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS).
Admissions are highly selective and administered through individual professional schools. Doctoral biomedical applicants require strong undergraduate STEM preparation, minimum 3.2 GPA, laboratory research credentials, letters of recommendation, and English proficiency (TOEFL 90+ or IELTS 7.0+).
Elite biomedical doctorate at the School of Medicine focusing on oncogenesis, vascular signaling cascades, targeted therapeutics, and stem cell biology at the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Nationally recognized graduate training in comparative drug effectiveness, health economics, pharmaceutical policy regulation, and real-world clinical evidence analytics at the School of Pharmacy.
Top-ranked School of Nursing doctoral curriculum advancing clinical intervention trials, biobehavioral mechanisms of pain, gerontological care, and health equity in urban communities.
Comprehensive forensic pathology and trauma analysis training in collaboration with the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, covering toxicology, DNA evidence, and courtroom testimony.
Distinguished social policy doctorate focusing on community intervention models, substance abuse recovery, child mental health systems, and urban social justice initiatives.
Molecular biophysics and chemical biology training utilizing cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and X-ray crystallography to dissect viral entry mechanisms.
Director & Professor of Medicine
Institute of Human Virology
Dr. Gallo is renowned for co-discovering HIV as the cause of AIDS, developing the HIV blood test, and advancing therapeutic vaccines and innate antiviral cytoki...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Medicine & Microbiology
Institute for Genome Sciences
Dr. Fraser is a pioneer in microbial genomics and metagenomics, investigating human gut microbiome dynamics, infectious pathogens, and comparative genomic evolu...
View researcher profile ↗Professor & Chair of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
Dr. Mullins directs the PATIENTS Program, focusing on patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), community-engaged health equity trials, and pharmacoeconomic mo...
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