What a great day for science! is a wonderful celebration of one of the most important things we do here: the pursuit of scientific discovery. This year’s Research Day hosted 524 participants – a new record – presenting their research via posters and oral presentations.
Our participants included students across all four of our ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health colleges as well as ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬â€™s Honors College and the colleges of Engineering, Education, Behavioral & Community Services and Arts & Sciences. Faculty presented research as well.
What a wonderful way to demonstrate that we can all learn from each other, no matter what our academic disciplines, or where we are in our academic journey.
We live in challenging times for science when misinformation spreads faster than empirically derived scientific knowledge. Those challenges make such events as Research Day even more important.
When we gather to learn from each other, we celebrate both a fierce scientific curiosity and a humble recognition that there is always more to learn and much we do not know.
Both attributes will help us restore trust in science.
To learn more about Research Day, click here.
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Friday marked another record-setting ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health Research Day, thanks to Dr. Stephen Liggett, our senior AVP of Research, who has led this event for nine incredibly successful years.
Dr. Liggett is highly respected for his work studying the molecular and genetic basis of signaling by G-protein coupled receptors — receptors which represent the targets for about half of all prescribed drugs. His work has been continuously funded for over 25 years by the NIH and he holds 15 patents.
Despite — or perhaps because of — the success of his own research work, Dr. Liggett has been a passionate advocate for training the next generation of research scientists, as well as reminding us all that we must keep pushing forward to the next frontier of research discovery.
It was my privilege to recognize Dr. Liggett at this year’s Research Day in recognition for his outstanding leadership and dedication to making this event such an important part of ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health’s education and culture.
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Thank you to Jacques Ravel, PhD, for presenting such an engaging and interesting keynote speech at ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health Research Day! Dr. Ravel is director of the Center for Advanced Microbiome Research and Innovation at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
He has spent the last 20 years developing a research program focused on applying modern genomics techniques and ecological principles to studying the role and dynamics of the vaginal microbiome in women’s health.
👉Learn more about Dr. Ravel’s work
— Video by Ryan Rossy, ÊÖ»ú¿´Æ¬ Health Communications