New Cohort of Summer Interns Joins the UM-IHC
10 students from Maryland and beyond will work on projects in bioinformatics, AI, population health and more.
MathBio Summer Camp for High School Students
Camp is now full! Camp runs July 27-31 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily and registration is FREE! Campers will meet daily at the UM-IHC (6116 Executive Blvd, North Bethesda MD, 20852). The University of Maryland Institute for Health …
Student Spotlight: Pranav Kulkarni
The University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC) offers students at all levels opportunities to work with seasoned researchers and tap into the institute’s expertise and technologies. For this Student Spotlight, we asked Pranav Kulkarni about the research projects …
Student Spotlight: Lukas Herron
Herron is a biophysics Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and co-founder of Emergente, a startup focused on designing better RNA molecules.
International Delegation of SelectUSA Business Leaders Visits UMD
The visit, aimed at bringing foreign investment to the United States, included virtual reality demonstrations from the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing.
Forecasting the Storm of Cancer Progression
Through multidisciplinary partnerships and a bit of weather science, UM-IHC faculty member Elana Fertig, director of the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), aims to make cancer a predictable and manageable disease.
Repurposing Cancer Research to Defeat a Disfiguring Tropical Disease
A collaborative team from the University of Maryland and the Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM) in Colombia, is launching a sophisticated new strategy that borrows a page from modern oncology.
New Approach Allows Address-Level Assessments of Marylanders’ Proximity to Health Care and Hazards
Using GPS-Health and a rurality continuum, UM-IHC researchers provide a uniquely detailed map of resource access and health impacts.
Center for SUNSHINE to Host “Advancing Aging Resilience Through Research, Partnership, and Practice” Symposium
The inaugural annual symposium will take place on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in College Park, Md. and a virtual option is available.