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Graduate Program In Life Sciences (GPILS)
Graduate Program In Life Sciences (GPILS)

Graduate Program In Life Sciences (GPILS)

The Graduate Program in Life Sciences (GPILS) offers cutting-edge translational research training in basic, biomedical, clinical, and population sciences. We offer seven PhD granting graduate programs and three MS-level programs.

Our graduate programs cover the entire range of biomedical research and life sciences including the basics of protein structure and molecular biology, integrative systems physiology, virology, vaccine development, behavior, cognition, population-based genetics, and the impact of the environment on human health.

News

November 13, 2024

Exposure to Marijuana in the Womb May Increase Risk of Addiction to Opioids Later in Life, Study Finds (Dr. Joseph Cheer)

October 22, 2024

UM School of Medicine's Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine

September 17, 2024

UM School of Medicine Aims to Accelerate Basic Science Research and Advance Drug Therapies with Newly-Created Department

August 8, 2024

Kathryn Barry, PhD, MPH, (Epidemiology & Public Health) discusses how living in disadvantaged neighborhoods can increase risk of prostate cancer.

August 2, 2024

Jessica Mong, PhD, (Pharmacology) discusses why women need more sleep than men.

June 1, 2024

Todd Gould, MD, (Psychiatry) comments on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics for treatment-resistant mental health conditions.

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University of Maryland School of Medicine, Graduate Program in Life Sciences
655 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Email: GPILS-Info@som.umaryland.edu

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Student Spotlight

Meet Matthew Eason

Photo: Matthew Eason, second from left, is presented an award certificate by, from left, Phil Robilotto, Nancy Cowger, Jeff Purnell, Robert McCarthy, JD, PhD, and Rana Quraishi, PhD

Matthew was awarded second prize at the 2024 Graduate Translational Research Award for his project on how to utilize the protein obscurin to construct a new and effective therapy that inhibits metastatic spread of breast cancer tumors.

Matthew is an MD/PhD student in the Molecular Medicine program and conducts his research in Dr. Katia Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos's lab.

Learn more about Matthew's achievements in The Elm.

Dissertation Defenses

More to come in 2025!

Led by Jessica A. Mong, PhD

Jessica Mong, PhD is wearing a green blazer with a white blouse under it. She has shoulder length blonde hair and is smiling.

(she/her/hers)
Assistant Dean for Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
685 West Baltimore St, HSF I 580-I
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-4295
jmong@som.umaryland.edu