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.
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March 31, 2023
Traumatic Brain Injury Interferes with Immune System Cells’ Recycling Process in Brain Cells
February 22, 2023
The Molecular Mechanism Behind Abdominal Aneurysms
January 24, 2023
Special Vascular Cells Adjust Blood Flow in Brain Capillaries Based on Local Energy Needs
January 6, 2023
UM School of Medicine Scientists Create First Extensive Brain Cell Data Repository
December 22, 2022
A Three-Dose Malaria Vaccine Shows Safety, Efficacy in West African Adults
December 12, 2022
November 14, 2002
Brain Area Thought to Impart Consciousness, Behaves Instead Like an Internet Router
October 31, 2022
NCI Grants Awarded to IHV to Prevent Cancer and Improve Screening in Sub-Saharan Africa
August 30, 2022
Effects of Drugs in Mice can Depend on the Sex of the Human Experimenter
August 2, 2022
Gene Mutations from Patients with Debilitating Seizure and Movement Disorder Created in Mice
July 28, 2022
Researchers Discover One of the Largest Known Bacteria-to-Animal Gene Transfer Inside a Fruit Fly
June 23, 2022
May 31, 2022
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Student Awards and Honors
- MS Scholar Award
- PhD Thesis Project Award
- PhD Scholar Award
- Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence in Research Award
- Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence in Service Award
- Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence in Mentorship Award
- Faculty Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentorship Award
- Teacher of the Year Award
- The Elaine Miye Otani Memorial Award
- Alumnus Award
- The Dr. Mark Shirtliff PhD Student Mentor Award
Contact Us
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Graduate Program in Life Sciences
655 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Email: GPILS-Info@som.umaryland.edu