What’s on my mind this month is the State of the School address that I delivered on September 29th. “Working Together, Bringing Out the Best” was the theme of my 2010 address, and it featured highlights of the past year, which was filled with both challenges and extraordinary accomplishments.

What's on My Mind with Dean E. Albert Reece

What's on My Mind - November 2010

What's on my mind this month is welcoming to the School of Medicine 15 new faculty members and exciting new research programs and resources, now that the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) has closed.

What's on My Mind - October 2010

What’s on my mind this month is engaging the communities in which we live and work. As the nation’s oldest public medical school, we incorporate into our values the impor-tance of community outreach and service as a key part of our mission.

What's on My Mind - September 2010

What's on my mind this month is finding new ways to promote the excellence and accomplishments of our faculty through the Faculty Excellence Recognition and Awards Committee (FERAC).

What's on My Mind - June 2010

What’s on my mind this month is our new Office of Postdoctoral Scholars.

What's On My Mind - May 2010

What's on my mind this month is the continued excellence of the School of Medicine and the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

The Continued Excellence of the School of Medicine and UMB

One-half of our students engage in research at some point during their medical education. It is imperative that we provide our students with a realistic understanding of the research environment...

Student Research

What’s on my mind this month is our new strategic plan. In November nearly 100 leaders from the School of Medicine and University of Maryland Medical Center/System gathered at the new University of Maryland Southern Management Campus Center for a day-long retreat. 

Soaring to Greater Heights, Together

In October, I joined other academic medicine leaders at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to thank the Obama Administration, Congress and the American taxpayers for the much-needed $10.4 billion in medical research funding included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

Advocating for Medical Research Funding

What’s on my mind this month is the human embryonic stem cell research. In the near future, President Barack Obama is widely expected to lift the ban on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, which has been in place since 2001 and has limited federal funding to only 21 existing lines. 

What's on My Mind - April 2009

What’s on my mind this month is the importance of keeping our patients within the University of Maryland family by referring them to each other within the various practice groups. 

What's on My Mind - June 2009

What’s on my mind this month is the continuing economic climate and its effect on School of Medicine faculty, staff and students. 

What's on My Mind - October 2009

What’s on my mind this month is our tremendous leadership in science and medicine, as evidenced by a number of discoveries and innovations by our faculty, making us “first” in many areas. 

What's on My Mind - September 2009

Every month, Dean E. Albert Reece talks about issues important to medical education, biomedical research and patient care at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.