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10 Jan
Seminar: Exploring mechanisms underlying addiction vulnerability and resilience using multigenerational animal models of substance use 9:00 am | Health Sciences Facility II Auditorium | 20 Penn Street, First Floor, Baltimore, MD

Presented by Mathieu Wimmer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University.

22 Feb
Seminar Series: Mind the Gut: Developing New Pharmacotherapies for Addiction 12:00 pm | Shock Trauma Auditorium | 22 S Greene Street, Baltimore, MD

Join us for the first seminar in the series presented by Lorenzo Leggio, MD, PhD, Clinical Director, NIDA IRP.

6 May
Save the Date: Inaugural Research Symposium 2024 TBD | SMC Campus Center | 621 W. Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Details and registration coming soon.

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Summer 2023

 

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University of Maryland School of Medicine Receives One of the Largest Gifts in its History to Establish Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine

With an urgent mission to address the alarming rise in drug overdose deaths, the University of Maryland  School of Medicine (UMSOM) has announced plans to open the new Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine. It will be funded with a $10 million gift from the Maryland-based Kahlert Foundation with an additional $10 million provided by the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and $5 million from UMSOM to renovate research facilities on campus. UMSOM has committed to raise an additional $5 million in philanthropic donations for the Kahlert Institute.

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Addressing an Epidemic: New University of Maryland Addiction Medicine Institute Seeks to Lower Drug Overdose DeathsBaltimore Times, June 15, 2023

University Of Maryland School of Medicine Receives One of The Largest Gifts In Its History To Establish Kahlert Institute For Addiction MedicinePR Newswire, June 2, 2023

Kahlert Foundation gives UMSOM $10M for institute to fight addictionThe Daily Record, June 2, 2023

University of Maryland institute on addiction medicine will focus on radical innovation to solve systemic issuesWYPR, June 1, 2023

U. of Maryland medical school opens addiction research institute in Baltimore - Baltimore Banner, May 31, 2023

New UMD School of Medicine institute aims to change addiction treatment and prevention - Baltimore Sun, May 31, 2023

University of Maryland medical school launches $30M addiction research center - Baltimore Business Journal, May 31, 2023

Spurring Innovation in Addiction Treatment and PreventionUMB News, May 31, 2023