Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland

EvENTS
Bruce Jarrell, MD, executive vice
dean for education and research,
has been named chief academic and
research officer and senior vice president
of the University of Maryland Baltimore.
In this capacity Jarrell will also
serve as dean of the graduate school.
Reporting to University president Jay
Perman, MD, Jarrell works collaboratively
with the deans and vice presidents
on academic matters and is responsible for facilitating
the research mission of the university. Jarrell joined the
medical school faculty as professor and chairman of the
department of surgery in 1997 and was promoted to the
dean’s office in 2003.
Anthony F. Lehman, MD, MSPH,
professor and chair of the department
of psychiatry, was appointed senior
associate dean for clinical affairs. In his
new role, Lehman will work with the
University of Maryland Medical Center,
University of Maryland Medical System,
the Baltimore vA Medical Center, and
the medical school’s faculty practice
plan to strengthen the school’s clinical
affairs efforts. Lehman joined the faculty at Maryland in
Transitions
1986 as associate professor of psychiatry and became a
full professor in 1994. In 1998, he stepped in as acting
chair of the department, a position that was made permanent
in 2000. Lehman’s research centered on improving
reimbursement for mental health services and quality
of care for people with schizophrenia.
Dudley Strickland, PhD, a professor
in the departments of surgery and physiology,
was appointed assistant dean for
graduate and postdoctoral studies. In this
role Strickland will oversee the graduate
programs in life sciences (GPILS) and the
office of postdoctoral scholars. Strickland
continues serving as professor of surgery
and physiology and director, center for
vascular and inflammatory diseases. He
is a cell biologist who studies certain cell
receptors and their role in protecting the vasculature
from the development of disease such as atherosclerosis.
In addition, he investigates their role in other diseases
as well, including Alzheimer’s disease. In unraveling the
basic mechanisms of this activity, he hopes to gain a
better understanding of how diseases develop in order to
provide insight into potential therapies. He has nearly $2
million in research funding.
More than 800 Attend Fund for Medicine Gala
The medical school’s annual black tie gala continues to grow. This year’s event held on March 3, entitled “Building
Beyond Tomorrow,” attracted more than 800 alumni, faculty, students, and friends and generated nearly $400,000.
Proceeds are invested in attracting and retaining leading physicians and scientists, advancing promising research
endeavors, and providing new facilities supporting high-tech, interdisciplinary medical education. Judge Katie
O’Malley, Maryland’s first lady, served as honorary chair for the celebration, staged at the Baltimore Hilton Hotel.
The Hon. Katie O’Malley, honorary chair for the 2012 Gala
David Knipp, ’14, with grandmother Barbara; Harry Knipp, ’76, and his wife Nora
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