March 26, 2025

The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) has appointed seven professors from UMB and the University of Maryland, College Park as 2025 MPower Professors. This recognition fosters collaborations among faculty members who are tackling important societal issues, leveraging the strengths of both institutions to drive innovation and discovery. Established in 2012 and formalized by the 2016 University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Act, MPower enhances Maryland’s innovation economy, advances interdisciplinary research, creates student opportunities, and addresses critical challenges for the state and nation.

Discover how MPower’s collaborative initiatives are shaping the future of research and benefiting Maryland's communities.

Depicted: The four UMB faculty members who were named 2025 MPower Professors are (left to right) Shuo Chen, PhD, MSPH, MS, and Julie Dunning Hotopp, PhD, both from the School of Medicine; Fadia Shaya, PhD, MPH, School of Pharmacy; and Richard J. Traub, PhD, School of Dentistry.