UMB School-Led Community Engagement Initiatives

All of UMB's professional schools have a history of serving the Baltimore community. Many of our most well-known and respected community programs have been led by our students, faculty, and staff for decades.

UMB ICTR Community Engagement Highlights

Promise Heights - Institute of Clinical and Translational Research

Promise Heights

Promise Heights programs include B'more for Healthy Babies, Parent University, Judy Center, Breath Mobile, and the Family Prosperity Program.

Law Clinic - Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Law Clinic

The Clinical Law Program provides legal services to individuals, families, and communities throughout Maryland.

The Jacques Initiative - Institute for Clinical an Translational Research

The Jacques Initiative

The mission of the JACQUES Initiative is to change lives, engage communities, and support health systems affected by HIV and Hepatitis C.

Governor's Wellmobile - Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Governor's Wellmobile

Our Wellmobiles provide primary health care to uninsured and underserved residents across Central Maryland while serving as interprofessional clinical education sites.

International Brain Bee - Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

International Brain Bee

The International Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for high school students. Its purpose is to motivate young men and women to learn about the human brain and to inspire them to enter careers in the basic and clinical brain sciences.

A Bride to Academic Excellence - Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

A Bridge to Academic Excellence

A Bridge to Academic Excellence is a Universitywide student organization that requests student volunteers to tutor middle and high school students, typically on Saturday mornings.  

Patients Program - institute for Clinical and Translational Research

The Patients Program

The PATIENTS Program leverages innovative partnerships to ensure that patients, health care providers, and other partners are actively engaged in research.

Mini-Med School - Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Mini-Med School

Offered as a public service by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Mini-Med School is a series of tuition-free classes designed to help Baltimore residents improve their health and well-being.