New UMBI Senate Chair Appointed

Baltimore, MD- UMBI is pleased to announce Dr. Mervyn Monterio as new UMBI senate chair. Dr. Monterio is a professor at UMBI's Medical Biotechnology Center and the Department of Neurology at University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. Monteiro's research is geared toward studying the mechanisms and treatments of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

The UMBI Senate is a representative body which is intended to provide an effective voice in the formation and implementation of UMBI policies and procedures. The Senate is meant to serve as both an advisory body to the President of UMBI and as the appropriate forum recognized by the Chancellor and Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland for the expression of the concerns and interests of the UMBI faculty, staff and students. For more information on UMBI's senate click HERE.

(From left to right) Dr. Jennie Hunter-Cevera, President UMBI; Dr. Mervyn Monteiro, Senate Chair; Dr. Marian Jackson, VP Academic Affairs.

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Celebrating our 20th anniversary year, UMBI is Maryland's premier biotechnology research institute within the University System of Maryland and was established in 1985. The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) consists of five major research and education centers and is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of biotechnology. UMBI’s centers of research include: CARB, the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology located in Rockville; CBR, the Center for Biosystems Research located in College Park; and COMB, the Center of Marine Biotechnology, MBC, the Medical Biotechnology Center, and IHV, the Institute of Human Virology, all located in Baltimore. For more information, visit www.umbi.umd.edu