The Health and Life Sciences Hub at the Universities at Shady Grove features 7 undergraduate programs, 10 graduate programs, 2 graduate certificates, and 1 doctoral degree program from 7 different institutions.

There are an average of 21,000 openings annually for jobs in fields related to this hub that typically require at least a Bachelor’s degree according to recent regional workforce demand data from Lightcast.

Health & Life Sciences Academic Programs at USG
Degree ProgramsLevelUniversityDegree Type
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Addictions CounselingGraduateBowie State UniversityCertificate
M.S. in Counseling PsychologyGraduateBowie State UniversityMaster's
M.S. in Health and Human PerformanceGraduateSalisbury UniversityMaster's
M.S. in Health AdministrationGraduateUniversity of BaltimoreMaster's
B.S./M.S. in Dental Hygiene (Clinical Dental Hygiene Leader)GraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreMaster's
Certificate in Oral Health ScienceGraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreCertificate
Doctor of Nursing PracticeGraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreDoctorate
M.S. in Social WorkGraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreMaster's
Pharmacy (M.S. in Cannabis Science and Therapeutics)GraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreMaster's
Pharmacy (M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences)GraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreMaster's
Translational Life Science Technology (Applied Biotechnology)UndergraduateUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBachelor's
M.P.S. in BiotechnologyGraduateUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyMaster's
M.S. Biotechnology (Bioinformatics)GraduateUniversity of Maryland Global CampusMaster's
M.S. Healthcare AdministrationGraduateUniversity of Maryland Global CampusMaster's
Exercise ScienceUndergraduateSalisbury UniversityBachelor's
Health ManagementUndergraduateUniversity of BaltimoreBachelor's
NursingUndergraduateUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreBachelor's
Social WorkUndergraduateUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBachelor's
Biological SciencesUndergraduateUniversity of Maryland, College ParkBachelor's
BiotechnologyUndergraduateUniversity of Maryland Global CampusBachelor's
Hub Implementation Team Membership
Mary Lang
Hub Co-chair
Chief Strategy Officer
Office of the Executive Director, USG		Hadiya Woodham, Ph.D. 
Hub Co-chair
Director, UMCP Biological Sciences Program at USG
Dave Buonora, Ed.D.
Business Partnerships Program Director
Advancement and Community Engagement, USG		Eileen Harrington
Assistant Director, Health and Life Sciences Librarian
USG Priddy Library
Crystal DeVance-Wilson, Ph.D., MBA, PHCNS-BC
Vice Chair, UM School of Nursing at USG
Director, Maryland Nursing Workforce Center		Rose Jackson-Speiser
Manager, Data Analytics and Institutional Research
Office of the Executive Director, USG
Nhi Eklund
Budget Analyst
Finance and Operations, USG		Kelly Le
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications
Advancement and Community Engagement, USG
Annie Foster-Ahmed
Director, Macklin Center for Communication and Leadership
Student Affairs and Career Readiness, USG		Danielle Tuekam
Undergraduate Student, UM School of Nursing
USG Student Council
Joyce Fuhrmann
Director, BSE Operations and STEM Initiatives
Office of the Executive Director, USG		Erin Ward
Manager, Strategic Communications
Office of the Executive Director, USG
Health & Life Sciences Hub Innovation Fellow

Sarah L.J. Michel, PhDDr. Sara Michel
Dean and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Sarah L.J. Michel, PhD, dean of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and professor of pharmaceutical sciences (PSC), is a distinguished educator and researcher who joined the School of Pharmacy faculty in 2004. She is a former chair of PSC and associate dean for graduate studies. She was named dean in October 2023 after a four-month interim appointment.

Michel earned a BA in chemistry from Cornell University in 1995 and a PhD in inorganic chemistry from Northwestern University in 2000. She completed a NRSA postdoctoral fellowship in biophysics and biophysical chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

She was nominated as the Innovation Fellow for the Health and Life Sciences Hub for her ideas around engaging students across programs and institutions for a robust Inter-professional Education (IPE) experience. The hub will look to Dr. Michel to share best practices and guide a process to build this capacity for the students in programs at the Universities at Shady Grove.

Contact the Hub:
usg-healthandlifesciences@umd.edu

 

Hub Co-chairs:
Mary Lang, USG Chief Strategy Officer

Hadiya Woodham, Ph.D., Director, UMCP Biological Sciences Program at USG