Congratulations to Dr. Araneda and Dr. Cummings whose projects received funding from MPower

The Joint Steering Council of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) a formal collaboration of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), has awarded funding to 17 targeted collaborative research seed grants led jointly by UMB and UMCP researchers. 

Our colleagues Professor Michael Cummings and Professor Ricardo Araneda are principal investigators on two of these projects:

“Predicting Clinical Features of Parkinson Disease Using Machine Learning Analysis of Mobility Data from a Wearable Sensor”, F. Rainer von Coelln, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, UMB, and Michael P. Cummings, PhD, Professor, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, UMCP

“Noradrenergic Dysfunction Impairs Olfaction-Mediated Social Interaction in Alzheimer’s Models”, Joseph Kao, PhD, Professor, and Adam Puche, PhD, Professor, both from University of Maryland School of Medicine, UMB, and Ricardo Araneda, PhD, Professor, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, UMCP