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Dr. Wallace D. Loh
Dr. Wallace D. LohPresident
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park Wallace D. Loh is excited to see his university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore driving research and business growth in Maryland.
“I am proud of what we have been able to achieve with our colleagues at the University of Maryland, Baltimore as part of the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership,” says Loh, who has been president of the College Park university since 2010. “Before the alliance, joint research proposals were rare, but we now have nearly $120 million in new, joint research funding between our two campuses.
“From the S.A.F.E. Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, which provides support to victims of sex and labor trafficking, to Cole Field House, which will be at the forefront of research studying traumatic brain injuries, we are together creating greater impact.”
The strategic partnership has opened the door to new initiatives that have brought more funding to the campuses and attracted more services and businesses to their communities. The partnership strengthens the state’s innovation economy, advances research, focuses on important problems facing Maryland residents and creates opportunities for students, Loh says.
Loh is proud to be president of an elite university. “The innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of our students, faculty, and staff continues to amaze me every day; it is ingrained into everything we do, in the classroom and beyond. From starting the first all-women’s hackathon to developing a tool for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease to being on the front lines of quantum computing research, Terps have an unwavering passion to improve the world we live in.”
