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title: Built for the Breakthrough
date: 2024-11-18T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/built-for-the-breakthrough"
section: Articles
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# Built for the Breakthrough

*November 18, 2024* — by [Erin Peterson](/author/erin-peterson)


> 10 Ways That UMD Engineers Are Pursuing Better Health for All


From preterm births to cancer to aging, University of Maryland engineers are taking aim at some of the biggest challenges in medicine.

They’re building tools and advancing technologies designed to improve patients’ health here and around the world. By leveraging UMD’s advantages—collaborative opportunities (including a trendsetting partnership with the University of Maryland School in Baltimore), proximity to federal agencies, cutting-edge tech and commercialization support—they’re accelerating the process from idea to impact.

[Read about their work](https://eng.umd.edu/better-health) in this story from [*Engineering at Maryland*](https://view.publitas.com/umdclarkschool/fall-winter-2024-engineering-at-maryland-magazine/page/1) magazine.




**Topics:** [Research](https://today.umd.edu/tags/research)


**Tags:** [Health Care](https://today.umd.edu/topic/health-care), [Research](https://today.umd.edu/topic/research)


**Units:** [A. James Clark School of Engineering](https://today.umd.edu/topic/james-clark-school-engineering)