EDGE Fellowship
LEAPS is pleased to sponsor EDGE, which stands for “Educator Development for Growth and Effectiveness,” a 10-month professional development experience for early career faculty members that bolsters knowledge and confidence in teaching and learning. Clinical and classroom faculty explore key pedagogical concepts that will help them as they continue to teach, serve on curriculum committees, and participate in accreditation activities.
Fellows also create a portfolio of materials to submit for promotion and tenure processes within their schools and design an educational project that will benefit their department or program.
The 3rd cohort of EDGE Fellows will begin in Fall of 2026.
Congratulations to the 2026 EDGE Fellows
Twelve faculty members from five Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Baltimore (UMB) schools have successfully completed the 2nd EDGE Fellowship, offered by the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and sponsored by Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars (LEAPS).  A program was held to celebrate their accomplishments.
School of Graduate Studies
- Travis Young, Forensic Neuropsychopathology
School of Dentistry
- Nileshkumar Dubey, AI-Augmented Feedback for Operative Dentistry Training
- °²¹³¾¾±±ô²¹â€¯K²¹²Ô³Ù´Ç±¹¾±³Ù³ú,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Student Perspectives in a Global Learning Program in Amazon Forest
- ±á²¹²â±ð±ô´Ç³¾â€¯M±ð°ì´Ç²Ô±ð²Ô,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Modernization of Dental Anatomic Education within UMSOD
- ³Ò°ù±ð²µâ€¯W¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù,&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Development and Implementation of Anesthesia Curriculum for OMFS Residents
School of Medicine
- Adrienne Chase, Reimagining a Discussion-Based Genetic Counseling Course Through Backward Design
- Isabella Tondi Resta, First Steps of the NAACLS Reaccreditation Process for the Pathologists' Assistant Program at UMB
School of Nursing
- Martine Kirwin, Develop a COIL Co-curricular: Navigating Global Health Systems between UMB-UCR
- Taylor Melton, Improving Student Engagement and Clinical Reasoning Through Team-Based Learning in an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Diagnosis and Management Course
- Sunyoung Park, Developing Alternative Faculty-Led Community Public Health Nursing Practicum Experiences
School of Pharmacy
- Allison Dunn, Attendance Patterns and Academic Performance in Pharmacokinetics
- Berhanu Kibret, Impact of AI on Student Learning