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The Global Health Initiative

Spotlight: SPH-GHI Global Health Map

SPH-GHI Global Health Map NEW V

This SPH-GHI Global Health Map features SPH faculty and student projects around the world. We hope this map offers a way to connect and inform our community with what we are doing globally. Projects include research, courses, practice and service, and combinations of these categories. The map is interactive, so clicking on a highlighted country will display SPH projects happening there. All projects have links or investigator emails, so you can definitely get more information. If you can contribute to this map, please fill out the New Project Form. We encourage faculty and students to feature their current projects, outside of those exclusively in the United States.

Global Health Initiative Student Profiles

Almost every single part of my resume has something that was given to me as an opportunity by Public Health Beyond Borders.

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Walter
“Public Health Beyond Borders combines science perfectly with community work and populations and people and health.”

Student Profile: Lydia Walter

Lydia Walter, BS' 25

Lydia Walter has been a part of Public Health Beyond Borders for the past two years, serving as the project leader for India and will serve as president for the 2024-2025 school year. Public Health Beyond Borders has traveled to Varanasi, India during the past two winter breaks, where she helped deliver stress management, team building and first aid workshops based on community needs assessments. As a result of these workshops delivered to the community, Walter and her team were able to create research posters and present findings. She is currently working on a publication related to her work in Varanasi.

Read Lydia's Profile

GHI News

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UMD Today News

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