SPH Faculty provide expert insight on current news and diverse topics in public health.
Please send all interview requests to sph-comm@umd.edu.
HÉCTOR E. ALCALÁ, PhD
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Cancer
Discrimination + Health
Tobacco use
NATE APATHY, PhD
Health policy
Health services research
Health informatics
Effects of health IT
RABIATU E. BARRIE, PhD
Childhood trauma
Violence exposure + gun violence
Mental health
Black masculinity
Intervention science
HASSANATU BLAKE, PhD
Global health
Digital health, technology
Health equity
Health policy
Chronic diseases
CYNTHIA BAUR, PhD
Pandemic public information
Risk communication
Health literacy
Community engagement
Local public health
JIE CHEN, PhD
Health care delivery system
Health policy
Health IT
Aging resilience
Alzheimer's, related dementias
KRISTEN COLEMAN, PhD
Transmission of respiratory viruses
Influenza, Adenovirus, Coronavirus
Avian influenza [bird flu]
Airborne viruses
TIARA FENNELL, MS
Mental health
Mental health clinicians + burnout
African American families + therapy
Navigating political conversations
MIKA HAMER, PhD
Health Insurance
Medicare
Health benefits design
Aging populations
End-of-life care
YULIN HSWEN, ScD
Large Language Models
Machine Learning
Big Data
Social Listening
Digital Epidemiology
Ethical AI
DON MILTON, MD, PhD
Airborne infection transmission, including COVID, influenza, measles, TB
Indoor air and health
Germicidal UV air disinfection
MONA MITTAL, PhD
Intimate partner violence
Trauma
Mental health
Sexual health + HIV/AIDS
ELIZABETH NORELL, PhD
Family violence + trauma
Sexual health
Youth in foster care
Unhoused youth
SARAH PEITZMEIER, PhD
LGBTQ+ health
Intimate partner violence
Gender based violence prevention
JENNIFER D. ROBERTS, DrPh
Nature, equity + belonging
Active living + public health
Environment + wellbeing
Environmental justice
RACHEL ROSENBERG GOLDSTEIN, PhD
Waterborne diseases
Antibiotic resistance
Sewage
Urban agriculture
Irrigation water
AMIR SAPKOTA, PhD
Climate change + health
Extreme weather + hospitalization
Early warnings + community resilience
Diarrheal, chronic kidney + cardiopulmonary diseases
AMY R. SAPKOTA, PhD
Environmental microbiology
Water reuse, food + health
Food-energy-water nexus
Recreational, drinking water quality
Climate resilience
JULIA STEINBERG, PhD
Reproductive health
Mental health
Family planning + abortion
Reproductive justice
MARIE THOMA, PhD
Maternal health
Reproductive health
Infertility
Perinatal + infant health
STEPHEN THOMAS, PhD
Health disparities
Trust + health institutions
Community-engaged research
Black men’s health
Reparative justice + health
NOAH TRIPLETT, PhD
Rural mental health
Global mental health
Youth substance use
Behavioral health care access
FRANCESCA WEAKS, PhD
Affordable healthcare
Healthcare access
Local policy control
AI + community health access
Health operations
SACOBY WILSON, PhD
Environmental justice
Environmental health disparities + policy
Climate justice, equity + health
Air pollution monitoring
Exposure science
Community-engaged research
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