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Student Spotlight: Taehyun Kim, Ph.D. ’24
Kim shares why she decided to study health policy and management, how she overcame stigma around abortion research and how her research on contraception and abortion access could impact state and national health policies.

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Amir Sapkota Featured in New Film “The Flow of Change”
Short documentary highlights Sapkota and his research team's efforts to create an early warning system in Nepal for diarrheal diseases tied to extreme weather events.

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Global Public Health Scholars Honored During Annual College Park Scholars Awards Ceremony
Public health science and biology students were among the honorees recognized for their leadership, achievements and citizenship.

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University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Appoints Steven Prior as MPower Professor
Prior, associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Kinesiology, will receive $150,000 to fund his research on how exercise impacts vascular and functional impairment in older adults.

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Remembering Dr. Bonnie Braun (1947-2023)
Dr. Braun, a professor emerita in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Department of Family Science and the first Endowed Chair and Founding Director of the Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, held a dual faculty appointment with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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Making “Progress” on Gun Violence
A new University of Maryland Initiative: PROGRESS (Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies and Solutions) will study gun violence, offer educational programming across the state on gun safety and issue policy recommendations on reducing shootings.

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Alumni Spotlight: Chawin Reilly '23, Master of Health Care Management
Chawin Reilly is a health policy analyst with the Maryland Department of Health. He works in the department’s Medicaid Provider Enrollment division, where he helps healthcare ...

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Students Practice Gender Affirming Care Through New Virtual Reality Program
The intercampus training fostered discussions and collaboration between nursing, public health science and social work students around an often misunderstood topic.

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Asli McCullers, Ph.D. ’27, Wins Inaugural Young Innovators in Behavioral Health Award
McCullers, a behavioral and community health doctoral student with the School of Public Health and health equity research associate at Medstar Health, is one of 30 winners nationwide to win the award from Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech.
The most important thing that I learned early on was not to limit myself in the field of public health. There are so many different directions to go and you do not need to choose one singular sector for your lifetime.
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