Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health

Maryland Institute for

Applied Environmental Health (MIAEH)

Irrigation systems in a vegetable garden

Sustaining Safe Water and Food in the Face of Climate Change

In a special issue of the journal Environmental Research, CONSERVE Center of Excellence researchers address how we can achieve water and food security and protect public health in a changing climate.

Soaring Temperatures Mean Rising Peril to Kidney Disease Patients

New study finds that on intensely hot days, people suffering from advanced kidney disease face higher rates of hospitalization and death.

Latest News

UMD Conserve Center researcher samples groundwater at a Maryland farm site.

UMD CONSERVE Center of Excellence Working to Ensure Water and Food Security and Protect Public Health in a Changing Climate

September 25, 2019

We’re running out of water to grow food. Climate change, population growth and increasing demands...

Capital News Service: Code Red, Baltimore's Climate Divide

September 9, 2019

Capital News Service, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and NPR interviewed Dr. Sacoby...

Dr. Sacoby Wilson, assistant professor at UMD's SPH, in a black suit, white shirt and gray checkered tie. He is smiling and wearing glasses.

National Catholic Reporter: Amid climate threat, Catholics pursue ecological conversion in US church

August 23, 2019

Catholics envisioning a more environmentally-minded U.S. church listened to a talk by Dr. Sacoby...

The Frederick News-Post: Maryland must ban chlorpyrifos after EPA’s inaction

August 23, 2019

UMD School of Public Health Assistant Professor Devon Payne-Struges called for a Maryland ban on...

U.S. News & World Report: Heat Waves Brought by Climate Change Could Prove Deadly for Kidney Patients

August 19, 2019

As climate change is predicted to increase the number of extremely hot days that occur each year,...

Upcoming Events

An image of Maryland School of Public Health Associate Professor Dr. Sacoby Wilson giving a talk at a lectern during the Environmental Justice Symposium

Environmental Racism and Slavery in 21st Century Jim Crow America: Stories of Resistance, Hope, and Change

Thursday, October 24, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

2019 School of Public Health Graduate Student Open House

Friday, October 25, 9:15 am - 2:30 pm