SPH Faculty provide expert insight on current news and diverse topics in public health.
Please send all interview requests to sph-comm@umd.edu.
FACULTY EXPERTS

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

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

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

AMIR SAPKOTA, PhD
Climate change + health
Extreme weather + hospitalization
Early warnings + community resilience
Diarrheal, chronic kidney + cardiopulmonary diseases

JULIA STEINBERG, PhD
Reproductive health
Mental health
Family planning + abortion
Reproductive justice

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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