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Professor appointed to Maryland Wellmobile Advisory Board

Gov. Wes Moore has appointed Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, professor of health policy and management at UMD’s School of Public Health and director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE), to serve as a health expertise member of the Governor’s Wellmobile Program Advisory Board. 
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UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program’s First Doctoral Graduate

On May 19, Jinyi “Cornelia” Zhu (B.S. ’19, public health science) will slip on her doctoral regalia and walk across the Reckord Armory commencement stage at the University of Maryland with her fellow biological sciences Ph.D. graduates. Her achievement is extra meaningful because Zhu is the first-ever BioFIRE program participant to complete a Ph.D.
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Student-run study abroad inspires creative public health approaches

VARANASI, India – Outside the ancient city of Varanasi in northern India, UMD undergraduate Zoe Baber ‘27 co-leads a workshop with middle school students at the Vidyashram-South Point School on a book they created telling the story of “Esha” (or E.coli), how it spreads in water and what actions can prevent it.