Following their release of a state-commissioned study on the potential public health impacts of fracking in Western Maryland, University of Maryland researchers are helping to inform the conversation about the potential risks associated with unconventional natural gas development and production.
Older adults that improved their fitness through a moderate intensity exercise program increased the thickness of their brain’s cortex, the outer layer of the brain that typically atrophies with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health. These effects were found in both healthy older adults and those diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), an early stage of Alzheimer’s disease.
Three FMSC doctoral students were given special recognition for their presentations at this year’s American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Second year Family Science (FMSC) doctoral student Towanda Street won second place in the Greg Alexander Outstanding Student Abstracts Session for her paper on prenatal care, smoking, and low birth weight. Second year Maternal and Child Health (MCH) doctoral student Anthony Kondracki was awarded an honorable mention in the Greg Alexander Outstanding Student Abstracts Session for his paper on smoking and preterm birth.
School of Public Health graduate students took home many awards for their posters at Graduate Research Interaction Day on April 8, 2015, with Department of Behavioral and Community Health students winning the most awards of any department at the university. Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID) at the University of Maryland is a campus event where graduate students can share their research, receive faculty and peer feedback, and practice their conference presentation skills.
On April 9, more than 550 attendees participated in the third annual Public Health Research@ Maryland day, held at the Stamp Student Union. This year’s theme, The Changing Climate and Health, which focused on how climate change and health care reform are changing population health, brought together leading researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore campuses, along with experts from county, state and federal health agencies, private research and consulting organizations, non-profit organizations and corporate entities.
On Wednesday, April 8th, eight FMSC graduate students took part in Graduate Research Interaction Day, a campus-wide, conference-style event featuring research done by UMD graduate students. This interdisciplinary symposium, with poster and oral presentations, provides a forum for graduate student research to be peer-reviewed by graduate students and faculty in a variety of disciplines. The event also serves as a supportive venue for students to get valuable feedback on their research and improve conference presentation skills.
