News from the School of Public Health

Two troubling trends are converging for older adults—heavier drinking and rising rates of heart failure. Assistant Professor Aryn Phillips and a team of researchers will explore whether they are linked.

A faculty member since 2012, Dr. Chen will provide academic and strategic leadership and advance the teaching, research, service and outreach missions of the department and School of Public Health.

School of Public Health faculty and staff are among the collaborators in the new initiative, which aims to change technology design research and practice so it involves disability communities as equal partners from the beginning of the design process, and accessibility is proactively built-in.

The pathway through separation and divorce is never an easy one and even more so in the middle of a pandemic. In 2020 that’s exactly what SPH’s Jennifer Reed was facing when she decided to plan a trip for herself. She would be celebrating her milestone 50th birthday in January of 2023, so she chose the destination of her dreams: the Galápagos Islands.

Nearly 40 scholars and fellows spend the summer focusing on environmental and climate justice, gaining research skills and developing mentor-mentee relationships.

As ambassadors, the UMD School of Public Health students and 80 others from around the world will exemplify ASPPH’s core mission of improved health and well-being for everyone, everywhere.