News from the School of Public Health

Dr. Mona Mittal, associate professor of Family Science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, was recently invited to discuss trauma in higher education classrooms on the podcast TraumaTies: Untangling Societal Harm and Healing After Crime produced by the Network for Victim Recovery of DC.

A new law passed by the Maryland General Assembly establishes the

First responders - including police officers and 911 operators - suffer from high rates of mental health issues and suicide across the country, but few departments have internal programs to nurture their workplace mental health.

Research shows that prenatal exposure to air pollution can result in adverse birth outcomes, including low birth weight. Studies have concluded that there are significant racial and ethnic disparities in who is most affected by this, but previous research has mostly focused on how maternal characteristics (e.g., race, education, income) amplify the effects of air pollution on birth outcomes.

Story by Sala Levin ’10

A valuable but underutilized resource in the field of maternal health is linked to better pregnancy outcomes and more respectful health care from providers: a doula. 

Heather Platter PhD ’19 received a Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) Merit Award for her work at the NIH’s National Cancer Institute. This merit award is given to fellows who have distinguished themselves throughout their CPFP fellowship by rising to the highest level of science, leadership and service.