News from the School of Public Health

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. With a growing aging population, the number of dementia cases is expected to triple by 2050. Because there’s no cure, researchers like fourth year PhD student Daniel Callow are focusing their efforts on prevention measures.

A new study led by University of Maryland researchers used Twitter data to take the nation’s pulse on race-related sentiments and suggests that changes in attitudes—particularly about anti-Black sentiment—were short-lived following the high-profile killings of Floyd and other unarmed Black people in early 2020.

A new report released September 15th by the University of Maryland School of Public Health provides urgent recommendations to inform the ongoing response to the COVID-19 in Prince George’s County, Md, which has led Maryland in COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths throughout the pandemic.

New research from UMD’s Prevention Research Center found that bisexual women had the worst self-reported mental health and the greatest number of barriers to accessing mental health care compared to other groups.

The study measured mental and behavioral health outcomes and barriers to care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual, and "other" identified men and women. Heterosexual men were used as the reference group.

Results of a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health show that people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 exhale infectious virus in their breath – and those infected with the Alpha variant (the dominant strain circulating at the time this study was conducted) put 43 to 100 times more virus into the air than people infected with the original strains of the virus.

A team of UMD faculty and researchers, which includes Jennifer D. Roberts in the School of Public Health, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to expand Wi-Fi access in regional parks.