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School of Public Health mobilizes community and state partnerships to fight COVID-19

April 7, 2020
The UMD School of Public Health is actively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic--providing service...
Don Milton

Don Milton Tells NPR That WHO Information on COVID-19 Routes of Transmission is Premature

March 31, 2020
Donald Milton, an infectious disease aerobiologist at the University of Maryland School of Public...
Boris Lushniak

Dean Boris Lushniak Interviewed by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour About Response to the Full Blown Global Pandemic and Trump’s Confusing Messaging

March 31, 2020
School of Public Health Dean Boris Lushniak, a former Deputy US Surgeon General, spoke with CNN’s...
A Full Timeout

A Full Timeout

March 30, 2020
This story was written by Liam Ferrell and originally published in Maryland Today . From the NBA’s...
Elizabeth Aparicio and Jessica Fish

UMD Prevention Research Center Appoints New Executive Leaders

March 30, 2020
To advance its mission to support LGBTQ+ mental health, the University of Maryland Prevention...
Local Health Departments Key to Stopping Spread of COVID-19

Local Health Departments Key to Stopping Spread of COVID-19

March 24, 2020
This Medical Care Blog post was written by Associate Professor Jie Chen, Lecturer Priscilla Novak...
Maryland Bans Chlorpyrifos Pesticide with Expert Testimony From Prof. Devon Payne-Sturges

Maryland General Assembly Passes Bill to Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide; UMD SPH's Payne-Sturges Expert Testimony Played an Influential Role

March 24, 2020
In the final minutes of a shortened legislative session due to the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Study Finds Rental Assistance Programs Could Reduce ER Visits for Children with Asthma

Study Finds Rental Assistance Programs Could Reduce ER Visits for Children with Asthma

March 24, 2020
University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers found that federal rental assistance...
Researchers Urge Increased Funding for Local Health Departments and Stronger Care Coordination as COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens

Researchers Urge Increased Funding for Local Health Departments and Stronger Care Coordination as COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens

March 24, 2020
Associate Professor Jie Chen , Lecturer Priscilla Novak and doctoral students Ivy Benjenk and...
The Slammed Door: Advice for Parents of Teens

The Slammed Door: Advice for Parents of Teens During COVID-19

March 23, 2020
By Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Ed.D., Research Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health...
Jae Shim Receives Grant to Conduct Research on E-Scooters

Jae Shim Receives Grant to Conduct Research on E-Scooters

March 12, 2020
Kinesiology Professor Jae Shim is partnering with University of Maryland engineering professor...
Quynh Nguyen

Video: Using Google Street View images to examine links between and built environment and health

March 6, 2020
"Using Google Street View Images to Examine Links Between the Built Environment and Health" was...
Study Finds that Transactional Sex Prevalent Among Ugandan Women and Girls

Study Finds that Transactional Sex Prevalent Among Ugandan Women and Girls

March 3, 2020
Ugandan adolescent girls and young women often participate in transactional sex through coercion,...
New Report Says Health Literacy is Needed to Improve Americans’ Oral Health

New Report Says Health Literacy is Needed to Improve Americans’ Oral Health

March 3, 2020
A new report, “ Improving America’s Oral Health Literacy ,” published by the Delta Dental Institute...
First Big Data in Public Health Conference Draws More than 200 Attendees

First Big Data in Public Health Conference Draws More Than 200 Attendees

March 3, 2020
The University of Maryland School of Public Health held its first Big Data in Public Health...
New Study Finds African-American Families More Willing to Donate Brain Tissue Than Previously Thought

New Study Finds African-American Families More Willing to Donate Brain Tissue Than Previously Thought

February 24, 2020
According to a new PLOS One study published by University of Maryland School of Public Health...
Devlon Jackson Receives NIH Grant to Study How Digital Health Tools can Improve Care Coordination

Devlon Jackson Receives NIH Grant to Study How Digital Health Tools can Improve Care Coordination

February 24, 2020
Devlon Jackson , assistant research professor of behavioral and community health at the University...
PhD Candidate Anna Posbergh receives research grant from the Olympic Studies Centre

PhD Candidate Anna Posbergh receives research grant from the Olympic Studies Centre

February 12, 2020
Anna Posbergh, kinesiology PhD candidate at the University of Maryland School of Public Health,...
The Together Program

Keeping it Together: Free Program Gives Couples a Boost in Love and Money Management

February 10, 2020
Financial stresses can squash a relationship as thoroughly as stomping on a Valentine’s box of...
Professor Sandra C. Quinn

Preparing the Public for Change: Understanding China’s Coronavirus Outbreak in Today’s Fast-Moving Communication Environment

February 7, 2020
The opinion piece was written by Sandra C. Quinn, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Family...
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Dr. Miller presents on Biomechanics and Osteoarthritis at First Friday Seminar

February 7, 2020
Dr. Ross Miller started out the spring semester First Friday Seminar Series by sharing his research...
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Study Finds Varying Mental Workloads Among Amputees During Dual-task Walking

January 27, 2020
An article in the Orthotic & Prosthetic Almanac featured research led by University of Maryland...
Julia Steinberg

Julia Steinberg Publishes Commentary to Accompany New Abortion Research

January 17, 2020
Julia Steinberg , assistant professor of family science at the University of Maryland School of...
Sacoby Wilson

Professor Takes Million Dollar Vegan Challenge to Protest Factory Farms

January 15, 2020
Associate Professor Sacoby Wilson never aspired to be vegan. But on January 1, 2020 he spent $200...
Dr. Stephen Thomas with a group of certified health advocates from the Health Advocates in Reach and Research (HAIR) program at the "What Barbers and Stylists Say to Scientists: No Research on Us Without Us" workshop held on December 9, 2019.

Building Trust, Styling Hair, Saving Lives

January 13, 2020
If Fred Spry has a moment to talk to you about his barbershop, he will. You'll come away from the...
Jie Chen

Jie Chen Named to Stony Brook University’s 2019 40 Under Forty Class

January 8, 2020
Jie Chen , associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Maryland School...
Food & Environment Reporting Network: A Breathtaking Lack of Oversight for Air Emissions From Animal Farms

Food & Environment Reporting Network: A Breathtaking Lack of Oversight for Air Emissions From Animal Farms

December 20, 2019
Large animal farms across the country release tons of noxious gasses and emissions dangerous to...
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The Best SPH Stories of 2019

December 18, 2019
As we usher in the new year and decade, we’re looking back at the School of Public Health’s...
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Study Finds Medicaid Instability Linked to Adverse Mental Health Effects in Teen Parents

December 17, 2019
In a study recently published in Family & Community Health, University of Maryland School of...
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Baltimore Sun: Changes to Food Stamp Program Represent a Public Health Threat

December 12, 2019
This story was originally published on Dec. 12, 2019, on The Baltimore Sun's website. It was...
Family Science Associate Professor Kevin Roy

Baltimore Magazine: Daddy Duty - Stay-At-Home Dads Are on the Rise and Redefining the Meaning of Fatherhood

December 10, 2019
Family Science Associate Professor Dr. Kevin Roy was quoted by Baltimore Magazine in an article...
The Diamondback: UMD Student Creates Club to Address Health Disparities in the LGBT Community

The Diamondback: UMD Student Creates Club to Address Health Disparities in the LGBT Community

December 9, 2019
A recent article in The Diamondback profiled a new group at the School of Public Health for LGBTQ+...
SPH Student Zeina Mohamad Alkhalaf Interviewed for NBC News Special Projects

NBC Washington: Mom Credits Fertility Turnaround to Organic Products, Diet

December 6, 2019
Last week, family science doctoral candidate Zeina Mohamad Alkhalaf was featured on the NBC...
The University of Maryland School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity Workgroup on Health in All Policies (SB340) sent its recommendations in a final report to Gov. Hogan and the Md. General Assembly in September.

Maryland Center for Health Equity Leads Workgroup Advancing Maryland's "Health in All Policies" Approach

November 22, 2019
From housing policies to minimum wage laws, all policies can affect the health of our communities—...
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Stress and Discrimination Linked to Higher Substance Use Disorders in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Persons

November 22, 2019
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) persons have a higher prevalence of substance use disorders caused...
Family Science Associate Professor Jessica Fish

Family Science Assistant Professor, Jessica Fish, Publishes Three Papers, and Receives Several Grants and Awards for LGBTQ+ Mental Health Research

November 20, 2019
Dr. Jessica Fish , an assistant professor in the Department of Family Science, has been busy. In...
Abortion does not increase a women's risk of attempting suicide*, yet at least twelve states require women to be told that abortion increases their risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior or other mental health problems before getting one.

Abortion Does Not Increase a Woman’s Risk of Attempting Suicide

November 19, 2019
Policies based on the notion that undergoing an abortion causes or increases women’s risk of...
We’ve Entered a New World of Media ‘Constancy’: 5 Things Parents, Caregivers Need to Know About Kids and Screens

We’ve Entered a New World of Media ‘Constancy’: 5 Things Parents, Caregivers Need to Know About Kids and Screens

November 19, 2019
“No TV or internet for a week!” “Don’t touch the phone until your homework is done.” “Wouldn’t you...
2019-2020 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars, Sari Lerner and Shifali Mathews

SPH Students Shifali Matthew (PHSC) and Sari Lerner (FMSC) Chosen as Merrill Presidential Scholars

November 14, 2019
Two Public Health undergraduates, Shifali Mathews (Public Health Science) and Sari Lerner (Family...
Maryland Submits Report on Mortality Rates Among African American and Rural Infants to State General Assembly

Report on Mortality Rates Among African American and Rural Infants to Inform Maryland Policymakers

November 4, 2019
School of Public Health faculty, staff and students wrote a report analyzing risk factors for...
Dr. Jessica N. Fish

Study Shows Benefit of Community Organizations in Supporting LGBTQ Youth Mental Health

October 22, 2019
In a new Journal of Youth and Adolescence article , Family Science Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica...
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Researchers Win Data Contract to Study LGBTQ Health Disparities

October 22, 2019
University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers won a competitive data contract to...
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Aging Positively: Bringing HIV/AIDS into the Aging Services Mainstream

October 22, 2019
Research by Dr. Thurka Sangaramoorthy , a cultural and medical anthropologist at the University of...
One of the Comfort Cases packed by students in Dr. Butler's Health class. The case includes a stuffed money, a blanket, toiletries and a bookmark

Sph Students Pack Comfort Cases With Amenities, Goodies for Foster Care Children Nationwide

October 18, 2019
One-hundred and forty students from Dr. James Butler ’s Personal and Community Health class packed...
Jessica Fish

Study Finds Sexual Orientation-Related Disparities in High-Intensity Binge Drinking

October 14, 2019
New research by University of Maryland School of Public Health Assistant Professor Jessica N. Fish...
DC Metro

Kinesiology Researchers Show Light Rail Transit Contributes to Gentrification, Negative Health Impacts

October 11, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Roberts , assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Maryland School of...
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Dr. Thomas publishes AJPH editorial on the burdens of race and history on black people’s health 400 years after Jamestown

October 2, 2019
University of Maryland School of Public Health Professor Dr. Stephen Thomas recently published an...
Deanna Barath

Mental Health Prevention and Services Provided by Local Health Departments Linked to Declines in Suicide-Related ER Visits

September 30, 2019
Deanna Barath, doctoral student in health policy and management at the University of Maryland...
UMD Conserve Center researcher samples groundwater at a Maryland farm site.

UMD CONSERVE Center of Excellence Working to Ensure Water and Food Security and Protect Public Health in a Changing Climate

September 25, 2019
We’re running out of water to grow food. Climate change, population growth and increasing demands...
Health Affairs Blog

Dean Boris Lushniak Co-Authors Article on How the FDA Can Take Action Against E-Cigarettes

September 23, 2019
Dr. Boris Lushniak, Dean of the School of Public Health, co-authored an article which appeared on...

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