Best Practices of States and Counties in Addressing the COVID19 Pandemic webinar

Dr. Oscar Alleyne Presents a Department of Epidemiology Webinar on the Best Practices of States and Counties in Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 30, 2020
On Friday, June 26, the University of Maryland School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology...
Naheed Ahmed and Doctoral Student Andrew Conway Publish Study Showing a Connection Between Comorbidities and Race/Ethnicity in the US

Naheed Ahmed and Doctoral Student Andrew Conway Publish Study Showing a Connection Between Comorbidities and Race/Ethnicity in the US

June 30, 2020
In a new Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences study , recent graduate Naheed Ahmed (...
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Program Increases Access to Long-Acting Birth Control Among Title X Patients in Delaware

June 29, 2020
A new University of Maryland study assessed the impact of a program focused on increasing access to...
Doctoral Students John P. Salerno and Natasha Williams Publish Commentary on the Impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Populations

Doctoral Students John P. Salerno and Natasha Williams Publish Commentary on the Impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Populations

June 23, 2020
Doctoral students John P. Salerno (behavioral and community health) and Natasha D. Williams (family...
Marie Thoma Receives Honorable Mention in Global Health NOW's Annual Untold Stories of Global Health Contest

Global Health NOW Features Marie Thoma's "Untold Story of Global Health"

June 23, 2020
Marie Thoma, an assistant professor of family science in the School of Public Health received an...
Stephen Thomas Invited to Panel of Experts and Policymakers to Promote 2020 Census

Stephen Thomas Leads Panel of Experts and Policymakers to Promote 2020 Census

June 23, 2020
Stephen Thomas, a professor of health policy and management and director of the School of Public...
Mia Smith-Bynum

Mia Smith-Bynum Shares Expertise on Racial Socialization for UMD Anti-Racism Teach-In

June 23, 2020
Mia Smith-Bynum , an associate professor of family science at the University of Maryland School of...
Dr. Jennifer Roberts, assistant professor of kinesiology

Different Viruses, Similar Outcomes: Tracing the Common Thread of Inequality Between Pandemics a Century Apart

June 23, 2020
By Chris Carroll for Maryland Today Authorities shrugging off risk—or ordering everyone to mask up...
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KNES Undergrads Named Merrill Presidential Scholars

June 22, 2020
The Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors the University of Maryland's most successful...
Amelia Jamison

Amelia Jamison Discusses Collision of Anti-Vaccine Movement, Racism And COVID-19

June 16, 2020
While Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it harder to get a vaccine exemption...
Hongjie Liu presents data on the COVID-19 outbreak

Dr. Hongjie Liu Appointed to Montgomery County, Md COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Board

June 16, 2020
Professor Hongjie Liu, chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, was appointed by...
New York Times

Prof. Don Milton calls W.H.O.'s take on airborne transmission of coronavirus outdated and unsophisticated

June 16, 2020
Professor Don Milton's expertise related to the airborne transmission of viruses was again...
Nebraska Corn Field

Amy Sapkota Investigator on Project to Sustain Agricultural Production Funded by $10 Million USDA Grant

June 16, 2020
University of Maryland School of Public Health Professor, Amy R. Sapkota, will serve as an...
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Facts about the Stop COVID-19 Study at the School of Public Health

June 15, 2020
School of Public Professor Don Milton is leading a research study that brings both healthy people...
Jocelyn Smith Lee, PhD '13

Jocelyn R. Smith Lee, PhD '13, Awarded Gates Foundation Grant for Project focused on Young, Black Men in Baltimore

June 12, 2020
Jocelyn R. Smith Lee , PhD ‘13, who is assistant professor of human development and family studies...
Celebrating Faculty and Staff Promotions

Celebrating Faculty and Staff Promotions

June 11, 2020
Congratulations to all our faculty and staff who were promoted this spring! We are proud of their...
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Dr. Jennifer Roberts Discusses Exclusion of Black Bodies from Green Spaces

June 9, 2020
Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts, Assistant Professor in Kinesiology, has dedicated her research to the...
SGN | Some Good News: Sharing Quality Family Time During a Pandemic

SGN | Some Good News: Sharing Quality Family Time During a Pandemic

June 9, 2020
Each week, our Happiness and Wellness Initiative will share "Some Good News" from the SPH and our...
School of Public Health Honors Four Distinguished Terrapins

School of Public Health Honors Four Distinguished Terrapins

June 8, 2020
The University of Maryland School of Public Health is proud to award its highest honor, the...
Black and white photo of protest group, sign reads "no justice no peace"

UMD Prevention Research Center Statement on Police Violence and Anti-Racism

June 8, 2020
As we enter Pride month, we feel anguish, grief, and anger at the slaying of Black lives and the...
Amir Sapkota to Lead Multinational Consortium to Reduce Climate Change-Related Diarrheal Disease Burden in Asia-Pacific Region

NSF-funded Global Consortium to Develop Climate and Health Warning System

June 8, 2020
A new multinational consortium of scientists, led by Professor Amir Sapkota , in the University of...
Marsha P. Johnson

Pride in the Struggle: The Intersection of LGBTQ+ and Black Liberation

June 7, 2020
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center’s work advancing the mental health of LGBTQ+...
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Resources for Anti-Racist Action

June 6, 2020
In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, the University of Maryland School of Public Health...
Devlon Jackson

Devlon Jackson and Cynthia Baur publish study about disparities in digital health

June 2, 2020
In an article published in Health Communication , Devlon Jackson and Cynthia Baur highlight digital...
Natalie Slopen

Natalie Slopen tells U.S. News and World Report that pandemic stress can have long-term consequences for kids

June 1, 2020
Natalie Slopen, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, told U.S. News and World...
Don Milton

Don Milton co-authors Nature study providing more evidence that SARS-CoV-2 may spread by air

June 1, 2020
Don Milton co-authored a study to understand the patterns of contamination of SARS-CoV-2, which...
Sandra Quinn

Sandra Quinn and Amelia Jamison describe distrust of vaccines to Mother Jones

June 1, 2020
Black people are still suspicious of vaccines, even though they have suffered the most from COVID-...
Faculty and Staff Honored at the SPH 2020 Spring Assembly

Faculty and Staff Honored at the SPH 2020 Spring Assembly

June 1, 2020
On Wednesday, May 13, faculty, staff and SPH leaders convened for the virtual spring assembly where...
Jennifer D. Roberts

Park Spaces and the Human Experience

June 1, 2020
In an article in Nature and Culture, published research led by University of Maryland kinesiology...
Rodman Turpin

Dr. Rodman Turpin Discusses Recent LGBTQ+ Research

May 29, 2020
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Assistant Research Professor Dr. Rodman Turpin (he/him) found his...
Don Milton

Prof. Don Milton Discusses Study Suggesting Air Conditioning Systems Can Spread The Coronavirus

May 26, 2020
The findings of a new study suggest that air conditioners can blow around infected droplets hanging...
Dean Boris Lushniak

Dean Lushniak tells Washington Post that D.C. region can contain coronavirus spread through increased testing and tracing capacity

May 26, 2020
With testing equipment, laboratory capacity, contact tracers and public cooperation, the Washington...
Spring 2020 Commencement Information

Spring 2020 Commencement Information

May 21, 2020
Congratulations 2020 graduates! We are so proud of your accomplishments and with the future of...
How to Look Like a Hero: Mask Up!

How to Look Like a Hero: Mask Up!

May 20, 2020
This story was first published on the Maryland Today website on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. During the...
Learn how to make your own masks by watching Cyndi's tutorial.

SGN | Some Good News: DIY Face Mask #StoptheSpread

May 20, 2020
Each week, our Happiness and Wellness Initiative will share "Some Good News" from the SPH and our...
Tanzania kids watch TV news during the COVID-19 pandemic

Subsaharan African Preteens More Worried About COVID-19, Use TV, Radio to Find Information

May 19, 2020
College Park, Md. — COVID-19 worries children from sub-Saharan Africa more than children from other...
Hongjie Liu presents data on the COVID-19 outbreak

Maryland Faculty and Students Provide Modeling, Contact Tracing to Guide State and County “Roadmap to Recovery”

May 12, 2020
This story was originally published by Maryland Today on May 13, 2020. Opiaah Jeffers M.P.H. ’21...
Sandra Quinn

Sandra Quinn tells Wired that COVID-19 health disparities are "not surprising"

May 12, 2020
Nonwhite patients are succumbing to COVID-19 at higher rates than white patients, Wired reported...
Dean Boris Lushniak

"Let’s not hold the victory parade yet, but let’s be optimistic," Dean Boris Lushniak tells The Washington Post

May 12, 2020
Hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area are ready to safely handle an expected surge of COVID-19...
SGN | Some Good News: Caring Messages from SPH and UMD #KeepTogether #ShellsUnited

SGN | Some Good News: Caring Messages from SPH and UMD #KeepTogether #ShellsUnited

May 6, 2020
Each week, our Happiness and Wellness Initiative will share "some good news" from the SPH and our...
convocation medals

School of Public Health Honors Outstanding Students with Virtual Convocation

May 5, 2020
Near the end of each academic year, School of Public Health faculty, staff, students, families and...
VOA Town Hall

Boris Lushniak joins panel of experts for Voice of America Town Hall

May 5, 2020
In a Voice of America town hall, Dean Boris Lushniak joined a panel of three other experts from...
Don Milton

Don Milton tells The Washington Post there are common misconceptions about respiratory droplets

May 5, 2020
A growing number of studies have found evidence that the coronavirus can remain suspended in the...
Seminar Series

Seminar Series on the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 5, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global public health crisis and poses unprecedented challenges...
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Ryan Sapp earns AKA National Doctoral Scholar Award

May 4, 2020
Congratulations to Ryan Sapp, a doctoral student in the exercise physiology specialization (advisor...
Webinar

Facebook Live Webinar | The Color of COVID-19 in Maryland: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities During a Global Pandemic

May 4, 2020
On April 30, Dr. Stephen Thomas hosted a community conversation on Facebook Live to discuss racial...
Jennifer D. Roberts

Jennifer D. Roberts and Colleagues Receive RAPID Grant to Study COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Behaviors

May 4, 2020
A team of researchers, including School of Public Health's Jennifer D. Roberts, received a National...
Sacoby Wilson

Sacoby Wilson appointed editor in chief of Environmental Justice journal

May 4, 2020
Dr. Sacoby Wilson was appointed as editor in chief of Environmental Justice, a peer-reviewed...
SGN | Some Good News: Feeding the Frontline in Maryland

SGN | Some Good News: Feeding the Frontline in Maryland

April 29, 2020
Each week, our Happiness and Wellness Initiative will share "some good news" from the SPH and our...
Elizabeth Aparicio and Shannon Jette

Two Faculty Members Receive the 2020 Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award

April 28, 2020
Two faculty members from the School of Public Health, Shannon Jette and Elizabeth Aparicio,...

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