Donald Milton

Don Milton Explains the Benefits of Face Masks to the Wall Street Journal

April 7, 2020
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recommendation last Friday for Americans...
Boris Lushniak

Dean Boris Lushniak Tells Newsy There Was a Patchwork Response for Containing COVID-19

April 7, 2020
Dean Boris Lushniak told Newsy that the United States needed one clear plan for containing COVID-19...
SPH building

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...
Woman shopping for groceries wearing surgical mask and gloves

Wearing Surgical Masks in Public Could Help Slow Pandemic’s Advance, New Study Suggests

April 3, 2020
This story appears in Maryland Today , April 3 and was written by Chris Carroll. Surgical masks may...
Boris Lushniak

UMD Public Health Faculty Experts Inform the Public About COVID-19

March 31, 2020
From March 30, 2020 through the end of this academic year, all classroom instruction will be...
Chat Health Launches Platform to Provide Personalized COVID-19 Information

Chat Health Launches Platform to Provide Personalized COVID-19 Information

March 31, 2020
Want to know if the symptoms you are having are allergies or a mild case of COVID-19? Ask Chat...
Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19

Social Media for Public Health: New Website Provides Research Resources to Aid the Fight Against COVID-19

March 31, 2020
The University of Maryland is part of a multi-institutional effort to create an open online...
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...
Resources for Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Resources for Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 31, 2020
Faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Family Science have created several...
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...
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Doctoral Candidate Highlight: Laura Drew

March 20, 2020
Maternal and Child Health Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Instructor Laura Drew has had an...
Dina Borzekowski and Grover

Advice for Parents of Elementary School-Aged Children in a Time of Anxiety

March 19, 2020
By Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Ed.D., Research Professor, Department of Behavioral and Community Health...
You Got the Power Show: Coronavirus, The Pandemic of Our Time

You Got the Power Show: Coronavirus the Pandemic of Our Time

March 18, 2020
Omar Neal, the former Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, convened a Coronavirus-themed Facebook Live...
PhD Candidate Laura Koo Selected as a Rima E. Rudd Fellow in Health Literacy

PhD Candidate Laura Koo Selected as a Rima E. Rudd Fellow in Health Literacy

March 12, 2020
Laura Koo , a University of Maryland School of Public Health PhD candidate in the Department of...
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...
Leyla Merlo (BS, Public Health Science '19)

Leyla Merlo (BS, Public Health Science '19)

March 11, 2020
Leyla Merlo graduated in May 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in public health science and a minor in...
Renee Ngozi Nwankwo

Renee Ngozi Nwankwo (Certificate in Global Health '20)

March 9, 2020
Renee Ngozi Nwankwo, a lieutenant in the U.S. Public Health Service, completed her Certificate in...
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...
SPH Raises More than $93,000 on Most Successful Giving Day Yet

SPH Raises More than $93,000 on Most Successful Giving Day Yet

March 5, 2020
Over 24 hours on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, the University of Maryland School of Public Health...
Coronavirus Test Questions

Coronavirus Test Questions

March 4, 2020
This story was originally published in Maryland Today. As the U.S. government promised to...
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...
Prevalence of Twitter-derived negative sentiment towards racial/ethnic minorities at the state level

Racial Bias Expressed via Tweets Linked with Poor Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in US States

February 25, 2020
Discrimination increases the risk for negative cardiovascular health outcomes, according to a new...
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...
Coronavirus in Perspective: Symposium Shares Information—and Fights Misinformation—About Epidemic

Coronavirus in Perspective: Symposium Shares Information—and Fights Misinformation—About Epidemic

February 21, 2020
This story was originally published in Maryland Today on Friday, February 21 and was written by...
MacArthur Foundation 100&Change

University of Maryland Among Top 100 Proposals for MacArthur $100 Million Grant

February 19, 2020
College Park, MD — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled that the...
CIDRAP: Unmasked: Experts explain necessary respiratory protection for COVID-19

CIDRAP: Unmasked: Experts Explain Necessary Respiratory Protection for COVID-19

February 14, 2020
It’s possible the coronavirus can be spread by aerosol transmission, environmental health professor...
Quynh Nguyen

Exploring the Power of Big Data for Public Health

February 13, 2020
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics will host the first UMD Big Data in Public Health...
Paying it Forward: Deborah Rudy Establishes Endowment to Help the Next Generation of Public Health Champions

Paying it Forward: Deborah Rudy Establishes Endowment to Help the Next Generation of Public Health Champions

February 12, 2020
Deborah (Deb) A. Rudy's parents were big on college. Especially her father, Arthur Rudy '40. Having...
The New York Times

The New York Times: Medical Professionals Battle Virus Misinformation Online

February 12, 2020
False claims about the coronavirus are spreading across the internet, The New York Times reported,...
SAFE Center holds symposium to highlight Maryland's first labor trafficking law

SAFE Center Symposium Highlights Fight Against Labor Trafficking in Maryland

February 12, 2020
On January 29, the School of Public Health’s Support, Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE)...
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,...
Maryland Matters

Maryland Matters: On Transit Equity Day, experts call for Bus Rapid Transit, electric vehicles in D.C. Suburbs

February 10, 2020
Public transportation in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties is unreliable and unsafe,...
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...
Dr. Miller presenting his power point on running and knee load

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...
Nature Journal

Nature: Social scientists battle bots to glean insights from online chatter

January 29, 2020
Data from sites like Twitter, Reddit and Instagram can help scientists learn about human health and...
Voice of America

Voice of America: Surgical Masks Help Block Germs But Are No Guarantee

January 28, 2020
Surgical masks are advised, but do not provide complete coverage, Donald Milton told Voice of...
Person with prosthetic leg on treadmill

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...
Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Healthcare Providers toolkit

New Guidelines Help Identify, Support Human Trafficking Survivors in Maryland

January 27, 2020
A new resource guide aims to equip Maryland health care providers with the tools to better identify...
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...

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