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This summer, Dr. Jennifer D. Roberts brought her research on nature, physical activity and health equity directly to the community with a new summer camp aiming to get high schoolers into green spaces in Buffalo, NY.

When freshmen arrive at the University of Maryland (UMD), they’re placed in orientation classes designed to ease the transition into college life. But transfer students, many of whom come from two-year colleges and have already earned associate’s degrees, are often navigating a new campus, major requirements and social systems alone. 

COLLEGE PARK, M.d. – People in America adopt hundreds of thousands of children every year, but not all of them receive health insurance once adopted into their second home.

Biostatistics plays a vital and growing role in the field of public health, providing the analytical foundation for understanding health trends and making evidence-based decisions. As the volume and complexity of health data increases, especially in this new age of artificial intelligence (AI), there is a critical need for biostatistical expertise.

The UMD Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) welcomes a new director, associate professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Elizabeth Aparicio, who bring

In Maryland’s rich agricultural flatlands around Upper Marlboro, a group of scientists, contractors and farmers braved the heat on a June day at UMD’s Terp Farm at the Central Maryland Research & Education Center to gain hands-on skills around safe rainwater harvesting in urban agricultural settings.