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Karabelle Pizzigati was a life-long champion for children and families, especially those from underserved communities.

This commitment is now bolstered by Michael Sullivan and Nancy Moseley's $500K gift to the Karabelle Pizzigati Initiative in Advocacy for Children, Youth and Families.

The Gamma Zeta chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health is pleased to announce its 2022 inductees. At the virtual induction ceremony and poster awards reception on May 6, 2022, Dean Boris Lushniak, Principal Associate Dean Dushanka Kleinman, inducted 17 students, four faculty members, two alumni and one honorary member, Dr. Dianna Abney.

Three students in the BS-MPH program—which allows students to count undergraduate credits towards their master of public health degree— are preparing to embark on an exciting summer of research.

Mobile health apps are increasingly popular, but how well do they work to provide people with the tailored information they seek? A research group in the School of Public Health recently completed the first phase of a four-year project to design and field test a mobile health (mHealth) app that will provide personalized health information for African Americans and Spanish-speaking Hispanic users.