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Honoring Alice Horowitz, Health Literacy Pioneer
Alice Horowitz, who retires from the University of Maryland this summer at age 89, has been a leading advocate and researcher in dental public health and in health literacy efforts. One of her crowning achievements was establishing SPH’s Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy (HCHL), named ...View Article Details for Honoring Alice Horowitz, Health Literacy Pioneer -
Announcing the Inaugural Leaders for the Office of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Beginning July 1, Dr. Tracy Zeeger will serve as Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice and Dr. Sylvette La Touche-Howard will serve as Assistant Dean for Community Engagement for the new Office of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement. With Dr. Zeeger and Dr. La Touche-Howard’s leaders...View Article Details for Announcing the Inaugural Leaders for the Office of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement -
Kinesiology Welcomes New Department Chair
Michael Brown PhD ’95 joined the School of Public Health as the new chair of the Department of Kinesiology on January 3, 2022.View Article Details for Kinesiology Welcomes New Department Chair -
$3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot to Support New Moms, Babies
New parents may soon have a reliable and easy way to find information to guide them through the uncertainty of caring for a new baby—a chatbot named Rosie. With a $3.7 million grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health, Epidemiology Associate Professor Quynh Nguyen (principal investigator)...View Article Details for $3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot to Support New Moms, Babies -
A Parting Gift Touched with Gold
While it wasn’t the goodbye Dr. Robert S. Gold hoped for (due to COVID), the School of Public Health recognized his retirement from the University of Maryland and celebrated his legacy as the SPH’s founding dean with a heartfelt Zoom tribute in May. Attended by legions of colleagues and former stude...View Article Details for A Parting Gift Touched with Gold -
Don Milton Co-Authors Nature Study Providing More Evidence That SARS-CoV-2 May Spread by Air
Don Milton co-authored a study to understand the patterns of contamination of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Researchers say it's essential for prevention policies and effective interventions.View Article Details for Don Milton Co-Authors Nature Study Providing More Evidence That SARS-CoV-2 May Spread by Air