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Feeling Stressed This Season? Family Science Expert Shares How Stress Impacts Health, Ways to Cope
Dr. Mona Mittal, associate professor in the Department of Family Science and supervisor at the Center for Healthy Families, explains how stress affects us in different ways, why so many people seem to be stressed out year-round and how we can find relief.View Article Details for Feeling Stressed This Season? Family Science Expert Shares How Stress Impacts Health, Ways to Cope -
Kerry Green Named Interim Chair of Department of Behavioral and Community Health
As interim chair, Dr. Green will provide academic and strategic leadership and advance the teaching, research, service and outreach missions of the department and School of Public Health. She will succeed Dr. Craig Fryer, who has graciously served as interim chair for more than two years, on Decembe...View Article Details for Kerry Green Named Interim Chair of Department of Behavioral and Community Health -
Amir Sapkota Featured in New Film “The Flow of Change”
Short documentary highlights Sapkota and his research team's efforts to create an early warning system in Nepal for diarrheal diseases tied to extreme weather events.View Article Details for Amir Sapkota Featured in New Film “The Flow of Change” -
University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Appoints Steven Prior as MPower Professor
Prior, associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Kinesiology, will receive $150,000 to fund his research on how exercise impacts vascular and functional impairment in older adults.View Article Details for University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Appoints Steven Prior as MPower Professor -
Ahmed ’24, Biglin ’24 Honored as Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars
Named for the late university supporter and Washington-area publisher, the Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program recognizes top graduating seniors at the University of Maryland and the professors and K-12 teachers who mentored them.View Article Details for Ahmed ’24, Biglin ’24 Honored as Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars -
Remembering Dr. Bonnie Braun (1947-2023)
Dr. Braun, a professor emerita in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Department of Family Science and the first Endowed Chair and Founding Director of the Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, held a dual faculty appointment with the College of Agriculture and Natural Re...View Article Details for Remembering Dr. Bonnie Braun (1947-2023)