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$3.4M Grant to Fund Study of How Racism, Social Support Affect Devastating Brain Diseases
Epidemiology and biostatistics Associate Professor Thu Nguyen and a research team will develop the Asian Americans & Racism: Individual and Structural Experiences (ARISE) cohort of 500 Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Americans—groups historically underrepresented in the nation's neurologic research.View Article Details for $3.4M Grant to Fund Study of How Racism, Social Support Affect Devastating Brain Diseases -
$3.24M NIH Grant to Fund UMD Researcher's Study of Structural Racism and Cancer
Professor Cheryl Knott and University of Connecticut Associate Professor Debarchana Ghosh will develop a measure of county-level structural racism and discrimination as part of a five-year study that aims to fill a gap in preventive cancer-related research in historically underserved communities.View Article Details for $3.24M NIH Grant to Fund UMD Researcher's Study of Structural Racism and Cancer -
UMD Water Quality Specialist Receives $1.3M NIH New Innovator Award to Study Bacteria, Sewer Overflows in Local Communities
Award funding will support environmental health Assistant Professor Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein's research on the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in sewage.View Article Details for UMD Water Quality Specialist Receives $1.3M NIH New Innovator Award to Study Bacteria, Sewer Overflows in Local Communities -
Kristen Coleman Named First UMB/UMCP KL2 Clinical Research Scholar
The University of Maryland Baltimore Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (UMB ICTR) has named Assistant Professor Kristen Coleman as its new KL2 Clinical Research Scholar - a three-year appointment that includes multi-disciplinary mentored career development, formal coursework and profes...View Article Details for Kristen Coleman Named First UMB/UMCP KL2 Clinical Research Scholar -
$3.2M Grant Funds Study of How Health Technology Could Boost Alzheimer’s, Dementia Care
Professor Jie Chen and her research team will analyze Medicare claims data to investigate if health information technology reduces unnecessary emergency department visits, hospitalizations and hospital readmissions for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD)—conditions that co...View Article Details for $3.2M Grant Funds Study of How Health Technology Could Boost Alzheimer’s, Dementia Care -
Mia Smith-Bynum Named Chair of Department of Family Science
A faculty member since 2010, Dr. Smith-Bynum will provide academic and strategic leadership and advance the teaching, research, service and outreach missions of the department and School of Public Health.View Article Details for Mia Smith-Bynum Named Chair of Department of Family Science