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$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 -
SPH Names Inaugural Recipients of Seed Grant Competition
Totalling $75,000, the funding program is designed to support collaborative, multidisciplinary public health research that enriches lives. Research topics includes racism, mental health and mucosal immunity.View Article Details for SPH Names Inaugural Recipients of Seed Grant Competition -
NIH-Funded Study Probes Effect of Drinking on Older Adults' Cardiac Function
Two troubling trends are converging for older adults—heavier drinking and rising rates of heart failure. Assistant Professor Aryn Phillips and a team of researchers will explore whether they are linked.View Article Details for NIH-Funded Study Probes Effect of Drinking on Older Adults' Cardiac Function -
CEEJH Announces 2023 Environmental Justice Scholars, Climate Justice Fellows
Nearly 40 scholars and fellows spend the summer focusing on environmental and climate justice, gaining research skills and developing mentor-mentee relationships.View Article Details for CEEJH Announces 2023 Environmental Justice Scholars, Climate Justice Fellows -
Study Finds Gaps, Changes in Medicaid Coverage Connected to Worse Outcomes for Older Adults
Women with breast cancer who are age 65 and older can qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid if their income levels are low, but having dual coverage doesn’t always lead to better outcomes, according to a new University of Maryland study. The study, published this month in the American Public Healt...View Article Details for Study Finds Gaps, Changes in Medicaid Coverage Connected to Worse Outcomes for Older Adults -
School of Public Health Hosts First International Health Research Symposium
More than 30 faculty members and students from the University of Maryland School of Public Health, University of Birmingham in England and University College Dublin in Ireland spent three days swapping experiences, sharing research and touring the University of Maryland as part of the first Universi...View Article Details for School of Public Health Hosts First International Health Research Symposium