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$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 -
Research Finds that Exercise Can Change Brain Structure in Healthy Older Adults
Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. With a growing aging population, the number of dementia cases is expected to triple by 2050. Because there’s no cure, researchers like fourth year PhD student Daniel Callow are focusing their efforts on prevention measures. A new paper fr...View Article Details for Research Finds that Exercise Can Change Brain Structure in Healthy Older Adults -
COVID-19 Virus is Evolving to Get Better at Becoming Airborne, New Study Shows
Results of a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health show that people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 exhale infectious virus in their breath – and those infected with the Alpha variant (the dominant strain circulating at the time this study was conducted) pu...View Article Details for COVID-19 Virus is Evolving to Get Better at Becoming Airborne, New Study Shows -
Social Distancing Works
In March of 2020, many US states issued “stay at home” or “shelter in place” orders to protect public health and limit the spread of the coronavirus. At the height of these restrictions in late March and early April, these directives applied to the majority of Americans. Yet, the combination of an u...View Article Details for Social Distancing Works -
$2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research
Getting ready to ditch your mask as the percentage of the U.S. population vaccinated against COVID-19 steadily rises? Not so fast, warns Dr. Donald Milton, professor of applied environmental health at the University of Maryland and a leading expert on how viruses spread through the air.View Article Details for $2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research -
Thriving in a Post-COVID Age
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly altered the research field, leading to institutions struggling to keep career development connections and networks. The virus may also contribute to increasing the research divide, specifically for underrepresented Early Career Researchers (ECR’s) and doctoral...View Article Details for Thriving in a Post-COVID Age