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Study Seeks to Better Understand Brain Aging of people with Severe Mental Illness
Patients with severe mental illnesses (SMI), including schizophrenia spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, have a greater risk of Alzheimer’s dementia before age 70 due to accelerated brain aging. A University of Maryland Grand Challenges Grant supported research study ...View Article Details for Study Seeks to Better Understand Brain Aging of people with Severe Mental Illness -
Spotlight: Dillon Balkin '14
A love for sports and a passion for helping others were the twin drivers behind alumni Dr. Dillon Balkin’s career. Today, he's living his dream as one of the NFL’s go-to chiropractors, working with elite players like Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, and caring for everyday at...View Article Details for Spotlight: Dillon Balkin '14 -
18 Top Undergraduates Honored as Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars
Cole Hershman’s high school calculus teacher introduced “L'Hôpital's rule” by showing it featured in the movie “Mean Girls.” She pushed him and his classmates to take the hardest course they could before college to challenge themselves, and she was reliably in her classroom smiling whenever they nee...View Article Details for 18 Top Undergraduates Honored as Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars -
$1.8M Grant to Fund Public Health Researcher’s Study of Climate Change and Kidney Disease
In a new study published in Environmental Research Letters, an international team of investigators led by Professor Amir Sapkota offered a way to predict the risk of deadly diarrhea outbreaks using AI modeling, giving public health systems weeks or even months to prepare and to save lives. “The ear...View Article Details for $1.8M Grant to Fund Public Health Researcher’s Study of Climate Change and Kidney Disease -
UMD researcher trains AI to predict diarrheal outbreaks related to climate change
Climate change-related extreme weather, such as massive flooding and prolonged drought, often result in dangerous outbreaks of diarrheal diseases particularly in less developed countries, where diarrheal diseases is the third leading cause of death among young children. Now a study out Oct. 22, 2024...View Article Details for UMD researcher trains AI to predict diarrheal outbreaks related to climate change -
Brain Waves and Basketballs
Watch Kiersten Janjigian discussing her basketball experiment on the School of Public Health's Instagram page.View Article Details for Brain Waves and Basketballs