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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 -
Kristin Cipriani, Jennifer Hodgson Named New Leaders of Public Health Science
Cipriani will oversee and direct the Public Health Science major, University of Maryland’s fourth largest undergraduate major, while Hodgson will oversee and direct the Public Health Science program at the Universities at Shady Grove.View Article Details for Kristin Cipriani, Jennifer Hodgson Named New Leaders of Public Health Science -
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 -
Student Spotlight: Senam Attipoe ’23, MPH ’24
Attipoe shares thoughts on her recent “Law, Public Health and the Cuban Family” summer program, which included visits to health clinics and hospitals, the pharmaceutical factory where Cuba invented its COVID-19 vaccine, a fertility clinic and a Cuban medical school.View Article Details for Student Spotlight: Senam Attipoe ’23, MPH ’24 -
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 -
Jie Chen Named Chair of Department of Health Policy and Management
A faculty member since 2012, Dr. Chen 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 Jie Chen Named Chair of Department of Health Policy and Management