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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 -
Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches
School of Public Health faculty and staff are among the collaborators in the new initiative, which aims to change technology design research and practice so it involves disability communities as equal partners from the beginning of the design process, and accessibility is proactively built-in.View Article Details for Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches -
SPH Facilities Manager Conquers the World and Herself One Destination at a Time
The pathway through separation and divorce is never an easy one and even more so in the middle of a pandemic. In 2020 that’s exactly what SPH’s Jennifer Reed was facing when she decided to plan a trip for herself. She would be celebrating her milestone 50th birthday in January of 2023, so she chose ...View Article Details for SPH Facilities Manager Conquers the World and Herself One Destination at a Time