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May 12, 2023

The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the School of Public Health announced today the awardees of their inaugural Healthy Places Seed Grants - a funding program designed to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable commu...

April 28, 2023

April 27, 2023

The President's Commission on Women's Issues recently honored Professor Amy R. Sapkota, interim director of the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, and Sahra Ibrahimi, a family science doctoral student, with its Women of Influence Awards, recognizing their efforts to work Fearlessly...

April 03, 2023

The United States spends more than $800 billion on Medicare health benefits for adults 65 and older annually, yet little is known about whether the program, first established in 1966, helps Americans live longer lives. With a new National Institutes of Health (R21) exploratory/research development...

March 30, 2023

The University of Maryland-led center will generate nature-based research, honor communities historically disenfranchised from nature and use programs to advocate the restorative benefits of nature.

March 29, 2023

At the annual Maryland Research Excellence Celebration, over 200 outstanding scholars and researchers, nominated by their deans, were recognized for their research success and visibility. The following 18 SPH faculty members were nominated by SPH Dean Boris Lushniak and recognized for one or more ...