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Dean Lushniak Appointed to National Fitness Foundation Board
Boris D. Lushniak, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Fitness Foundation by Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services. The National Fitness Foundation (NFF) is the only congressionally charte...View Article Details for Dean Lushniak Appointed to National Fitness Foundation Board -
Honoring Alice Horowitz, Health Literacy Pioneer
Alice Horowitz, who retires from the University of Maryland this summer at age 89, has been a leading advocate and researcher in dental public health and in health literacy efforts. One of her crowning achievements was establishing SPH’s Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy (HCHL), named ...View Article Details for Honoring Alice Horowitz, Health Literacy Pioneer -
Maternal Mortality Jumped During COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts have taken a disproportionate toll on American mothers who were pregnant or just gave birth. Maternal mortality (i.e., deaths during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period) increased by 18% in 2020, according to data from the National Center for Health Stat...View Article Details for Maternal Mortality Jumped During COVID-19 Pandemic -
Announcing the Inaugural Leaders for the Office of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Beginning July 1, Dr. Tracy Zeeger will serve as Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice and Dr. Sylvette La Touche-Howard will serve as Assistant Dean for Community Engagement for the new Office of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement. With Dr. Zeeger and Dr. La Touche-Howard’s leaders...View Article Details for Announcing the Inaugural Leaders for the Office of Public Health Practice and Community Engagement -
New Law Makes UMD’s Horowitz Center for Health Literacy a Statewide Health Information Hub
A new law passed by the Maryland General Assembly establishes the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, part of the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, as the state’s Consumer Health Information Hub–the first such designation in the country. “This new law really allows the center to be...View Article Details for New Law Makes UMD’s Horowitz Center for Health Literacy a Statewide Health Information Hub -
Dr. Amir Sapkota Appointed Next Epidemiology and Biostatistics Chair
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