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New Gift Bolsters Award for Doctoral Students Working to Advance Health Literacy
Alice Munkhoff Horowitz PhD '92 believes strongly in the power of health literacy to address health inequalities. And with a new gift pledged over five years, Dr. Horowitz will ensure that the Rima E. Rudd Dissertation Research Award in Health Literacy can continue to support the next generation of ...View Article Details for New Gift Bolsters Award for Doctoral Students Working to Advance Health Literacy -
Social Distancing Works
In March of 2020, many US states issued “stay at home” or “shelter in place” orders to protect public health and limit the spread of the coronavirus. At the height of these restrictions in late March and early April, these directives applied to the majority of Americans. Yet, the combination of an u...View Article Details for Social Distancing Works -
UMD Part of New National Initiative that Taps Barbers and Stylists to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2021 – President Biden today announced the formation of a White House-backed partnership between the University of Maryland’s Maryland Center for Health Equity, the Black Coalition Against COVID and the beauty and personal care brand SheaMoisture to recruit 1,000 Black-owne...View Article Details for UMD Part of New National Initiative that Taps Barbers and Stylists to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy -
$2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research
Getting ready to ditch your mask as the percentage of the U.S. population vaccinated against COVID-19 steadily rises? Not so fast, warns Dr. Donald Milton, professor of applied environmental health at the University of Maryland and a leading expert on how viruses spread through the air.View Article Details for $2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research -
$1.5 M Gift Will Expand Students’ Public Health Experiences
With COVID-19 dramatically demonstrating the need for a robust, well-funded and equity-focused public health system, a new $1.5 million gift to the University of Maryland School of Public Health (SPH) will support efforts to prepare a new generation of public health leaders—a diverse group ready to ...View Article Details for $1.5 M Gift Will Expand Students’ Public Health Experiences -
Thriving in a Post-COVID Age
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly altered the research field, leading to institutions struggling to keep career development connections and networks. The virus may also contribute to increasing the research divide, specifically for underrepresented Early Career Researchers (ECR’s) and doctoral...View Article Details for Thriving in a Post-COVID Age