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Research Finds that Exercise Can Change Brain Structure in Healthy Older Adults
Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. With a growing aging population, the number of dementia cases is expected to triple by 2050. Because there’s no cure, researchers like fourth year PhD student Daniel Callow are focusing their efforts on prevention measures. A new paper fr...View Article Details for Research Finds that Exercise Can Change Brain Structure in Healthy Older Adults -
COVID-19 Virus is Evolving to Get Better at Becoming Airborne, New Study Shows
Results of a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health show that people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 exhale infectious virus in their breath – and those infected with the Alpha variant (the dominant strain circulating at the time this study was conducted) pu...View Article Details for COVID-19 Virus is Evolving to Get Better at Becoming Airborne, New Study Shows -
A Parting Gift Touched with Gold
While it wasn’t the goodbye Dr. Robert S. Gold hoped for (due to COVID), the School of Public Health recognized his retirement from the University of Maryland and celebrated his legacy as the SPH’s founding dean with a heartfelt Zoom tribute in May. Attended by legions of colleagues and former stude...View Article Details for A Parting Gift Touched with Gold -
New Gift Will Support Family Therapy for Underserved Communities
Since its creation, the importance of a strong family unit has been the foundation of the Jeanette Spier Beavers Endowed Memorial Scholarship. Established by Lois Spier Gray to memorialize her sister Jeanette Spier Beavers, the funds used to establish the scholarship were initially meant to suppo...View Article Details for New Gift Will Support Family Therapy for Underserved Communities -
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