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The Happiness Effect
Our Happiness and Wellness Initiative shares "Some Good News" from the SPH and our extended community. You can submit your own good news by email to: happyandwell@umd.edu. This story was written by Nina Branwell '23.View Article Details for The Happiness Effect -
Bezos Earth Fund Gift of $800,000 Supports Community-Based Air Quality Monitoring
The University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) group, has received an $800,000 gift from the Bezos Earth Fund to expand efforts focused on air quality monitoring in communities exposed to traffic-related pollution across the Mid-A...View Article Details for Bezos Earth Fund Gift of $800,000 Supports Community-Based Air Quality Monitoring -
In Memoriam: Ayne Furman ’77
The School of Public Health community has lost a devoted alumna whose engagement with the University of Maryland has spanned decades and included many roles, most recently as an advisor to Dean Boris Lushniak as a member of the school’s Dean’s Council. Ayne Furman ’77 died on September 26, 2021 afte...View Article Details for In Memoriam: Ayne Furman ’77 -
$3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot to Support New Moms, Babies
New parents may soon have a reliable and easy way to find information to guide them through the uncertainty of caring for a new baby—a chatbot named Rosie. With a $3.7 million grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health, Epidemiology Associate Professor Quynh Nguyen (principal investigator)...View Article Details for $3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot to Support New Moms, Babies -
New Gift to Help Make Global Health Student Travel Experiences Accessible to All
If the last two years have done anything, they have highlighted the importance of public health and the increased need for attention to global health across almost all aspects of our interconnected society. But Rachel Bell ‘93 (Accounting) and Anthony Samer already knew this. “We know that public...View Article Details for New Gift to Help Make Global Health Student Travel Experiences Accessible to All -
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