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Inoculating Against the Spread of Viral Misinformation
In a year that has seen the largest measles outbreak in the US in more than two decades, the role of social media in giving a platform to unscientific anti-vaccine messages and organizations has become a flashpoint. In the first study of public health-related Facebook advertising, newly published i...View Article Details for Inoculating Against the Spread of Viral Misinformation -
UMD Prevention Research Center To Focus on LGBTQ Mental Health With New $3.75M From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) is working to improve mental health and health care for LGBTQ+ people with new funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).View Article Details for UMD Prevention Research Center To Focus on LGBTQ Mental Health With New $3.75M From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -
UMD-Prevention Research Center To Focus on LGBTQ+ Mental Health with $3.7 Million From CDC
Behavioral and Community Health Professor Brad Boekeloo is Director of the UMD Prevention Research Center The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) is working to improve mental health and health care for LGBTQ+ people with new funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...View Article Details for UMD-Prevention Research Center To Focus on LGBTQ+ Mental Health with $3.7 Million From CDC -
Heat Waves Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients
On intensely hot days, people suffering from advanced kidney disease face higher rates of hospitalization and death, according to new findings by University of Maryland, School of Public Health researchers. The study, based on an analysis of over 7,000 patients, is the first to show that race and e...View Article Details for Heat Waves Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients -
Professor Gives $1.15M To "Supercharge" Student Global Health Experiences
A School of Public Health professor has made a $1.15 million gift to support the Global Health Initiative, hoping that it will “supercharge” student engagement in the school's the burgeoning international service, research and education opportunities. The Pamela I. Clark Global Health Student Exper...View Article Details for Professor Gives $1.15M To "Supercharge" Student Global Health Experiences -
Maryland SAFE Center Joins the School of Public Health
The Support Advocacy, Freedom, and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors will become part of the School of Public Health this month. Formed through the MPowering the State initiative that draws on the complementary strengths of the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and ...View Article Details for Maryland SAFE Center Joins the School of Public Health