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Professor appointed to Maryland Wellmobile Advisory Board
Gov. Wes Moore has appointed Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, professor of health policy and management at UMD’s School of Public Health and director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE), to serve as a health expertise member of the Governor’s Wellmobile Program Advisory Board.View Article Details for Professor appointed to Maryland Wellmobile Advisory Board -
Shining a light on aging care and resilience
America is an aging nation – and how to age well is a complex question that University of Maryland’s Center for SUNSHINE (Center for Seniors Uniting Nationwide to Support Health, INtegrated care, and Economics) is entirely dedicated to. On April 15, the Center held its first annual symposium at UMD ...View Article Details for Shining a light on aging care and resilience -
Growing global health and social care collaborations
In October 2025, early-career researchers and doctoral students from U21 member institutions and a policy leader convened in Dublin for the biannual Universitas 21 Health Research Exchange (U21HREx) symposium. Chaired by Dr. Negin Fouladi of the University of Maryland (UMD), the U21HREx network brin...View Article Details for Growing global health and social care collaborations -
What you need to know about ACA subsidies: “It affects everyone”
At the turn of the new year, many people who get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace and use subsidies could see monthly premiums double or triple as ACA subsidies expire. Two experts at University of Maryland’s School of Public Health have been following developments c...View Article Details for What you need to know about ACA subsidies: “It affects everyone” -
Spotlight: Taha Nasir '23, MHA '25
At the end of his father’s life in 2020, Taha Nasir found himself spending unending hours in the hospital surrounded by the complexity of the healthcare system. That difficult time shaped a new career goal for Nasir: to work on improving healthcare systems by joining his two passions, business and h...View Article Details for Spotlight: Taha Nasir '23, MHA '25 -
Making cannabis use safer
Charles “Peewee” Hall III pauses, a pair of buzzing clippers in one hand, his other tilting his customer’s head to the correct angle. “It’s just a good idea,” he shrugs. “I want to make sure the youth, the adults and especially the parents who sit in this chair and get their hair cut, get the mess...View Article Details for Making cannabis use safer