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May 19, 2025

The University of Maryland has bestowed on Dr. Donald K. Milton the title and exceptional honor of Distinguished University Professor, a first in UMD School of Public Health history and one in only a handful of such titles given to tenured faculty across the university.

May 07, 2025

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It’s spring, the birds are migrating and bird flu (H5N1) is rapidly evolving into the possibility of a human pandemic. On May 7, researchers from the University of Maryland School of Public Health published a major study in Open Forum Infectious Diseases documenting research on b...

March 27, 2025

Against the steep blue backdrop of the Mbeya mountain range in Tanzania’s southern highlands, SPH doctoral student Ibiyinka Amokeodo listened to local farmers’ worries about the safety of the water they use on their crops and in their homes. Then she had a lightbulb moment.

January 27, 2025

In a small village in the lush blue-green hills of Tanzania’s southern highlands, farmers are sharing their biggest challenges with a group of graduate students from University of Maryland. “Snails are a problem, destroying crops. We pick them off by hand. And there’s another small bug that eats t...

January 07, 2025

Mia Owens’ younger brother, who was born premature, displayed symptoms of autism growing up. However, despite visiting multiple doctors, he wasn’t offered a diagnosis until his teenage years. “It was pretty clear that he was autistic. That fight for just a simple diagnosis was my main introductio...

December 13, 2024

This week, the School of Public Health celebrated its 2024 Winter graduates with students, faculty and staff joining together on Dec. 10 to commemorate the new graduates’ achievements and honor their milestone. “Every time I talk with our SPH graduating students, I am so heartened by the intellec...