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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 -
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 -
Dr. Amy Lewin Reports Increased Father Involvement Associated With Decreased Infant Stress
A newly published study of teen mothers and their infants in Washington DC by Family Science Assistant Professor Amy Lewin examined father involvement and its role in child social-emotional development. The study found that approximately three-quarters of the infants’ fathers, who were on average 19...View Article Details for Dr. Amy Lewin Reports Increased Father Involvement Associated With Decreased Infant Stress