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Women are telling Reddit, not doctors, about menopause
Nearly half the world's population experiences menopause, yet many of its emotional, cognitive and social impacts may never be discussed during medical appointments. New research out in JAMA Network Open highlights these “silent symptoms."View Article Details for Women are telling Reddit, not doctors, about menopause -
Spotlight: Jackie Miller
When she is not going for a run, Jacqueline “Jackie” Miller is focusing on the communities in public health.View Article Details for Spotlight: Jackie Miller -
SPH, AIM welcome Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholar Yulin Hswen
By Maryland Today and SPH staff The University of Maryland on Thursday announced five leading experts from a diverse array of disciplines as its first cohort of core faculty of the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM), UMD’s hub for AI collaboration across campus. A...View Article Details for SPH, AIM welcome Distinguished Artificial Intelligence Scholar Yulin Hswen -
UMD developing AI-powered warning system to predict disease tied to extreme weather
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The University of Maryland will lead an eight-country research consortium to develop an artificial intelligence-powered early warning system to help communities prepare for and respond to diarrheal disease risks – and potentially other conditions – worsened by extreme weather eve...View Article Details for UMD developing AI-powered warning system to predict disease tied to extreme weather -
New biostatistics PhD offers vital public health expertise
Biostatistics plays a vital and growing role in the field of public health, providing the analytical foundation for understanding health trends and making evidence-based decisions. As the volume and complexity of health data increases, especially in this new age of artificial intelligence (AI), ther...View Article Details for New biostatistics PhD offers vital public health expertise -
More rural, minoritized people get amputations – AI gets closer to why
Why do rural adults and racial and ethnic minorities with vascular disease get major leg amputations more often? A new study out today in Epidemiology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the mystery, finding an unaccounted-for factor that researchers think points to implicit bias in the clini...View Article Details for More rural, minoritized people get amputations – AI gets closer to why