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Spotlight: Katie Howard '08
A passion for social systems and a drive to create more equitable health outcomes have defined the career of Katie Howard, MPH ’08. Now serving as senior policy advisor for Quality, Metrics, Surveys, and Evaluations at the Oregon Health Authority, Howard is leveraging data-driven strategies to addr...View Article Details for Spotlight: Katie Howard '08 -
‘Bound’ to Help Trans Teens
Twenty-two-year-old A hated that they’d had to start wearing a bra earlier than classmates and desperately wanted to be flat-chested. As a teen, while watching a show on weight loss, they saw a man wrap himself in plastic wrap to sweat off a few pounds—and thought, “What if I shrink-wrapped my chest...View Article Details for ‘Bound’ to Help Trans Teens -
‘Bound’ to Help Trans Teens
Twenty-two-year-old A hated that they’d had to start wearing a bra earlier than classmates and desperately wanted to be flat-chested. As a teen, while watching a show on weight loss, they saw a man wrap himself in plastic wrap to sweat off a few pounds—and thought, “What if I shrink-wrapped my chest...View Article Details for ‘Bound’ to Help Trans Teens -
Helping communities thrive: SPH’s Gutierrez brings compassion, expertise and tech to help new moms
Blending AI with an experienced bestie, Rosie the Chatbot is a text platform designed for pregnant and new moms of color that offers crucial resources during those 3 a.m. feedings or spiking temperatures.View Article Details for Helping communities thrive: SPH’s Gutierrez brings compassion, expertise and tech to help new moms -
Incoming graduate students inspire
2024 Fall semester is off to a great start with new graduate students gathering for orientation, connecting across diverse specialties and backgrounds, hearing from inspiring faculty, getting involved in a lively resource fair and, of course, enjoying ice cream! We took a minute to get to know a f...View Article Details for Incoming graduate students inspire -
UMD students selected as ASPPH public health ambassadors
Two students from the UMD School of Public Health were selected as 2024-25 ambassadors in the “This is Public Health” (TIPH) program, hosted by the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). The students, Isaiah Griffith and Fatoumata Diallo, were among 97 graduate students sele...View Article Details for UMD students selected as ASPPH public health ambassadors