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November 26, 2024

Our School of Public Health colleagues have been busy this fall writing, researching, teaching, working with communities and partners, advocating, communicating findings and often providing media with expert perspectives. Please find here the new Fall Research Roundup, where we take a moment to ce...

November 22, 2024

This week Fortune magazine named the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s online master’s in public health program the best in the nation for 2025.

November 21, 2024

At 50, the School of Public Health’s Center on Aging is thriving. Established to advance research on healthy aging for all, the center will celebrate its half-century milestone with a symposium on December 3rd at the Samuel Riggs Alumni Center. “We are honored to celebrate five decades of impactf...

November 13, 2024

Starting this month, Dr. Nicole Cousin-Gossett will take on an expanded role aimed at creating a space where all undergraduate students can thrive and graduate as professionals ready to take on the greatest public health needs. Cousin-Gossett, who had previously been assistant dean, will now serve a...

November 07, 2024

Esohe Owie came with her family to Maryland from Lagos, Nigeria in her early teens, the eldest of three siblings. Adjusting to this new world was challenging, especially when – just a few years later – she needed to navigate an unfamiliar college system.

November 07, 2024

Patients with severe mental illnesses (SMI), including schizophrenia spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, have a greater risk of Alzheimer’s dementia before age 70 due to accelerated brain aging. A University of Maryland Grand Challenges Grant supported research study ...