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UMD Increases Mental Health, Wellness Services
Expanded on-campus services for substance use treatment, a wellness ambassadors group for graduate students and peer-led workshops in living-learning communities are among the new initiatives at the University of Maryland this fall to support mental health. In addition, the Counseling Center will i...View Article Details for UMD Increases Mental Health, Wellness Services -
SPH’s Devon Payne-Sturges earns top environmental health honor
Devon Payne-Sturges, an associate professor in SPH’s Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH), has won the 2024 Homer Calver Award, a prestigious honor which recognizes national leaders in environmental health. Payne-Sturges was nominated by the American Public Health Ass...View Article Details for SPH’s Devon Payne-Sturges earns top environmental health honor -
Spotlight on Jennifer Clerie '16
With a career marked by innovation, leadership and a deep commitment to public health, Jennifer Clerie, B.S. '16, MBA, embodies the impact of a University of Maryland School of Public Health (SPH) education. A leader across roles, Clerie is both the new president of the SPH Alumni Network Board and...View Article Details for Spotlight on Jennifer Clerie '16 -
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 -
The power of belonging: helping students thrive at SPH and beyond
Tia Cunningham is passionate about supporting students in all the ways – how they connect, how they belong and how they grow beyond UMD into meaningful careers. As the School of Public Health’s Assistant Program Director for Student Engagement, Cunningham oversees the Student Engagement Initiative (...View Article Details for The power of belonging: helping students thrive at SPH and beyond -
For doctors, sharing expands caring
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Who hasn’t sat in a medical office, listening to computer keys clacking while their provider rapidly types up notes, wondering what they are spending so much time writing about? For doctors, who have always written clinical care notes but increasingly must spend time cataloging b...View Article Details for For doctors, sharing expands caring