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With the help of Dr. Donald Milton, a School of Public Health environmental health professor and renowned airborne disease expert, the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to change how people across medical and scientific fields talk about transmission of respiratory viruses like COVID-19.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Expanding its public health breadth and reach, the University of Maryland School of Public Health will launch a new Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH), opening its doors this fall.

A public policy course on the impact of policies on children and families led junior public health major Sophia Thompson to her passion: maternal and child health and policies that can address racial and economic disparities within the field.

Robin Schlesinger has long been passionate about advocacy and supporting children, going back to an aha moment during a discussion about school shootings.

Students from across the University of Maryland gathered at the School of Public Health to showcase their research during the annual SPH Public Health Research & Practice Day on Wednesday, April 4, one of several events taking place in SPH as part of National Public Health Week.

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