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Social Action Award 

This merit-based award, given each spring while funds permit, will recognize one Public Health student or a team of students who demonstrate excellence in social action through a planned event, campaign, or project designed to improve the well-being of traditionally marginalized groups. 

Portrait of Boris D. Lushniak

Boris D. Lushniak

Professor and Dean, School of Public Health
student graduation speaker smiles to camera, outside in front of flowers and grass

Commencement speaker Crisdel Mayen Velasquez takes the stage

Growing up, first-generation UMD School of Public Health graduate Crisdel Mayen Velasquez witnessed her parents struggle to navigate the U.S. healthcare system. Like many children of immigrant parents, she helped translate their medical documents.

Dr Huang Lin teaching machine learning in a classroom, two students listen

Machine Learning for Public Health

Dr. Huang (Frederick) Lin knows firsthand how artificial intelligence (AI) can support advances in public health: he uses AI daily in his own research analyzing the trillions of microbes living in our guts, looking for those that contribute to major diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, HIV/AIDS, and various cancers.

Jun
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Thursday
June 5 - to June 6
Virtual

Sexual and Gender Diversity Learning Community Training Workshop

The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center is committed to addressing gaps in understanding LGBTQ+ mental health care and improving outcomes for LGBTQ+ persons. Choosing the SGDLC Training Workshop means choosing a learning experience that is both research and practice based, enhancing...

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