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Tools and Training for Public Health Research and Practice

A major objective of the UM Prevention Research Center is to conduct innovative, community-engaged research to prevent chronic disease, especially among SGM populations. Part of this work includes developing, testing, and evaluating evidence-based solutions that can be shared widely and applied to promote SGM health. 

The UMD-PRC provides various tools and training opportunities for mental and public health practitioners, including assessments, factsheets, toolkits, webinars, and workshops. 

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Eight SPH Students Named Do Good Institute Impact Interns

The internship program provides emerging social sector leaders with meaningful opportunities to gain professional experience, develop skills, build a professional network and learn more about working in the nonprofit and social impact sphere.
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Op/ed: For an Expanded Definition of Masculinity, Turn On ‘Ted Lasso’

In a new essay in The Baltimore Sun, University of Maryland family science Professor Kevin Roy writes men who are feeling societal stresses need to examine more broadly what it means to be a man—and one place to start could be a popular series that recently concluded on Apple TV+.
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Sushant Ranadive Named Kinesiology’s Inaugural Husman Professor

The Department of Kinesiology has named Associate Professor Sushant Ranadive the inaugural endowed Burris F. and Margaret C. Husman Professor. Ranadive, who studies how women’s hormonal changes related to menopause affect cardiovascular health and predisposes them to high blood pressure, will receive $20,000 annually for three years to support research activities.
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