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October 04, 2023

$3.24M NIH Grant to Fund UMD Researcher's Study of Structural Racism and Cancer

Professor Cheryl Knott and University of Connecticut Associate Professor Debarchana Ghosh will develop a measure of county-level structural racism and discrimination as part of a five-year study that aims to fill a gap in preventive cancer-related research in historically underserved communities.

Past Events

Feb

Friday

Eppley Multipurpose Room

SPH 2024 Winter Assembly

Dean Boris D. Lushniak will provide a state of the school message and welcome multiple members of our community to share important news and information for the academic year. This event is for SPH faculty and staff. A reminder that your attendance is both welcomed and required by our SPH Plan of...

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A group of college students gather to conduct water quality testing.

October 03, 2023

UMD Water Quality Specialist Receives $1.3M NIH New Innovator Award to Study Bacteria, Sewer Overflows in Local Communities

Award funding will support environmental health Assistant Professor Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein's research on the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in sewage.

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September 29, 2023

A New Challenge for SPH Students: Transform Organ Transplantation Nationwide

The Mickey Dale Family Foundation has donated $60,000 to the School of Public Health to establish a graduate fellowship that supports students working to understand and subsequently transform attitudes and practices around organ, tissue and cell transplantation in the United States.

September 27, 2023

Kristen Coleman Named First UMB/UMCP KL2 Clinical Research Scholar

The University of Maryland Baltimore Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (UMB ICTR) has named Assistant Professor Kristen Coleman as its new KL2 Clinical Research Scholar - a three-year appointment that includes multi-disciplinary mentored career development, formal coursework and professional development opportunities.

September 27, 2023

Unexpected Joys During the Pandemic

That universal feeling of “cabin fever” during the COVID-19 pandemic is something many Americans felt during those initial months of quarantine. Days started to blend together as each one felt the same as the last. As the pandemic continued, many of us researched hobbies with the hopes of uncovering a newly found passion during this time of uncertainty.

Students from the Data Detectives Camp wearing green t-shirts gather around a table while looking at a computer screen.

September 21, 2023

"Data Detectives" Mix Learning and Fun at Statistics Summer Camp

Co-sponsored by the School of Public Health, the week-long camp teachers middle school students how to collect and analyze statistical data and then display what they discovered in creative ways.

Past Events

May

Tuesday

Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center | Dorothy D. & Nicholas Orem Alumni Hall

School of Public Health Celebration of Scholarships and Student Awards

Each academic year, our faculty and staff look forward to honoring our outstanding students through a celebration of scholarships and awards ceremony. This year's Celebration of Scholarships and Student Awards will be held in person in Orem Alumni Hall at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. Parking...

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September 18, 2023

$3.2M Grant Funds Study of How Health Technology Could Boost Alzheimer’s, Dementia Care

Professor Jie Chen and her research team will analyze Medicare claims data to investigate if health information technology reduces unnecessary emergency department visits, hospitalizations and hospital readmissions for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD)—conditions that cost an estimated $321 billion in the U.S. last year.

From left, Alyssa Todaro Brooks, PhD '15, Jameson Roth '17, Rohini Nambiar '19, Jeannette Devine '01

September 15, 2023

Alumna Jameson Roth ’17 Merges Her Passions, Inspires Students to Create Their Own Path

Fate intervened in Jameson Roth's life when she stumbled upon a family science class at the School of Public Health. Get to know how Roth, president of the SPH Alumni Network, began her public health journey and the advice she has for public health students.

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