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The Horowitz Center has a variety of projects that focus on diabetes prevention and management.

We work with the Maryland Department of Health to implement the Maryland Diabetes Action Plan with the local health improvement coalitions
We help implement and evaluate diabetes prevention and management programs

Local Health Improvement Coalitions

Principal Investigator: Dr. Cynthia Baur
Sponsor: Maryland Department of Health
Term: 9/01/18 - 8/31/23

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Learning from 2020 to Advance the Public's Health

Our eighth annual Public Health Research at Maryland conference was held virtually from Tuesday, April 13 through Thursday, April 15, 2021.

The event theme—Learning from 2020 to Advance the Public's Health—considered lessons from 2020 related to public health preparedness, social and racial injustice, the dangers of health misinformation, physical inactivity and more.

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Sacoby Wilson, an African American man with glasses and a bald head writes on a small yellow notebook and holds his phone in his hand. He is outside monitoring air quality in Langley Park, Maryland and there are cars passing by.

January 24, 2022

Meta Gifts $1.75 Million to UMD to Boost Environmental Justice and Health Equity Initiatives

A $1.75 million gift from Meta (formerly Facebook) to the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health

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Boris Lushniak, Michael Brown and Brad Hatfield stand shoulder to shoulder smiling

January 07, 2022

Kinesiology Welcomes New Department Chair

Michael Brown PhD ’95 joined the School of Public Health as the new chair of the Department of Kinesiology on January 3, 2022.

January 06, 2022

Pappas Family Establishes Maryland Promise Scholarship to Help Kinesiology Undergraduates Access Higher Education

Greg and Kimberly Pappas have established the Emily Pappas '22 Family Maryland Promise Scholarship with a $125,000 gift in honor of their daughter Emily. It will support undergraduate kinesiology students in the School of Public Health, with preference given to students from underrepresented populations, low-income and first-generation college students.

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December 14, 2021

The Happiness Effect

Our Happiness and Wellness Initiative shares "Some Good News" from the SPH and our extended community. You can submit your own good news by email to: happyandwell@umd.edu.

This story was written by Nina Branwell '23.

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