Noah Triplett grew up in the one-stoplight town of Tyro, N.C., where cows seemed to outnumber people and the hot teen hangout was Walmart. He’s lost several childhood acquaintances to the opioid epidemic that hit small-town America hard, and understands how isolation and poverty can threaten mental health.

TAKOMA PARK, Md. – The cheerful rhythms of Remy Ongala’s electric guitar fade as Dr. Kevin Roy comes on the air, embodying all the lively energy of the music he is broadcasting. You can hear his smile. 

By Maryland Today and SPH staff

At the turn of the new year, many people who get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace and use subsidies could see monthly premiums double or triple as ACA subsidies expire. Two experts at University of Maryland’s School of Public Health have been following developments closely. 

Our SPH colleagues continue to investigate and find solutions for some of the most crucial public health issues of our time. Get the latest here in the Fall Research Roundup that celebrates the excellent work and dedicated humans of UMD School of Public Health. 

The best collaborations sometimes start by accident—and the strongest ones end with new friendships. Professor Kerry W. Tripp, who teaches family public health and law at University of Maryland's School of Public Health, created a Global Classrooms partnership that connects students across languages and hemispheres—and it all began with a single call to a professor she’d never met. 

Longtime and cherished faculty member Dr. Norman Epstein, professor emeritus in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Department of Family Science, died on October 17th at the age of 78. 

Jill Whitall and Jane Clark never do anything halfway. From Whitall’s earliest days as a graduate student and Clark’s start as a rising faculty member, they poured themselves fully into the University of Maryland. Each step built on the last: teaching led to leadership, leadership to advocacy, and advocacy to philanthropy.

On Tuesday the Heinz Family Foundation named University of Maryland School of Public Health Professor Sacoby M. Wilson, Ph.D., one of two recipients of the prestigious 30th Heinz Award for the Environment.

The UMD Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) welcomes a new director, associate professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Elizabeth Aparicio, who bring