School of Public Health News
Study reveals racial and ethnic disparities in maternity care spending
COLLEGE PARK, MD – A new study out today in JAMA Health Forum is the first to show that Black, Hispanic and Asian people with private insurance tend to pay more out-of-pocket for maternity care than white people.
Study examines effects of state funding for abortion care
A new study out today in Health Affairs shows that state-funded health insurance coverage of abortion is a crucial factor in access, particularly for Black and Hispanic people and people in low-income communities. With federal funding of abortion prohibited in the United States, some states fund cov...
Grant enables research uncovering “ghost networks” in Medicare
Dr. Mika Hamer is about to go ghost hunting. The University of Maryland School of Public Health researcher aims to uncover the extent of so-called “ghost networks” in Medicare Advantage health insurance plans, thanks to a $100K grant from the Robert Johnson Wood Foundation (RWJF).
Fortune ranks SPH online Master's in Public Health No. 1 in the nation
This week Fortune magazine named the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s online master’s in public health program the best in the nation for 2025.
SPH awarded $3.5 million for research on how childhood factors impact life expectancy
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In the United States, wealthy people live on average 10 years longer than poor people, and Black people can expect to live an average of 5 years less than white people. Now, thanks to a $3.5 million grant, researchers will examine why these disparities persist – and how to addres...
Incoming graduate students inspire
2024 Fall semester is off to a great start with new graduate students gathering for orientation, connecting across diverse specialties and backgrounds, hearing from inspiring faculty, getting involved in a lively resource fair and, of course, enjoying ice cream!
We took a minute to get to know a f...
For doctors, sharing expands caring
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Who hasn’t sat in a medical office, listening to computer keys clacking while their provider rapidly types up notes, wondering what they are spending so much time writing about? For doctors, who have always written clinical care notes but increasingly must spend time cataloging b...
UMD students selected as ASPPH public health ambassadors
Two students from the UMD School of Public Health were selected as 2024-25 ambassadors in the “This is Public Health” (TIPH) program, hosted by the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). The students, Isaiah Griffith and Fatoumata Diallo, were among 97 graduate students sele...
Honoring SPH's extraordinary faculty and staff
Congratulations to SPH faculty and staff who received annual awards honoring outstanding teaching, public health practice, service, mentoring and commitment to the school’s success and community during the 2023-2024 academic year!
Thurgood Marshall’s Former School Reimagined, With UMD’s Help
As an elementary school student at West Baltimore’s P.S. 103, young Thurgood Marshall was so rambunctious that his teachers often sent him to a quiet room in the basement, where he was instructed to read the U.S. Constitution. By the time he finished elementary school in 1921, the late U.S. Supreme ...