School of Public Health News
15 SPH faculty honored at 2024 Maryland Research Excellence Celebration
At the annual Maryland Research Excellence Celebration on April 16, more than 200 outstanding scholars and researchers, nominated by their deans, were recognized for their research success and visibility.
School of Public Health faculty receive grants to enhance global education efforts
Students and instructors from across the world will soon be connected with those in the University of Maryland School of Public Health community, thanks to grants awarded to several SPH departments and faculty to establish new global public health classrooms.
Op/ed: Make All Overdose Reversal Agents Available in Maryland
Black barbershops and beauty salons often serve as virtual community centers, improving not only the hairstyles but the well-being of their clients by hosting vaccine clinics health outreach activities, according to Professor Stephen B. Thomas, founding director of the University of Maryland’s Cente...
Building community health research starts with trust, partnership
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The best way to improve health in underserved communities is to create solutions with them, not conduct research on them. That’s a silver lining lesson Dr. Stephen B. Thomas implements daily in his work as director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity and professor at the Uni...
10 Top SPH Stories of 2023
The School of Public Health continued to move fearlessly forward this year, tackling pressing issues at the local, national and global level, while educating the next generation of public health practitioners. Here's a look back at some of the school’s achievements in 2023.
Student Spotlight: Taehyun Kim, Ph.D. ’24
Kim shares why she decided to study health policy and management, how she overcame stigma around abortion research and how her research on contraception and abortion access could impact state and national health policies.
Alumni Spotlight: Chawin Reilly '23, Master of Health Care Management
Chawin Reilly is a health policy analyst with the Maryland Department of Health. He works in the department’s Medicaid Provider Enrollment division, where he helps healthcare providers who serve the state’s Medicaid patients navigate the enrollment process. His team works directly with 110,000 provi...
$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 co...
SPH Names Inaugural Recipients of Seed Grant Competition
Totalling $75,000, the funding program is designed to support collaborative, multidisciplinary public health research that enriches lives. Research topics includes racism, mental health and mucosal immunity.
NIH-Funded Study Probes Effect of Drinking on Older Adults' Cardiac Function
Two troubling trends are converging for older adults—heavier drinking and rising rates of heart failure. Assistant Professor Aryn Phillips and a team of researchers will explore whether they are linked.