School of Public Health News
New Seed Grants Sow Interdisciplinary Research Between MAPP, School of Public Health
The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the School of Public Health announced today the awardees of their inaugural Healthy Places Seed Grants - a funding program designed to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable commu...
New Wekesa Earth Center to Increase Belonging, Justice in Nature
The University of Maryland-led center will generate nature-based research, honor communities historically disenfranchised from nature and use programs to advocate the restorative benefits of nature.
Student Spotlight: Hayden Kessinger ’23
Meet Hayden Kessinger ’23, a kinesiology student and intern with the Ulman Foundation, a Baltimore nonprofit serving young adults and adolescents navigating cancer. This summer, Kessinger will embark on one of the toughest mental and physical challenges of his life: a 4,000-mile bike ride across the...
Student Spotlight: Lucy Hess and Sophia Lama
Meet Lucy Hess ’24 and Sophia Lama ’25, kinesiology students and two of the executive board members for Terp Thon - a student-run organization that supports patients and families fighting pediatric illness and injury at Children’s National Hospital, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in Washingto...
SPH Graduates Among Terrapin Club's 30 Under 30 Class of 2023
The Terrapin Club recently named Michelle Jamin '16, Elise Nguyen '17, '18 and Dominique Waddell '15 to its 30 Under 30 Class of 2023. The honor recognizes the SPH graduates' impact in their communities and careers while supporting the university and embodying Maryland Pride.
University of Maryland Awards 11 Grants to SPH Faculty to Address Humanity’s Grand Challenges
Faculty from the School of Public Health will receive unprecedented funding to tackle some of society's biggest challenges, including a $3M grant to create an international alliance focused on alleviating food, energy and water insecurity, protecting environmental and global public health and bolste...
Discover Your Heart: Interactive Trail Teaches About Cardiovascular Health
Opening February 11 in honor of American Heart Month, the “Heart Discovery Trail" is an existing one-mile loop through Howard County's Middle Patuxent Environmental Area that includes educational signs bearing heart facts and quizzes.
Distilling What Matters Most in the New Year
A chance encounter with living history in Montgomery, Alabama moves Jennifer D. Roberts, associate professor in kinesiology, to connect with a stranger and “walk the walk and not just talk the talk” of shared humanity and justice.
Study Reveals Risk of Unequal Access, Health Inequities Around New Purple Line
Bus and Metro users in Prince George’s County are looking forward to the forthcoming Maryland Purple Line, but lower-income residents are likely to experience transit-induced neighborhood gentrification and unequal access due to the profit-focused transit design and urban planning models, according ...
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.