Prior, associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Kinesiology, will receive $150,000 to fund his research on how exercise impacts vascular and functional impairment in older adults.
Named for the late university supporter and Washington-area publisher, the Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program recognizes top graduating seniors at the University of Maryland and the professors and K-12 teachers who mentored them.
Dr. Braun, a professor emerita in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Department of Family Science and the first Endowed Chair and Founding Director of the Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy, held a dual faculty appointment with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Gedion joined the School of Public Health in spring 2023 after earning her associate degree from Howard Community College. She is studying with Associate Professor Sushant Ranadive, exploring the effects of acute inflammation on vascular function and how those effects vary among different racial and demographic groups.
During the lecture, Dr. Laura Herrera Scott provided a comprehensive overview of Maryland's ongoing initiatives to address the challenges of children and youth behavioral health.
Dr. Fish has served as the center’s deputy director since 2019. In her new role, she will develop and oversee the center’s external communications, partnerships, student engagement and strategies for translation research growth and sustainability.
The intercampus training fostered discussions and collaboration between nursing, public health science and social work students around an often misunderstood topic.
McCullers, a behavioral and community health doctoral student with the School of Public Health and health equity research associate at Medstar Health, is one of 30 winners nationwide to win the award from Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech.
Epidemiology and biostatistics Associate Professor Thu Nguyen and a research team will develop the Asian Americans & Racism: Individual and Structural Experiences (ARISE) cohort of 500 Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Americans—groups historically underrepresented in the nation's neurologic research.
Naomi Whitaker, Ph.D. ’27, founded the Association for Black Public Health Students at University of Maryland to create a hub and welcome space for Black student researchers.
