School of Public Health News
Progress on a ‘Human-Driven Problem’
University of Maryland researchers and leaders met with White House representatives, crime victims and community activists on Wednesday to tackle the nationwide epidemic of gun violence at an event hosted by PROGRESS (Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies and Solutions), a new univ...
UMD Infectious Disease Expert Co-authors Global Health Report to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation
A University of Maryland researcher who helped influence guidelines on masking and other measures nationwide to limit the spread of COVID-19 joined fellow experts on Thursday in publishing a new report designed to standardize how the medical and scientific fields communicate about transmission of re...
School of Public Health to Debut Global Health Major, New Department
The University of Maryland School of Public Health announced Tuesday it will launch an undergraduate major in global health along with the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH) in Fall 2024. The department will replace and expand upon the Maryland Institute for Applied ...
New Teaching Innovation Grants to Support Surge of Educational Tech
While students in medical school can practice their new skills in controlled environments—whether that means operating on cadavers or using high-tech simulations—Associate Clinical Professor Tracy Zeeger didn’t see as many options in public health.
“Folks are developing and designing interventions,...
Talking Politics—Without Getting the Silent Treatment
Regardless of your political leanings or the company you keep, the road to the 2024 presidential polls will likely be studded with conversational potholes. So how do you keep insults (or rolls) from flying at the dinner table?
According to Tiara Fennell, a licensed family therapist and director of ...
Terp Twins Times 2
Arms raised triumphantly, with “FlyGyrlz” emblazoned across her chest and sparkly shadow framing her eyes, 9-year-old Kamryn Edwards ’27 beams in a family photo as she’s lifted high in the air by her three sisters.
That’s how it’s always been for the Edwards girls. The two sets of fraternal twins, ...
UMD Graduate Programs Earn High Marks in Latest U.S. News Rankings
Dozens of University of Maryland programs earned high rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Graduate Schools lists released Tuesday, with many achieving top-25 placements in overall and specialty categories.
Among UMD’s highlights, the College of Education and the School of Public...
To Gauge Maryland’s Drinking Water Quality, Researchers Tap Into the Public
Depending on where Marylanders live, their assurance of safe drinking water isn’t always crystal clear. In some Baltimore neighborhoods, it can be brown. While the city’s drinking water meets federal safety standards when it leaves municipal treatment plants, it might pick up lead, E. coli and other...
First at Creating a Healthier Global Community
It can be as simple as a high-five from a kid while prepping an anti-bullying workshop in Prince George’s County. Or seeing a family equipped with tools like mosquito nets to reduce their malaria risk in Sierra Leone.
“It’s so rewarding to volunteer in these communities,” said biological sciences m...
UMD-Led Website Aims to Snuff Out Tobacco Use Among LGBTQ+ Teens of Color
LGBTQ+ as well as Black and Latinx populations are at increased risk for using tobacco products, so youths of color who are LGBTQ+ are squarely in the sights of Big Tobacco. As a result, they experience greater tobacco-related health burdens than their non-LGBTQ+ and white peers, according to the Ce...