School of Public Health News
Spotlight: Alisha Hussain
After a family member’s struggle with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, improving mental health became a personal passion for sophomore family science major Alisha Hussain, a 2025 Karabelle Pizzigati Fellow.
Six steps to happier holidays
Holidays can be stressful in the merriest of times. And in hard times? Well, that’s a turkey and a half. So how can you preserve your mental health and approach the holidays with relish? Dr. Amy Morgan, a licensed clinical therapist and relationship expert who leads UMD’s BE WELL class* (formerly ca...
National NCFR award goes to SPH student
Third-year family science doctoral student Pond Ezra was awarded the 2024 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Student Award last month for their work aiming to increase the representation of transgender people in family science in general, in particular in the realm of parenting. The award i...
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!
SPH collaboration trains teachers in Honduras on student mental health
When it comes to public health outreach, Terps are a school on the move. Early this semester, an international collaboration between the University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD SPH) and the Organization for Community Health Outreach (OCHO) proved that point yet again, working to train 13...
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.
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 ...
Spotlight: Karabelle Pizzigati Initiative Fellow Robin Schlesinger ’25
Robin Schlesinger has long been passionate about advocacy and supporting children, going back to an aha moment during a discussion about school shootings. The junior, a public health family science major and public leadership and law and society double minor, was named a Karabelle Pizzigati fellow i...
SPH Research and Practice Day provides students with the opportunity to showcase their work
Students from across the University of Maryland gathered at the School of Public Health to showcase their research during the annual SPH Public Health Research & Practice Day on Wednesday, April 4, one of several events taking place in SPH as part of National Public Health Week.
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...