School of Public Health News
‘Bound’ to Help Trans Teens
Twenty-two-year-old A hated that they’d had to start wearing a bra earlier than classmates and desperately wanted to be flat-chested. As a teen, while watching a show on weight loss, they saw a man wrap himself in plastic wrap to sweat off a few pounds—and thought, “What if I shrink-wrapped my chest...
Helping communities thrive: SPH’s Gutierrez brings compassion, expertise and tech to help new moms
Blending AI with an experienced bestie, Rosie the Chatbot is a text platform designed for pregnant and new moms of color that offers crucial resources during those 3 a.m. feedings or spiking temperatures.
Incoming graduate students inspire
2024 Fall semester is off to a great start with new graduate students gathering for orientation, connecting across diverse specialties and backgrounds, hearing from inspiring faculty, getting involved in a lively resource fair and, of course, enjoying ice cream!
We took a minute to get to know a f...
UMD students selected as ASPPH public health ambassadors
Two students from the UMD School of Public Health were selected as 2024-25 ambassadors in the “This is Public Health” (TIPH) program, hosted by the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). The students, Isaiah Griffith and Fatoumata Diallo, were among 97 graduate students sele...
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!
Spotlight on Temitope Akinbiola '24
Minoring in humanities, health and medicine behavioral and community health graduate Temitope Akinbiola is working to become a nurse practitioner. She will begin her masters for nursing in the fall at Johns Hopkins University. Akinbiola is passionate about helping communities in need and was awarde...
Focus on Dr Shanéa Thomas
Dr. Shanéa Thomas (he/she/Dr.) is on a mission to get individuals in the LGBTQ+ community the mental health care – and the empathy – they need and deserve.
Remembering Dr. Pamela Clark (1946 – 2024)
Pamela I. Clark, Ph.D., a research professor emerita in the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health, died on May 16 at the age of 77 at home.
Spotlight on Kashobi O’Bua '24
Kashobi O'Bua ’24, Community Health, graduated last month, wrapping up her four busy years at UMD. O’Bua is president of the Charles R. Drew Pre-Medical/Pre-Health Society and a member of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committee for the Student Health Center at UMD. Balancing academics a...
Public Health graduate student recognized for uplifting community wellbeing with Kehoe-Kesler Award
For public health master’s student Nealofar Madani, uplifting the health and wellbeing of others has always been a central theme to her time at the University of Maryland. Madani, who is specializing in Behavioral and Community Health, was recently awarded the Kehoe-Kesler Award for her efforts to e...