School of Public Health News
$3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot to Support New Moms, Babies
New parents may soon have a reliable and easy way to find information to guide them through the uncertainty of caring for a new baby—a chatbot named Rosie.
With a $3.7 million grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health, Epidemiology Associate Professor Quynh Nguyen (principal investigator)...
A Parting Gift Touched with Gold
While it wasn’t the goodbye Dr. Robert S. Gold hoped for (due to COVID), the School of Public Health recognized his retirement from the University of Maryland and celebrated his legacy as the SPH’s founding dean with a heartfelt Zoom tribute in May. Attended by legions of colleagues and former stude...
Gifts To Help Newly Renamed Public Health Beyond Borders Organization Expand
Clark Lee (MPH '14) Works With Montgomery County To Execute Emergency Response To COVID-19
Clark Johnson Lee, an MPH alumnus and current PhD candidate at the School of Public Health, is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic locally, in Montgomery County.
UMD-Prevention Research Center To Focus on LGBTQ+ Mental Health with $3.7 Million From CDC
Behavioral and Community Health Professor Brad Boekeloo is Director of the UMD Prevention Research Center
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) is working to improve mental health and health care for LGBTQ+ people with new funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...
UMD Prevention Research Center To Focus on LGBTQ Mental Health With New $3.75M From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The University of Maryland Prevention Research Center (UMD-PRC) is working to improve mental health and health care for LGBTQ+ people with new funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Professor Gives $1.15M To "Supercharge" Student Global Health Experiences
A School of Public Health professor has made a $1.15 million gift to support the Global Health Initiative, hoping that it will “supercharge” student engagement in the school's the burgeoning international service, research and education opportunities.
The Pamela I. Clark Global Health Student Exper...
Maryland Celebrates Life and Legacy of Professor Emeritus Robin Sawyer
University of Maryland Professor Emeritus Robin Sawyer died on Jan. 21 in Charleston, S.C., following a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. The UMD community will celebrate his life and legacy at a memorial service Friday, Feb. 1 at 1 pm in the Memorial Chapel on the College Park campus.
Dr. S...