25+ states allow pharmacists to prescribe #contraception but a new study led by SPH's Maria Steenland finds prescriptions from pharmacists in fact make up a fraction of overall contraceptive prescriptions. See their suggestions to improve access here brnw.ch/21wXgEM @healthaffairs.bsky.social

We can fix the goofy way we pay for vision care in the US 👓 SPH prof Michel Boudreaux's research informs this @voxdotcom.bsky.social piece on insurance for eye care! 👁️👁️ brnw.ch/21wXgiO

Can a proven anti-violence program also succeed online? SPH prof Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier is testing out an online version of Flip the Script, a groundbreaking + successful program that reduces risk of sexual violence by half for college students who take it. sph.umd.edu/news/can-pro...

*With deep sadness: Remembering Professor Emeritus Norman Epstein* Longtime, cherished faculty Dr. Epstein of SPH Family Science Department and pioneer of #CBT in family therapy, died Oct 17th at 78 years old. Read here about his incredible contributions to public health: brnw.ch/21wX2fS

SPH water quality expert Dr. Amy Sapkota contributes to @washingtonpost.com on how to live with fewer toxic chemicals -- see 7 key tips here! lnkd.in/gEz4J3Yw

Spotlight on #AI and #PublicHealth 🔦🔦🔦 SPH Faculty and Students Employ AI Across Disciplines to Fight Disease, Provide Crucial Health Information brnw.ch/21wWIyY

SPOTLIGHT: SPH student Abby Abaku, ’26, spent her summer at UMD Institute for Health Computing examining links between food deserts and #diabetes in MD residents. For Abaku, such food-related health issues are close to home--read her story here brnw.ch/21wWEuq ⚕️ @umdrightnow.bsky.social

Thanks to SPH prof Dr. Nate Apathy for lending his health policy expertise and data to PG County Council as it explores ways to relieve shortage of primary care doctors @wtopnews.bsky.social #PGCounty wtop.com/prince-georg...

New study by SPH's Dr. Pin Wang shows link between drought and extreme heat and intimate partner violence in 42 low, middle income countries. "As the intensity of drought and extreme heat increases, so does the risk of violence,” said Wang. sph.umd.edu/news/study-e...

Proud of the incredible work of these UMD professors leading health care innovations for the #publicgood 👏👏👏 Congrats to SPH profs Cheryl Knott and @donmilton.bsky.social for their leadership in community-led research and airborne virus transmission respectively brnw.ch/21wWkm6

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎂🎂 to the Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH) Dept. turning ONE years old! Help them reach their funding goal of $10,000 by October 24th GIVE TODAY! brnw.ch/21wWcjJ #globalhealth

COVID is surging again this fall on campus and beyond – here are simple ways to avoid it from UMD infectious disease expert Dr @Don_Milton 🦠 💉 🪟 😷 brnw.ch/21wW3Dk #covid @umdrightnow.bsky.social

Bird flu can be deadly in house #cats - now a UMD study in One Health journal shows how they can survive it 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 “Our study shows cats can survive bird flu if they receive early care and antiviral treatment," says SPH professor @drkristenkc.bsky.social #birdflu sph.umd.edu/news/bird-fl...

Congratulations to Dr. Sacoby Wilson! 🏆🏆🏆

In matters of life and death, #AI brings significant pros and cons Palliative care experts in new SPH study in @j-palliativemed.bsky.social say Artificial Intelligence models can bring increased accuracy, but should not replace human palliative care teams sph.umd.edu/news/matters... #AIethics

SPH undergrads find joy, meaning in summer internship at African American Health Program in #MD "It showed us what public health looks like out in the world,” says recent SPH grad, Bamidele Odubayo. sph.umd.edu/news/helping...

Meet the 1st yr TERPS bringing talents to campus, including 2 SPH students: a champion of the Pad Project, intl nonprofit addressing menstrual inequities + a track star who raises funds, awareness for bone cancer after losing her sister to the disease 🤲 sph.umd.edu/news/incomin...

New $2.8M NIH grant funds HPV vaccine chatbot project with UMB 🤖⚕️💉 An interdisciplinary research team, with SPH profs Cheryl Knott + Min Qi Wang, will develop a personalized, AI-driven chatbot for parents’ specific concerns and communication styles. brnw.ch/21wVDLx

#NIH funds first-of-its-kind center to study resilience and #aging UMD SPH, @umaryland.edu researchers + partners to tackle critical health issues facing an aging population sph.umd.edu/news/nih-fun...

AI-powered early warning system to predict disease tied to extreme weather - a newly funded $1.9m project led by SPH prof Amir Sapkota in partnership with @merrillcollege.bsky.social brnw.ch/21wVtfP #AI #climatechange #earlywarning

#NIH award funds SPH Dr Nate Apathy to study how to better integrate patient electronic health records “It’s been a point of frustration for decades that digitized health records don’t move with you when you go from doctor to doctor." This grant will create tools to address this! 🖥️ brnw.ch/21wVr8R

Read SPH's Dr Amir Sapkota in @bulletinatomic.bsky.social on how #ClimateChange is driving disease in Africa and beyond 🌍 🌏 Sapkota's team is using #AI to develop an early warning system for diarrheal disease in the Asia-Pacific region. brnw.ch/21wVf9p #earlywarningsystem

WHAT IS SCREWWORM? Dr Heather Amato speaks with @fox5dc.com.web.brid.gy on 1st human case of #screwworm in US: "A key sign is a wound that won't heal... But importantly, it cannot spread from person to person - it requires the fly to lay eggs in a wound." brnw.ch/21wVf3M #marylandnews #flesheating

“We are trying to upend the historical inequities of green space in this city and increase feelings of nature belongingness and wellbeing among youth," says SPH's Dr Jennifer Roberts on her new summer camp aiming to get high schoolers into green spaces in Buffalo, NY. sph.umd.edu/news/youth-l...

“We are going in with some exposure already... So, there will be some protection, but now that will erode. If we’re not getting vaccines, or if people are hesitant to take them, we could see some increase.” SPH Dr Marie Thoma on #covid vaccine, #pregnancy @stateline.org stateline.org/2025/08/18/d...

Community through movement: For UMD transfer students, pickleball builds belonging 🎾 🤲 “Freshman orientation classes create natural bonds, but transfer students miss that. So we created an experience where the court becomes the connector,” says SPH's Dr. Andrea Liberto. #pickleball brnw.ch/21wUQVc

SPH's Kevin Roy talks to The Sacramento Bee about the crisis of masculinity -- '[Roy] said men dying “deaths of despair” via opioid overdoses and suicides have been on the rise in recent years, while almost every other population group’s quality of life has improved.' www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Coming Fall 2025! A new *doctoral program in #biostatistics* at UMD will train students in this critical expertise area for public health, including using #AI, to analyze health trends and make evidence based decisions. sph.umd.edu/news/new-bio...

New director of UMD Prevention Research Center, @drlizaparicio.bsky.social will continue and expand the crucial multidisciplinary work of prevention research at the School of Public Health! 🙏 brnw.ch/21wUdTo

ChatGPT crisis on campus, Dr Dina Borzekowski writes in @baltimoresun.bsky.social "College students must learn digital citizenship where they critically and ethically understand prompts and outputs... We cannot wait any longer: We must rethink much of our pedagogy" brnw.ch/21wUcgQ #AI #ethicalAI

This research project helps #Maryland farmers safely harvest and treat rainwater in the urban environment so both crops and consumers are protected -- led by SPH prof Dr. Rachel Rosenberg Goldstein 🌽 🥔 🌾 brnw.ch/21wUcfu

Dr Samantha Snyder PhD '25 is wasting no time after graduation – she's already applying diverse skills in AI, mechanical engineering and public health to help people w/ a common painful condition: knee osteoarthritis. brnw.ch/21wU8lO #AIforPublicHealth #publichealthterps

UMD SPH study out today in #Epidemiology uses #AI to solve the question of why rural adults, certain racial and ethnic groups with vascular disease get more leg amputations – brnw.ch/21wU0Fr #AIforPublicHealth

New research, grants, awards and books from SPH Faculty ⚕️ 🏆 📘 Our School of Public Health colleagues continue to investigate and find solutions for some of the most crucial public health issues of our time. Find out more here brnw.ch/21wTNse

SPH expert @donmilton.bsky.social on summer #COVID surge in WashPo: Milton looks forward to new #vaccine formulations in the fall which hopefully have fewer side effects. “...I’d much rather boost my immunity with the vaccine than by getting sick." www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Building bridges between education and the real world 📘⚕️🏆 From washing pots to success as a CEO, SPH alum Cory Easton '85 now sets his sights on making education accessible for #DMV students brnw.ch/21wTXvt

COVID 'long-haulers' lack reliable information, UMD study shows brnw.ch/21wTGkT #PandemicReadinessInitiative

New paper highlights harms from others' drinking in the American college experience, by @argdotorg.bsky.social with SPH prof Dr. Amelia Arria

Every second counts: Expand access to all opioid reversal medications now! SPH prof Dr Stephen Thomas says we are losing the battle when it comes to our most vulnerable populations. Read his powerful oped in @baystatebanner.bsky.social brnw.ch/21wTFYA #opioids #fentanyl

UMD SPH professor Ebbie Kalan and UNC colleagues developed the first-ever scale to measure "uncontrolled vaping" (when a user vapes more than they want to) – they hope this new scale will improve programs that help people stop vaping. @ntrjournal.bsky.social #vaping academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

Recent SPH graduate Matthew Ryan Alvarez wants to improve men's mental health and help couples through therapy. Now he’s got a masters in marriage and family therapy from UMD’s School of Public Health to help him reach his goals. 👏🏆👏 sph.umd.edu/news/spotlig...

“Advocating for student wellness and connecting with peers and instructors as a college student is the best and the most direct way to impact people and community health and well-being,” says Lana Hall, Spring '25 graduate in public health practice. 👏🏆👏 sph.umd.edu/news/spotlig...

Commencement speaker Crisdel Mayen Velasquez takes the stage 🏆 Read her story here! sph.umd.edu/news/commenc...

Dr @donmilton.bsky.social is awarded Distinguished University Professor title, UMD's highest honor, for his work on Covid, flu transmission 🏆 ⚕️ We congratulate this exceptional scientist, pioneering researcher, inspiring teacher and committed advocate for public health good! 👏👏👏 brnw.ch/21wSLUT

🩺 MedSky 🩺 Researchers from the @publichealthumd.bsky.social have published a comprehensive review documenting research on bird flu in cats and calling for urgent surveillance of cats to help avoid human-to-human transmission. phys.org/news/2025-05... #birdflu #cats

Machine Learning for Public Health – new SPH class teaches AI building blocks to tackle public health challenges "This class is an opportunity for non-statistics students to step into the field of machine learning." ––Dr. Huang Lin brnw.ch/21wSAQk #AI #publichealth

Heart-Healthy Lifestyles Can Delay Brain Aging, UMD Researchers Find “People who want to live longer without risk of early-onset dementia may want to exercise more or quit smoking, which might work better than medication,” -- Dr. Tianzhou Charles Ma brnw.ch/21wSu1x

“The virus has evolved and the way it jumps between species...is very concerning." says UMD's @drkristenkc.bsky.social of her major global review of research on birdflu in cats, that calls for urgent surveillance of cats to avoid another human pandemic. Out today brnw.ch/21wStYF #birdflu #pandemic

Before it happens: Building communities of care to prevent violence – UMD’s first symposium on family and interpersonal violence prevention bridges divides brnw.ch/21wSqfP

Congrats to SPH doctoral student Kenan Zamore who won APHA award to use AI to swiftly track opioid deaths and thus enable more efficient, life-saving interventions 👏👏👏 brnw.ch/21wSaZy @apha.org #AI #PublicHealthAI