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Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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Study Finds Neighborhood Features Impact Mental and Physical Health for Better or Worse

Risks for Depression, Diabetes, Obesity and High Blood Pressure Connected to Built Environment

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A ‘Groundbreaking Opportunity’ to Fight Climate Change

UMD Expert Sees Senate Legislation as a First Step in Investing in Environmental Justice

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Growing Justice From Grassroots Science

How a Public Health Researcher Is Empowering Marginalized Communities to Fight for Cleaner, Safer Conditions

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A Twin-Twin Situation in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Working Side by Side at UMD, Quynh and Thu Nguyen Use Big Data, Technology to Study Health Disparities

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$3.7M NIH Grant Supports Development of Chatbot to Help New Moms, Babies

Researchers Aim to Reduce Disparities in Maternal and Child Health With Tech Tool

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Study: Anti-Black Racism Fell—Temporarily—Following Floyd’s Killing

UMD Researchers Studied Millions of Tweets for Evidence of Bias

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Studies Show Social Distancing Worked

Public Health Researchers Quantify Impact on Infections, Provide Model to Predict Scope of Future Disease Outbreaks

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‘Alexa, What Time Should I Take My Meds?’

UMD Research Shows How Telehealth Can Encourage Patients’ Self-care

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$3.3M NIH Grant to Search for Twitter Links Between Racism, Birth Outcome

Using Data From Countless Tweets, Project Including UMD Researcher Will Create National Map of Bias

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Researchers’ Modeling, Contact Tracing Help Guide ‘Roadmap to Recovery’

School of Public Health Faculty and Students Work With State, County Officials Toward Safe Reopening

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Hate, Health and Social Media

Researchers Find Racist Tweets Correlate to Cardiovascular Illness for Both Black, White People

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Tracking Maria's Toll

Study Finds Higher Death Count in Puerto Rico From Heart Disease, Other Causes Following Devastating Hurricane in Puerto Rico

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