WHIRC Receives UMD Grand Challenges Institutional Award
The Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative launches with support from the University of Maryland Grand Challenges Grants Program.
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$3.5m NIH grant supports study on strength training and women’s blood pressure
A $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable research led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health into whether strength training can reduce hypertension in post-menopausal women.
$3.5M NIH Grant to Support Research on Whether Strength Training Can Lower Women’s Blood Pressure
A $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable research led by the University of Maryland School of Public Health into whether strength training can reduce hypertension in post-menopausal women.
Mueller Lab Receives Two NIH Grants to Advance Low-Cost Cancer Care
New projects will develop affordable surgical and cervical cancer technologies for low-resource settings
$2.5M NIH Grant Supports UMD Study of How Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat Affect Pregnancy
Research will focus on the risks that the combined conditions pose for vulnerable groups.
$2.5M NIH grant to measure effect of wildfire smoke and extreme heat on pregnancy
Wildfire smoke and extreme heat – increasingly the new norm – each have their own harmful effects on pregnant people and babies, including preterm birth and low birthweight. Now University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD SPH) researchers will lead a $2.5 million grant fr
ECE Professor Ang Li Receives 2026 NSF CAREER Award
Will advance the next generation of embodied AI
Data analysis shows no increase in mental health prescriptions after abortion
As more women globally turn to medications to have abortions, a UMD-led study out today in JAMA Psychiatry found no evidence that a first medication or procedural abortion caused an increase in mental health medication use.
Women Are Telling Reddit, Not Doctors, About Menopause
Analysis led by UMD researcher reveals that symptoms are several times more likely to be discussed on online forum vs. to clinicians
Grand Challenges Grants 2.0 Direct UMD Research to Societal Good
Program Awards Nearly $15M in Grants, Building on Success of Inaugural Round
Alisa Morss Clyne Named Interim Chair of UMD Bioengineering
Alisa Morss Clyne will serve as interim chair of UMD Bioengineering starting Aug. 1, 2026.
Researcher Pursues Cure to Lung Disease That Steals Decades From Women’s Lives
UMD Research Changes Lives: Rare, Suffocating Disease Shares Characteristics With Cancer
Study Finds Fracture in Osteoporosis Care
National Gap in Follow-up Therapy Can Erase Gains After Initial Treatment
Struggling With Fibroids, UMD Researcher Seeks to Engineer a Treatment
UMD Research Changes Lives: Innovative Project Produces Lab-Grown Model of Understudied Uterine Tumors