Selected Research Areas
Health Research
As one of the nation’s leading research universities, the University of Maryland is well positioned to advance and translate public health knowledge to improve health and well-being. Faculty and students are involved in a broad range of scientific endeavors and research centers whose focus spans from the cellular to the societal level. Our laboratories and research programs are making a difference in critical areas, from understanding how respiratory viruses spread through air to climate change’s impacts on health, physical activity’s benefits to aging brains, innovative approaches to treating cancer, and advancing health equity, among others.