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November 4, 2009

University of Maryland unveils new center for global health

University of Maryland School of Public Health is getting a boost from an old football playing alum to launch a center devoted to local and global health issues.

Madieu Williams, a 2003 Maryland grad and Minnesota Vikings free safety, made an endowment to the school of public health to launch the Center for Global Public Health Initiatives.

The center brings together efforts near and far -- from Williams' own Prince George's County to the Embassy of Sierra Leone. The center will focus on local, state and global public health initiatives in Prince George's County and Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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Kelly Brewington came to the health beat a year ago after covering everything from education and government to race and immigration in her 11 years as a reporter. Since then, she has tackled stories on autism, heart failure and acupuncture used to treat drug addiction. She’s been fascinated by medicine since childhood, when her doctor dad and nurse mom gave her Gray’s Anatomy coloring book to play with. She also blames her early exposure to the field of medicine for her hypochondria.

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