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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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Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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