University of Maryland - School of Public Health

About The Client

The University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD SPH) is committed to addressing pressing public health issues such as the behavioral and environmental determinants of:

Health
Aging
Physical activity
Health disparities
Gene-environment interactions
Maternal and child health

As the only accredited school of public health at a public university in the region, the UMD SPH has an established reputation for applying research knowledge to the teaching and practice of public health in Maryland communities.

The Challenge

Founded in 2007, the UMD SPH is a young school of public health and needed a new site to be a primary recruiting tool for attracting prospective high quality students. The UMD SPH sought out The Canton Group for a modern site design that would include a “newsroom” to highlight the latest research findings, faculty in the news, and to profile people and programs worthy of attention. The UMD SPH also wanted to create a searchable database that would help facilitate collaborations and also be a tool for media and outside researches to explore their strengths.

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Our Solution

The Canton Group understood that the new UMD SPH website needed to be able to engage a wide audience, including prospective students and faculty, current students, alumni, donors, media, and community partners. To achieve this goal, The Canton Group took advantage of the user-friendly Drupal Content Management System, which provides a WYSISYG interface.

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