The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) has partnered with the University of Maryland (UM) in Baltimore to establish the Institute for a Healthiest Maryland. The institute will be a valuable new resource for Maryland communities working to improve wellness across the state. Start-up funds to establish the Institute are derived from a portion of a five-year $9.5 million federal Community Transformation Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was awarded to DHMH in September. The institute will initially focus on three wellness areas: obesity prevention, tobacco prevention, and appropriate management of hypertension and high cholesterol.
