Dr. Elisabeth Maring is Director of Global Health Engagement in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland, College Park. She directs the Global Public Health Scholars program, a living and learning program for academically talented freshman and sophomore students. She advises Public Health without Borders (PHWB) and has led study abroad, traveling with students to India, Sierra Leone, Peru, and Ethiopia. Maring's areas of research include community violence, substance abuse, at-risk youth, healthy homes, and cross-cultural and international research on families. She has served on masters and doctoral students’ committees and primarily mentors undergraduate student projects in global health. Maring has a background with University of Maryland Extension and as a direct service provider to low-income, high-risk adolescents and their families. She is a skilled qualitative researcher and with primary academic home in Family Science, is interested in resilience research, looking for opportunities to broaden protective factors that lead to positive health outcomes for individuals and families.