Community Health Education enables people to gain control over the social, political, and personal conditions that affect their health. Community health educators are on the frontlines of this nation’s efforts to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life.
Community Health Education
in the spotlight

Ph.D. candidate Leso Munala recently won a $1000 Dissertation Research Grant from the UMass Amherst Graduate School, and a $2,000 International Travel and Research award from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS).

Aline Gubrium, Assistant Professor of Community Health Education, was recently profiled by the UMass informational website In the Loop. Gubrium's recent $500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation is the topic of the feature.





