Faculty Directory

About Our Faculty

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences’ award-winning faculty have nationally recognized strengths in issues such as obesity and diabetes prevention, women’s health, global health, aging and healthy living, autism spectrum disorders, and many other areas of expertise.

  • C. Marjorie Aelion

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    maelion@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2526
    Campus Address:
    106 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.Sc., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1980; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1988

  • Sofiya Alhassan

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    alhassan@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3475
    Campus Address:
    150 Totman Building
    Education:

    B.S., Stetson University, 1996; M.S., Auburn University, 2000; Ph.D., Auburn University, 2004; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine

  • Mary V. Andrianopoulos

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    mva@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0551
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room #305B
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/~mva/
    Education:

    B.S., University of Vermont, 1979; M.S., University of Utah, 1983, Ph.D., 1988; Post-doctoral Fellow, Mayo Clinic, 1988-1990; CCC-SLP.

  • Raji Balasubramanian

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    rbalasub@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-0277
    Campus Address:
    403 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1996; Sc.D. Harvard University, 2002; Postdoc, Harvard University

  • Jane A. Baran

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Department Chair
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    baran@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0565
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room 201E
    Education:

    B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1972, M.A., 1974; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979; ASHA Fellow, CCC-A/SLP.

  • Patricia (Patsy) Beffa-Negrini

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer, Research Associate Professor, and Program Director, Online MPH in Nutrition
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    patsy@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0798
    Campus Address:
    236B Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of Connecticut; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, Registered Dietitian

  • Michael E. Begay

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    begay@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1203
    Campus Address:
    309 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A.; California State Polytechnic University; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    ebertone@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-1672
    Campus Address:
    409 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://www.umass.edu/crewh/bertone-johnson.html
    Education:

    A.B.mcl., Harvard College, 1994; S.M., Harvard School of Public Health, 1996;
    Sc.D., Harvard School of Public Health, 1999; Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health, 2000-2001

  • Carol Bigelow

    Professional Title:
    Research Associate Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    cbigelow@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1319
    Campus Address:
    402 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/~biep540w/
    Education:

    B.A., Skidmore College, 1978; M.S., University of Washington, 1982; Ph.D, University of Washington, 1984

  • Katherine Boyer

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    kboyer@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1717
    Campus Address:
    25 A Totman Building
    Education:

    B.Sc., Queen’s University,2001; Ph.D., University of Calgary, 2006; Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University.

  • Barry Braun

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    bbraun@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-0146
    Campus Address:
    107 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/~braunlab/index.htm
    Education:

    B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1982; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1993; Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-96; Post-doctoral Fellow and Asst. Director...

  • Melissa Brown

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    melissab@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-794-0899
    Campus Address:
    213 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S., Rush University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Post-doctoral research, University of Massachusetts Medical Center; Registered Dietitian

  • Judi Bruno LaBranche

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    jblabran@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-1520
    Campus Address:
    101 Totman Building
    Education:

    B.S., Springfield College, 1992; M.S., Springfield College, 1994

  • David R. Buchanan

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Director, Division of Community Health Studies, and Director of the Institute for Global Health
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    buchanan@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1005
    Campus Address:
    306 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1974; M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley, 1979; Dr.PH., University of California, Berkeley, 1989

  • Maria T. Bulzacchelli

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    bulzacchelli@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7428
    Campus Address:
    310 Arnold House
    Education:

    A.B., Bowdoin College, 1995; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2006

  • Edward J. Calabrese

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    edwardc@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3164
    Campus Address:
    Morrill I, N344
    Education:

    B.S., Bridgewater State, 1968; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1972; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; A.T.S.

  • Graham Caldwell

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    gc@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0017
    Campus Address:
    105 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://blogs.umass.edu/gc
    Education:

    B.Sc. (Honours), University of Waterloo, 1978; M.Sc., University of Waterloo, 1980; Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, 1987

  • Elena T. Carbone

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor; Graduate Program Director and Director of Community Engaged Research, Commonwealth Honors College
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    ecarbone@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1071
    Campus Address:
    208 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1984; Dietetic Internship, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1985; M.S., Boston University, 1988; Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina, 1999; Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina, 1999-2000;...

  • Lisa Chasan-Taber

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    lct@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1664
    Campus Address:
    405 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/lisact/
    Education:

    University of Pennsylvania, 1987; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990; Sc.D., Harvard University, 1995; Postdoctoral, Harvard University

  • Stuart R. Chipkin

    Professional Title:
    Research Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    schipkin@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3352
    Campus Address:
    215 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Emory University, 1978; M.D., SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 1982; Fellowship in Endocrinology, University of Massachusetts Worcester, 1988

  • Yu-kyong Choe

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    ychoe@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4297
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room #201C
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/ychoe/
    Education:

    B.A., Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea), 1991; M.A., Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea), 1993; M.S., Arizona State University, 2003; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2008; CCC-SLP.

  • Priscilla M. Clarkson

    Professional Title:
    Distinguished Professor and Dean of Commonwealth Honors College
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    clarkson@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-3902
    Campus Address:
    504 Goodell
    Personal Website:
    http://www.umass.edu/mbil/
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1969; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1977

  • Nancy L. Cohen

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Department Head
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    cohen@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1079
    Campus Address:
    215 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis; Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

  • Elizabeth Donohoe Cook

    Professional Title:
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    edcook@schoolph.umass.edu
    Education:

    A.B., Dartmouth College, 1994; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003

  • Lorraine Cordeiro

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    lcordeiro@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-9701
    Campus Address:
    210B Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.P.H., Tulane University; Ph.D., Tufts University; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), Wellesley Centers for Women

  • Edward (Ned) Debold

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    edebold@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4944
    Campus Address:
    158 Totman Building
    Education:

    B.S.E. Seton Hall University, 1992; M.S. University of Massachusetts, 1997; Ph.D., Marquette University, 2002; Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Vermont, 2008

  • Gloria T. DiFulvio

    Professional Title:
    Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director, Public Health Sciences
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    gloria@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4535
    Campus Address:
    302 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Psychology, Binghamton University, 1988; M.Ed., Counseling Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; M.P.H., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004

  • Salvatore R. DiNardi

    Professional Title:
    Professor Emeritus
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    sdinardi@schoolph.umass.edu
    Personal Website:
    www.dinardi-cih.com
    Education:

    B.A., Hofstra University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Judy Dowd

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer and Dietetic Internship Director
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    judyd@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1066
    Campus Address:
    236 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; M.A., American International College, 1990; Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

  • Karen A. Ertel

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    kertel@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0309
    Campus Address:
    423 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Georgetown University, 1999; M.P.H., University of California Berkeley, 2004; Sc.D., Harvard University, 2008

  • Andrea Foulkes

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor and Director, Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics (ICB3)
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    foulkes@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1881
    Campus Address:
    404 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/~foulkes/
    Education:

    B.A., Brown University, 1994; Sc.D. Harvard University, 2000

  • Eliza Frechette

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    efrechet@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1514
    Campus Address:
    25 Totman Building
    Education:

    B.A., Mount Holyoke College (2000); M.S., Smith College (2010)

  • Patty Freedson

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Department Chair
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    psf@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2620
    Campus Address:
    111 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://www.umass.edu/physicalactivity/newsite/index.html
    Education:

    B.S., University of Michigan; M.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D, University of Michigan; Post-doctoral training at the Institute of Environmental Stress, University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Richard L. Freyman

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    rlf@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0298
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room #201C
    Education:

    B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1976; M.A., Temple University, 1978; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1984; CCC-A.

  • Daniel S. Gerber

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and the Director of the online MPH in Public Health Practice program
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    gerber@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1003
    Campus Address:
    308 Arnold House
    Education:

    B. S., University of New York College at Buffalo, 1976; M.P.H., Hunter College, 1982; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1995

  • Tameka L. Gillum

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    tgillum@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2216
    Campus Address:
    301 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 1997; M.A., Michigan State University, 2000; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2004; Postdoctoral research fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 2004-2006

  • Jennifer L. Gordon

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    jlgordon@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7904
    Campus Address:
    207 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Psychology, SUNY Oneonta; M.S., Sport Psychology, Georgia Southern University; Ph.D., Exercise Physiology, Springfield College

  • Aline C. Gubrium

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    agubrium@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2244
    Campus Address:
    304 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., Indiana University; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida

  • Joseph Hamill

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    jhamill@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2245
    Campus Address:
    23 Totman Building
    Education:

    B.A., York University, Canada; B.S., Concordia University, Canada; M.S., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of Oregon

  • Susan E. Hankinson

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    shankinson@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-4369
    Campus Address:
    426 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., University of Southern Maine; M.S., University of Minnesota; M.P.H., University of Minnesota; Sc.D., Harvard University

  • Karen S. Helfer

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    khelfer@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4014
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room 201B
    Education:

    B.S., Boston University, Speech and Hearing Sciences, 1982; M.A., Indiana University, Audiology, 1983; Ph.D., Northwestern University, Hearing Science, 1988

  • Jill Hoover

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    jrhoover@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3177
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, #308
    Education:

    B.S., University of Minnesota, 2001; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2009

  • Gary Kamen

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Associate Graduate Program Director
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    kamen@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0784
    Campus Address:
    160A Totman Building
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1974; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1975; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1980

  • Jane Kent-Braun

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Graduate Program Director
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    janekb@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-9477
    Campus Address:
    108 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/muscle/
    Education:

    B.A., California State University, Long Beach,1980; M.A., California State University, Long Beach, 1983; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1987

  • Young-Cheul Kim

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    yckim@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-4553
    Campus Address:
    206B Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Keimyung University; M.S., Korea University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Postdoctoral: Pharmacology & Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Paul Kostecki

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Associate Director, Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    pkostecki@research.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-9009
    Campus Address:
    Morrill Science Center I, N342
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1973; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1978; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981

  • Jacquie Kurland

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    jkurland@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4007
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building
    Personal Website:
    http://blogs.umass.edu/jacquie
    Education:

    B.A., New Mexico State University, 1986; M.S., University of New Mexico, 1999; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006; Predoctoral Fellowship, Boston University Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center, 2003-2005; Postdoctoral Fellowship,...

  • Glendene Lemard

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    glemard@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2379
    Campus Address:
    314 Arnold House

  • Rongheng Lin

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    rlin@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1934
    Campus Address:
    411 Arnold House
    Education:

    B. S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2000; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2006; Postdoctoral training at NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006-2007

  • Zhenhua Liu

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    zliu@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1075
    Campus Address:
    209 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan, P.R.C.; M.S., China Agricultural University, Beijing, P.R.C.; M.S., Auburn University; Ph.D., Auburn University; Postdoctoral, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...

  • Reed Mangels

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    mangels@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0552
    Campus Address:
    236 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Florida State University, 1977; R.D., Dietetic Internship, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1978; M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 1978; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 1989; Postdoctoral Training, National Cancer...

  • Patricia A. Mercaitis

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor and Director, Center for Language, Speech and Hearing
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    mercaitis@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2565
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room #304
    Personal Website:
    www.patmercaitis.com
    Education:

    B.A., Boston College, 1971; M.A., UMass Amherst, 1979; Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 1983

  • Shirley A. Mietlicki-Floyd

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer and MPH Practicum Coordinator
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    mietlicki@umext.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4420
    Campus Address:
    307 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Mansfield University, 1972; M.A, University of Connecticut, 1978; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996

  • Jerusha Nelson Peterman

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    jpeterman@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1078
    Campus Address:
    210C Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Brigham Young University; M.S. and Dietetic Internship, University of Utah; Ph.D., Tufts University; Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

  • Claire Norton

    Professional Title:
    Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Director and Didactic Program in Dietetics Director
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    cpnorton@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1077
    Campus Address:
    206A Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.S., Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1979; M.S., Trinity College, Dublin, 1984

  • Penelope S. Pekow

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    ppekow@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1872
    Campus Address:
    406 Arnold House
    Education:

    A.B., Brown University, 1977; M.S.P.H. University of North Carolina, 1982; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1991.

  • Richard E. Peltier

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    rpeltier@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1317
    Campus Address:
    149 Goessmann
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/aerosollab
    Education:

    B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1997; M.P.H., Columbia University, 2001; Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 2007; Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU School of Medicine, 2007-2009

  • Giang Pham

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    gtpham@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-8468
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, #308A
    Personal Website:
    www.vnspeechtherapy.com
    Education:

    B.A., University of Illinois, 2001; B.S., University of Illinois, 2001; M.A., San Diego State University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2011; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2011-2012, CCC-SLP.

  • J. Richard Pilsner

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    rpilsner@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0036
    Campus Address:
    149F Goessmann
    Personal Website:
    http://jrichardpilsner.com/
    Education:

    B.A., Hamline University, 1995; M.P.H., Columbia University, 2003; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2007Environmental Epigenetics, Toxicology, Nutrition, DNA Methylation, Molecular Epidemiology

  • Sarah F. Poissant

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    spoissant@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4016
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room #308B
    Education:

    B.A., University of Vermont, 1992; M.A., University of Connecticut, 1994, Ph.D., 1999; CCC-A.

  • Krishna C. Poudel

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Telephone:
    413-545-1448
    Campus Address:
    316 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.P.H., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1996; M.A., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1999; M.H.Sc., The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2003; Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Elaine Puleo

    Professional Title:
    Research Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Research for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    epuleo@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1869
    Campus Address:
    425 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of Colorado, 1973; M.S., Colorado State University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989

  • Jing Qian

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    qian@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1347
    Campus Address:
    324 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Renmin University of China, 2002; Ph.D., Emory University, 2009; Postdoctoral, Harvard University, 2009-2011

  • Katherine W. Reeves

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    kwreeves@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-4298
    Campus Address:
    410 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., Yale University, 2002; M.P.H., The Ohio State University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2008

  • Nicholas G. Reich

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    nick@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4534
    Campus Address:
    326 Arnold House
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/nick/
    Education:

    B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Postdoctoral, Johns Hopkins University

  • Frank Rife

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director and Chief Academic Advisor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    frife@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-2634
    Campus Address:
    109 Totman Building
    Education:

    B.S., Trinity University (1970); M.S., Brigham Young University (1971); Ph.D., The Ohio State University (1973)

  • Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    rmonguio@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7427
    Campus Address:
    322 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 1994; Ph.D., University of Barcelona, Spain, 2001

  • Christine A. Rogers

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor & Assistant Director of Academic Safety & Environmental Health
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    car@ehs.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-5112
    Campus Address:
    Morrill Science Center I, 239A
    Education:

    B.Sc., University of Toronto, 1989; Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1996

  • Alayne G. Ronnenberg

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    alayner@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1076
    Campus Address:
    211 Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.A., California State University, Chico, 1979; M.S., California State University, Chico 1985; Sc.D., Harvard University, 2001

  • Gwyneth C. Rost

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    grost@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3636
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, #307B
    Education:

    B.A., Grinnell College, 1995; M.A., University of Louisville, 2002, M.S., 2005; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2011; CCC-SLP.

  • Paula L. Stamps

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Public Health
    Department:
    Health Policy and Management
    Email:
    stamps@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-6880
    Campus Address:
    311 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S. (Biology); M.S. (Health Administration); Ph.D. (Human Ecology)

  • Edward J. Stanek III

    Professional Title:
    Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health
    Department:
    Biostatistics
    Email:
    stanek@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-3812
    Campus Address:
    401 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1971; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1977; Ph.D, University of North Carolina, 1984

  • Susan R. Sturgeon

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    ssturgeon@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-1364
    Campus Address:
    407 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.S. University of Connecticut, 1978; M.P.H., Yale University, 1982; Dr.P.H. Columbia University, 1992

  • Alicia R. Timme-Laragy

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    aliciat@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-7423
    Campus Address:
    Goessmann 149C
    Education:

    B.A., Franklin and Marshall College, 2000; Ph.D., Duke University, 2007; Post-doctoral, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Lisa M. Troy

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor, The Commonwealth Honors College Professor in Nutrition
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    lisatroy@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4238
    Campus Address:
    206 Chenoweth Laboratory
    Education:

    Ph.D., Tufts University; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University; Postdoctoral Research, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University

  • Brian R. Umberger

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    umberger@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1436
    Campus Address:
    106 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://www.umass.edu/locomotion
    Education:

    B.S., Central Connecticut State University, 1993; M.S., Springfield College, 1997; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2003

  • Richard Van Emmerik

    Professional Title:
    Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    rvanemmerik@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-0325
    Campus Address:
    160 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://www.umass.edu/motorcontrol/
    Education:

    B.S., Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands, 1984; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990; Post-Doctoral Fellow: Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1990-1993

  • Lisa Marin Wexler

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Community Health Education
    Email:
    lwexler@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413 545-2248
    Campus Address:
    313 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of West Florida, 1991; M.S.W., Florida State University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005

  • Brian W. Whitcomb

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Epidemiology
    Email:
    bwhitcomb@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-577-7440
    Campus Address:
    408 Arnold House
    Education:

    B.A., University of California Berkeley, 1994; Ph.D., University of Maryland Baltimore, 2006; Postdoctoral, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  • Nathaniel A. Whitmal, III

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Communication Disorders
    Email:
    nwhitmal@comdis.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-4848
    Campus Address:
    Communication Disorders Building, Room #305A
    Education:

    B.S., MIT, 1986 (Electrical Engineering); M.S. Northwestern, 1993 (Electrical Engineering); Ph.D., Northwestern, 1997 (Electrical Engineering); M.S., Univ. Mass., 2004 (Communication Disorders); CCC-A, American Speech-Language Hearing...

  • Sarah Witkowski

    Professional Title:
    Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Kinesiology
    Email:
    switkows@kin.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-6102
    Campus Address:
    106 Totman Building
    Personal Website:
    http://people.umass.edu/switkows/Laboratory_Home.html
    Education:

    B.S., The College of William & Mary,1995; M.S., University of Delaware, 2000; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2008; Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2010

  • Ezra Wood

    Professional Title:
    Research Assistant Professor
    Department:
    Environmental Health Sciences
    Email:
    ezrawood@schoolph.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1778
    Campus Address:
    149D Goessmann
    Education:

    B.A., Rutgers University, 1997; Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 2004; Postdoctoral research, Aerodyne Research, Inc., 2005 - 2006

  • Richard J. Wood

    Professional Title:
    Associate Professor
    Department:
    Nutrition
    Email:
    rwood@nutrition.umass.edu
    Telephone:
    413-545-1687
    Campus Address:
    208A Chenoweth
    Education:

    B.A., Boston University; M.S., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago