News & Events Fall 2009

 

SPHHS faculty, graduate students present at APHA meeting

Several faculty and graduate students from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences made presentations at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association held Nov. 5-11 in Philadelphia.

Tameka L. Gillum, assistant professor Community Health Education, spoke on “An examination of dating violence among sexual minority youth.”

Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, assistant professor of Health Policy Management, made presentations on the “Impact of the Waxman-Hatch Act of 1984 on Generic Competition in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Market” and, with graduate student Hong Zhang, “Ethnic and racial disparities in overweight and obesity related co-morbidities in Massachusetts.”

Senior lecturer Dan Gerber of Community Health Education discussed “A New Undergraduate Major in Public Health and the Importance of Experiential Learning in the Program.”

Assistant professor Aline Gubrium, also of Community Health Education, spoke on “Let’s talk about sex: Learning from the voices of Latino/a youth.”

Nancy Cohen, head of the Nutrition Department, presented “Development of an Interactive Online Master’s of Public Health in Nutrition Degree Program.”

Lorraine Cordeiro, assistant professor of Nutrition, spoke on “A descriptive study of undernutrition, gender and sexual maturation among adolescents in Kilosa District, Tanzania.”

Public Health graduate student Corey H. Brouse gave a presentation on “Exposure to Risk and
Susceptibility to Skin Cancer in a Sample of College Students.”
November 20, 2009.
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Braun, Debold give papers at sport medicine meeting
Associate professor Barry Braun and assistant professor Ned Debold of the Kinesiology Department spoke at the New England American College of Sports Medicine meeting held Nov. 5-6 in Providence.

Braun discussed “Diabetes: From Cellular Dysfunction and Adaptations to Exercise.”

Debold’s talk was “Examining Muscle Function and Dysfunction Using in Vitro Molecular Methods.”
November 16, 2009.
______________________________________________________________________________Dean Priscilla M. Clarkson leads Commonwealth Honors College
Priscilla M. Clarkson is one of the best authorities on UMass Amherst: She earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate here, has served as a faculty member, associate dean, and distinguished professor, and is now dean of Commonwealth Honors College.

“I came to UMass Amherst because it was affordable,” says Clarkson, who grew up in a triple-decker in Worcester. Her father was a printer and her mother a stay-at-home mom. “A college education was not presumed in my family. I was lucky that I landed at UMass Amherst,” she recalls.

A faculty member since 1977, Clarkson is considered one of the country’s leading experts on muscle soreness. She taught in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences and was associate dean from 1994 to 2006, then took over the leadership of Commonwealth Honors College. Just as she made her mark in kinesiology, she is marking Commonwealth Honors College as the destination for the brightest students in Massachusetts and beyond.

Celebrating its 10th year, Commonwealth Honors College enrolls more than 3,000 students, offering them smaller classes within the rich landscape of a large public research university. “ComCol,” as it is often called, enriches a rigorous undergraduate education with courses in community service learning and research. Each senior produces a captsone project or thesis. “We have excelled at connecting students to faculty or distinguished alumni in meaningful relationships and making a difference in their lives,” Clarkson says.
November 16, 2009.
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Kinesiology doctoral students garner awards

 

 

Zilberberg presents at BIL:PIL Health Care Conference in San Diego

 

Cordeiro to present at the APHA 137th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

 

Wexler  is working with researchers and community members across the circumpolar North to better understand indigenous youth resilience

 

Nutrition Lecturer, Claire Norton will speak on Book Publishing for Nutrition Professionals

 

Gerber speaks at regional minority health conference

 

 

New Study by Dr. Kannan and colleagues finds the impact of air pollution may be worse for the obese

 

 

Ben Wood, a PHD student in CHE will be the new Health Department Head for Northampton

 

 

Umberger awarded $594k to study evolution of human locomotion

 

Florrie Blackbird presented Academic Excellence Award

"The Strongest Prescription of All: A Week in the Woods" by alumnus Aimee Swartz

 

Freedson will deliver the Third Annual Margaret Jo Safrit Lecture in Kinesiology
October 9, 2009

 

Nutrition researchers track down how soy reduces diabetes risk

 

 

 

Chasan-Taber  awarded grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and ASPH

 

Freedson Awarded NIH Challenge Grant

 

 

Hamill keynotes conference in Brazil

 

Gubrium chosen for public policy grants workshop

 

 

Freedson chairing NIH meeting; Staudenmayer presenting studies

 

Kim collaborating with Oriental Medicine Center to combat diabetes, obesity

 

Barry Braun cautions that post-workout snacks may hamper weight loss

 

Zilberberg's 
study is included into the UK's NHS Economic Evaluation database