Our Vision
The Center for Research on Families is uniquely positioned in its dedication in promoting interdisciplinary research with and for families and children by combining insights from social, behavioral, and natural sciences. CRF reflects UMass Amherst’s land grant mission through our center’s advocacy for community engaged research and teaching to serve and aid families not only in the Commonwealth but across the Globe. Through our interdisciplinary collaboration we are able to produce clever and researched backed solutions while taking into account systematic inequities and addressing global issues that face modern families.
Our Mission
- Promote, conduct, and translate high quality, substantive research on issues affecting families
- Teach, mentor, and support family researchers throughout their careers
- Engage with the community to improve family outcomes and inform social policy
- Advance social justice by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion through our research and programming
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Colleges Represented
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Current Family Research Scholars
$31.6M
Total Grant Funding
117
Scholars Since 2004
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UMass–Tufts collaboration advancing Food as Medicine on the Massachusetts North Shore
The Center for Research on Families (CRF) highlights the work of Director Dr. Lorraine Cordeiro as part of a new UMass–Tufts collaboration advancing a Food is Medicine initiative on Massachusetts’ North Shore. Led by Dr. Dutka-Gianelli and Dr. Hollis-Hansen, the project will pilot a model through a
February 11, 2026
Amanda Paluch Works With American Heart Association
Amanda Paluch, assistant professor of kinesiology and current Family Research Scholar, is the lead author of a newly issued update to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association regarding resistance exercise training and cardiovascular disease. The statement appeared online in
April 30, 2025
CRF GusNip Program
University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty and students are part of three federally funded community partnerships in Western Massachusetts aimed at alleviating food insecurity and encouraging healthy eating by expanding access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The partnerships are funded by three
May 5, 2025
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