Meet our newest student awards recipients and learn about their research.

The Center for Research on Families understands the importance of supporting family researchers at all stages of their careers and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our competitive program recognizes outstanding students, from a broad range of departments and disciplines, who are conducting research on issues related to families.

Since its inception in 2010, the Student Research Awards program has awarded over $447,400 to 169 students in support of their research efforts and assisted them to present their findings at professional meetings and conferences throughout the world. CRF student awards are made possible by a grant from the Women for UMass as well as many generous donors.

This year's student awardees are among one of the largest cohorts we have recognized and are addressing family challenges such as ethnic and racial disparities in ADHD assessment and diagnosis, health implications of lead and copper contamination in local communities' drinking water, and resources to create community and clinical solutions to improve neonatal and maternal health outcomes.

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DISSERTATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

Abosede Sarah Alli PhD Candidate Environmental Health Sciences School of Public Health & Health Sciences	Jennifer Carroll  PhD Candidate Epidemiology School of Public Health & Health Sciences	Chen-Shuo Hong PhD Candidate Sociology College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Yelim Hong PhD Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences	Sanna Lokhandwala PhD Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences	Tegemea Mwalingo PhD Candidate Nursing Ellaine Marieb College of Nursing
Christina Rowley PhD Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences	Mira Weil PhD Candidate Health Policy & Promotion School of Public Health & Health Sciences

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

Colleen Chase PhD Candidate Kinesiology School of Public Health & Health Sciences	Melise Edwards PhD Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences	Gorana Gonzalez PhD Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences
Sungha Kang PhD Candidate Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences	Shuyin Liu PhD Candidate Sociology College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Susan Park PhD Candidate Biostatistics/Epidemiology School of Public Health & Health Sciences
Cecilia Yuxi Zhou PhD Candidate Communication College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS

Liam Amery Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering	Paige Arsenault Public Health Sciences School of Public Health & Health Sciences	Jennifer Gove Psychological & Brain Sciences College of Natural Sciences
Ana Prados Nutrition School of Public Health & Health Sciences	Fatima Zahoor Environmental Science School of Public Health & Health Sciences

METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Youngjoon Bae	Nichole Cobb	Rylei Donovan
Daria Kotov	Hee Kyung Park	Stylianos Syropoulos