2022-23 CRF Family Research Scholars Announced

The Center for Research on Families (CRF) has announced its faculty cohort of 2022-23 Family Research Scholars. The six scholars, representing four UMass Amherst colleges and one school, were selected based on their promising work in family-related research and represent a wide range of disciplines and research interests.  

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This year’s scholars are:  

Eleni Christofa
Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering 
College of Engineering  

Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm
Assistant professor of nutrition 
School of Public Health & Health Sciences  

Lili He
Associate professor and graduate program director,  food science 
College of Natural Sciences 

Favorite Iradukunda
Assistant professor of nursing 
Elaine Marieb College of Nursing 

Cassandra Spracklen
Assistant professor of biostatistics and epidemiology 
School of Public Health and Health Sciences 

Aida Villanueva Montalvo
Assistant professor of sociology 
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 

Hosted by CRF since 2003, the Family Research Scholars program is a year-long interdisciplinary seminar designed to build lasting and productive connections among researchers of various disciplines by providing concrete skills for successful grant submission. This includes peer and faculty feedback on their developing proposals, individualized methodology consultations with CRF expert faculty and guidance on funding sources.   

Since its inception, CRF grants have totaled $30,978,561. Over the past year, CRF Family Research Scholars have submitted 20 grants totaling $22,375,339.