Contact Us
Mailing Address
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Arnold House
715 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
United States
Graduate Programs
SPHHS Graduate Admissions and Enrollment Coordinator
Miriam Esber
sphhsgradapply [at] umass [dot] edu
Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Elizabeth Donohoe Cook, Graduate Program Director
edcook [at] umass [dot] edu
Environmental Health Sciences
Alexander Suvorov, Graduate Program Director
asuvorov [at] umass [dot] edu
Health Promotion and Policy
Jennifer Whitehill, Graduate Program Director
jmw [at] umass [dot] edu
Kinesiology
John Sirard, Graduate Program Director
Jsirard [at] kin [dot] umass [dot] edu
Nutrition
Zhenhua Liu, Graduate Program Director
zliu [at] umass [dot] edu
Professional Programs
Lori Peterson, Executive Director of Professional Programs
lorijean [at] umass [dot] edu
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Jill Hoover, Graduate Program Director
jrhoover [at] umass [dot] edu
Undergraduate Programs
Kinesiology
Eliza Frechette, Undergraduate Program Director
efrechet [at] kin [dot] umass [dot] edu
Nutrition
Claire Norton, Undergraduate Program Director
cpnorton [at] nutrition [dot] umass [dot] edu
Public Health Sciences
Sofija Zagarins, Undergraduate Program Director
zagarins [at] umass [dot] edu
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Gwyneth Rost, Undergraduate Program Director
grost [at] umass [dot] edu
Leadership and Administration
Dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences
Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Associate Dean of Administration and Finance
Donna Falcetti
Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies
Katherine Reeves
Associate Dean of Research
Brian Whitcomb
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Gloria DiFulvio
Assistant Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Rodmon King
Assistant Dean of Student Success
Megan Griffin
Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Lisa Chasan-Taber
Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Song Liang
Chair, Department of Health Promotion and Policy
Sarah Goff
Chair, Department of Kinesiology
Richard van Emmerik
Chair, Department of Nutrition
Lindiwe Sibeko
Chair, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Sarah Poissant
Dean's Administrative Assistant
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Carey Simos
109 Arnold House
413-545-2526 (phone)
413-545-0501 (fax)
csimos@schoolph.umass.edu
Academic Administrative Staff
Assistant Dean of Student Success
Megan Griffin
135 Arnold House
megriffin@schoolph.umass.edu
Director for Career Planning
Mary Ellen Liseno
132 Arnold House
meliseno@umass.edu
Assistant to the Academic Dean
Connie McCudden
121 Arnold House
acaddean@schoolph.umass.edu
Administration and Finance
Aaron Tauscher, Director of Finance
203 Arnold House
atauscher@umass.edu
Hannah Clemente, Reimbursements & Purchasing
205 Arnold House
hclemente@umass.edu
Liane Ledger, Director of Human Resources
lledger@umass.edu
Development Office
Director of Development
David Catrambone
213 Arnold House
dcatrambone@uma-foundation.org
External Relations
Director of External Relations
Patrick Freeman
210 Arnold House
pfreeman@schoolph.umass.edu
Information Technology
Director of Information Technology
Joe Pasquini
209 Arnold House
jpasquini@schoolph.umass.edu
Technical Assistant 2
Job Morgan
210 Arnold House
jdmorgan@umass.edu
EDP Programmer
Nam Phan
210 Arnold House
namp@umass.edu
Office of Public Health Practice and Outreach
Outreach Director
Risa Silverman
244 Arnold House
risa@schoolph.umass.edu
Research Administration Office
Administrative Assistant
Shannon Leclair
215 Arnold House
leclair@umass.edu
Research Support Specialist
Laura Bergantino
212 Arnold House
lbergantino@umass.edu
Research Development & Support Specialist
Jose Guaregua
211 Arnold House
guaregua@umass.edu
Grants and Contracts Coordinator II
Chris Stanavage
cstanavage@umass.edu
Research Business Manager Liaison
Dorothy “Dot” Morua-Fernandes
dotmorua@umass.edu