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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 Office
sphhsgradapply [at] umass [dot] edu (sphhsgradapply[at]umass[dot]edu)

Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Elizabeth Donohoe Cook, Graduate Program Director
edcook [at] umass [dot] edu (edcook[at]umass[dot]edu)

Environmental Health Sciences
Alexander Suvorov, Graduate Program Director
asuvorov [at] umass [dot] edu (asuvorov[at]umass[dot]edu)

Health Promotion and Policy
Jennifer Whitehill, Graduate Program Director
jmw [at] umass [dot] edu (jmw[at]umass[dot]edu)

Kinesiology
John Sirard, Graduate Program Director
Jsirard [at] kin [dot] umass [dot] edu (Jsirard[at]kin[dot]umass[dot]edu)

Nutrition
Zhenhua Liu, Graduate Program Director
zliu [at] nutrition [dot] umass [dot] edu (zliu[at]nutrition[dot]umass[dot]edu)

Professional Programs
Lori Peterson, Executive Director of Professional Programs
lorijean [at] umass [dot] edu (lorijean[at]umass[dot]edu)

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Jill Hoover, Graduate Program Director
jrhoover [at] umass [dot] edu (jrhoover[at]umass[dot]edu)

Undergraduate Programs

Kinesiology
Thomas St. Laurent, Undergraduate Program Director
tstlaurent [at] kin [dot] umass [dot] edu (tstlaurent[at]kin[dot]umass[dot]edu)

Nutrition
Claire Norton, Undergraduate Program Director
cpnorton [at] nutrition [dot] umass [dot] edu (cpnorton[at]nutrition[dot]umass[dot]edu)

Public Health Sciences
Sofija Zagarins, Undergraduate Program Director
zagarins [at] umass [dot] edu (zagarins[at]umass[dot]edu)

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Jennifer Mack, Undergraduate Program Director
jemack [at] umass [dot] edu (jemack[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
Susan Sturgeon

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Gloria DiFulvio

Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Career Planning
Torin Moore

Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Brian Whitcomb

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

Interim Chair, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Gwyneth Rost

Dean's Administrative Staff

Executive Assistant to the Dean
Carey Simos
413-545-2526 (phone)
413-545-0501 (fax)
[email protected]

Administrative Assistant and Events Planner
Amelia Mazzuca
109 Arnold House
413-549-1451
[email protected]

Academic Administrative Staff

Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Career Planning
Torin Moore
127 Arnold House
[email protected]

Director of Advising & Academic Success
Brigid Williams
[email protected] 

Assistant Director of Retention & Academic Success
Karin Cooley-Sanieski
[email protected] 

Director for Career Planning
Mary Ellen Liseno
132 Arnold House
[email protected]    

Assistant to the Academic Dean
Connie McCudden
121 Arnold House
[email protected]

Administration and Finance

Aaron Tauscher, Director of Finance
173A Goessmann
[email protected]

Hannah Clemente, Accountant 
171A Goessmann
[email protected]

Liane Ledger, Director of Human Resources
175B Goessmann
[email protected]

Sarah Sienkiewicz, HR Coordinator
175A Goessmann
[email protected]

Development Office

Director of Development
David Catrambone
149F Goessmann
[email protected]

Information Technology

Director of Information Technology
Joe Pasquini
171C Goessmann
[email protected]

EDP Programmer III
Nam Phan
171B Goessmann
[email protected]

EDP Programmer II
Job Morgan
210 Arnold House
[email protected]

EDP Programmer I
Chaoran Lin
220 Arnold House
[email protected]

Marketing and Communications

Director of Marketing and Communications
Patrick Freeman
149D Goessmann
[email protected]

Assistant Director of Communications
Keir Chapman
149E Goessmann
[email protected] 

Office of Public Health Practice and Outreach

Outreach Director
Risa Silverman
149F Goessmann
[email protected]

Research Administration Office

Director of Research Administration
Maricruz Vega
[email protected]

Research Development & Support Specialist
Laura Bergantino
[email protected]

Research Development & Support Specialist
Mary Brown
[email protected]

Research Development & Support Specialist
Jose Guaregua
[email protected]

Research Development & Support Specialist
Keith Kittrell
[email protected]

Grants and Contracts Coordinator  II
Chris Stanavage
[email protected]

Administrative Assistant
Mollie Fuller
[email protected]

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