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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 and Enrollment Coordinator
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
Gwyneth Rost, Undergraduate Program Director
grost [at] umass [dot] edu (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
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

Interim Chair, Department of Health Promotion and Policy
Elizabeth Evans

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 Staff

Executive Assistant to the Dean
Carey Simos
413-545-2526 (phone)
413-545-0501 (fax)
csimos@schoolph.umass.edu

Administrative Assistant and Events Planner
Amelia Mazzuca
109 Arnold House
413-549-1451
amazzuca@umass.edu

Academic Administrative Staff

Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Career Planning
Torin Moore
127 Arnold House
tymoore@umass.edu

Director of Advising & Academic Success
Brigid Williams
bwilliams@umass.edu 

Assistant Director of Retention & Academic Success
Karin Cooley-Sanieski
ksanieski@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
173A Goessmann
atauscher@umass.edu

Hannah Clemente, Accountant 
171A Goessmann
hclemente@umass.edu

Liane Ledger, Director of Human Resources
175B Goessmann
lledger@umass.edu

Sarah Sienkiewicz, HR Coordinator
175A Goessmann
ssienkiewicz@umass.edu

Development Office

Director of Development
David Catrambone
149F Goessmann
dcatrambone@uma-foundation.org

Information Technology

Director of Information Technology
Joe Pasquini
171C Goessmann
jpasquini@schoolph.umass.edu

EDP Programmer III
Nam Phan
171B Goessmann
namp@umass.edu

EDP Programmer II
Job Morgan
210 Arnold House
jdmorgan@umass.edu

EDP Programmer I
Chaoran Lin
220 Arnold House
chaoranlin@umass.edu

Marketing and Communications

Director of Marketing and Communications
Patrick Freeman
149D Goessmann
pfreeman@schoolph.umass.edu

Assistant Director of Communications
Keir Chapman
149E Goessmann
keirchapman@umass.edu 

Office of Public Health Practice and Outreach

Outreach Director
Risa Silverman
149F Goessmann
risa@schoolph.umass.edu

Research Administration Office

Director of Research Administration
Maricruz Vega
maricruzvega@umass.edu

Research Development & Support Specialist
Laura Bergantino
lbergantino@umass.edu

Research Development & Support Specialist
Mary Brown
marbrown@umass.edu

Research Development & Support Specialist
Jose Guaregua
guaregua@umass.edu

Research Development & Support Specialist
Keith Kittrell
kkittrell@umass.edu

Grants and Contracts Coordinator  II
Chris Stanavage
cstanavage@umass.edu

Administrative Assistant
Mollie Fuller
molliefuller@umass.edu

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