Academics

This spring, the Departments of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Nutrition, and Kinesiology came together for a unique clinical training opportunity.

Jane Kent has been named a Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Kinesiology lecturer Gregory Grinnell is one of eight UMass Amherst faculty members who have been selected as 2023-24 Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence.

Kinesiology doctoral candidate Melanna Cox has been selected as the recipient of the 2022-2023 SPHHS Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award.

Amrita Adak '23 and Emily Nguyen '21 are two of the twelve University of Massachusetts Amherst students who have been awarded Fulbright grants for 2023-2024.

The SPHHS is pleased to announce that Gregory Grinnell, Lecturer in Kinesiology, is the winner of the school’s 2022-2023 College Outstanding Teacher Award.

The SPHHS held its Senior Recognition Ceremony on May 27, recognizing the approximately 600 graduating seniors in the undergraduate Class of 2023.

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences honored a group of over 50 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual Awards Celebration on May 6.

Public Health Sciences majors Audrey Gabriel, Darya Iranmanesh, and Clare Sheedy will be honored as 21st Century Leaders during Commencement 2023.

SLP graduate student Jacqueline Melton has been selected as the 2023-24 Outpatient Speech-Language Pathology Fellow by Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Professor of Health Promotion and Policy Aline Gubrium has been named one of the nine winners of the 2023 UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award.

The SPHHS announced the winners of its inaugural Health Innovators Challenge on March 8, 2023, in the Life Sciences Laboratory conference room.