Research

The 2026-27 SPARC awardees include 5 teams with SPHHS faculty in leading and key roles on their respective projects.

Alicia Timme-Laragy has been awarded a pair of multi-million dollar NIH grants to further her work with zebrafish, a critical tool for examining disease risk.

A new review of research has found e-cigarettes containing nicotine are more effective in helping people quit smoking than other nicotine replacement therapies.

Mariana Pinto-Alvarez led a study in Bogota, Colombia to portray the perspectives of older adults in different socioeconomic groups through photos they took.

Leontine Alkema, Michal Horny, Joshua Liddy, and Krishna Poudel are among the UMass Amherst researchers awarded Faculty Research/Healey Endowment Grants.

Three members of the Environmental Health Sciences department shared their research with peers and industry professionals at two annual conferences this summer.

Katherine Reeves traveled to France in June to join a working group for the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the WHO's specialized cancer agency.

Epidemiologist Cassandra Spracklen is combining epidemiological, genetic, and bioinformatic knowledge to understand the drivers of diabetes.

The SITLess4Brain Lab seeks participants for a study to help researchers learn more about the relationship between sitting, physical activity and brain health.

Cheng Wang has been named one of six finalists in the American Society for Nutrition’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition recognizing outstanding student research.

Kinesiology's Ned Debold served as PI on one of the grants received by the Institute for Applied Life Sciences from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.

Researchers seek sexual and/or gender minority people experiencing peri/menopause to participate in the Queering Menopause Project.