Research

Brittany Ciullo has received a two-year, F31 award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to support her dissertation.

The Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) research study is coming to an end after more than a decade of unprecedented studies.

Kinesiology doctoral student Zoe Smith received a pair of awards during the annual NEACSM Fall Conference held October 16-17, 2025, in Springfield, Mass.

The UMass Amherst Foundation profiles Elizabeth Evans' community-partnered research promoting interventions to help people with substance abuse disorders.

Elizabeth Evans has received four awards from the NIH totaling $17.9 million to advance research tackling opioid overdose and HIV prevention and treatment.

Over a half dozen SPHHS graduate students will present their research at the APHA annual meeting being held in Washington, D.C., from November 2-5, 2025.

Zhenhua Liu has received a four-year, $630,393 USDA grant to examine whether improving early-life nutrition can help prevent breast cancer later on.

SPHHS researchers comment in multiple media outlets on health-related topics.

Health policy and management researcher Jamie Hartmann-Boyce oversees Cochrane’s first evidence-based review of oral nicotine pouches.

An interdisciplinary research team, including Kinesiology's Wouter Hoogkamer, received a $490,000 NSF grant to define the mathematical components of running.

Brian Whitcomb has been elected to the position of President-Elect of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). 

Abigail Grimm ’24 leads a study examining the associations between bullying, social support, and mental health among transgender and gender‑diverse adolescents.