Research

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

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

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.

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.

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

Zhenhua Liu is among the recipients of the 2025-26 Public Interest Technology (PIT) Faculty Fellowships.

Daniel López-Cevallos has been awarded a 3-year, $1.12 million NSF grant to lead a multinational examination of water governance systems and children's health.