Research

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

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

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

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.

Providing medication for opioid addiction in correctional facilities improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and risk of reincarceration.

The HEART Initiative at UMass seeks sexual and/or gender minority people experiencing peri/menopause to participate in a digital storytelling project.

Biostatistics doctoral student Weidong Wang was selected as one of three winners of the Student Paper Competition at the 2025 Lifetime Data Science Conference.

Only 16% of all counties in the U.S. offered pregnant people the opportunity to attempt labor after a previous cesarean section between 2016 and 2021.

Kameron Wong was named an Outstanding Poster by a Graduate Student award winner at the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity Gordon Research Conference.

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