Research

Katie Potter, director of the Behavioral Medicine Lab and associate professor of kinesiology, is profiled in the Spring 2025 issue of UMass Magazine in a story.

The Holyoke Community Energy Project group that includes faculty member Raphael Arku has received the 2025 Equitable Practices in Collaboration (EPiC) award.

UMass Amherst researchers are studying the myriad ways PFAS chemicals affect human health—and pursuing strategies to mitigate their harm.

Kinesiology researchers tested a prototype marathon shoe that PUMA created with computational design, and found it improved running economy by up to 3.6%. 

Professor of Nutrition Zhenhua Liu has been selected as an Excellence in Nutrition Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition (FASN).

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Alicia Timme-Laragy received the 2025 Stephen B. Harris Mid-Career Scientist Award from the Society of Toxicology.

SPHHS faculty members Carrie Nobles and Sarah Roelker are among the six 2025-26 Family Research Scholars selected by the Center for Research on Families (CRF).

Michal Horný will examine the impact of health care price transparency regulation through a 2-year, $300,000 grant from philanthropic foundation Arnold Ventures

Samantha Kloft has been invited to participate in the 2025 Young Scientists Summer Program of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Community Health Education doctoral candidate Saharra Dixon and colleagues have received Health Promotion Practice’s 2024 Sarah Mazelis Paper of the Year .

Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Karen Helfer and her co-authors have received the 2024 Ear and Hearing Editor’s Award. 

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