Kinesiology Study Will Seek Interventions to Help Older Adults Maintain Mobility
Katherine Boyer and Jane Kent have received a five-year, $3.4 million NIH grant to support a comprehensive examination of walking gait and muscle activity.
Advocates in Action: How Our Public Health Practice Community Is Shaping Policy and Politics
When UMass online MPH students and alumni engage in public health practice, they don’t mess around.
Department of Kinesiology Partners with Hampshire Regional YMCA to Offer Cancer Exercise and Wellness Classes
Kinesiology and the Hampshire Regional YMCA in Northampton offer “LIVESTRONG at the YMCA,” a physical activity and wellness program to support cancer survivors.
Nutrition Major Gabrielle Benkenstein Named Fall 2025 Scholar-Athlete
Nutrition major Gabrielle Benkenstein has been named a Fall 2025 Scholar-Athlete by UMass Athletics.
Autumn Liguori-Bills Wins CLACLS Undergraduate Community Project Award
Autumn Liguori-Bills has been selected as one of the recipients of the inaugural CLACLS Undergraduate Community Project Award.
CPE Researchers Present Northampton Health Evaluation at the MHOA 2025 Annual Conference
SPHHS researchers with the Center for Program Evaluation presented their evaluation of a Pioneer Valley public health department at the 2025 MHOA Conference.
Wemhoener Recognized as Fellow by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Heather Wemhoener, online program director and lecturer in the Department of Nutrition, has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
López-Cevallos and Team Contribute Chapter for New Textbook on Global Health and Healthcare Systems
Daniel López-Cevallos and a team of researchers have contributed a chapter to the textbook Health and Healthcare Systems: A Global View.
Spracklen Appointed Program Committee Chair for the American Society for Human Genetics 2026 Annual Meeting
Cassandra Spracklen has been appointed as the program committee chair for the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) 2026 Annual Meeting.
Public Health Capstone Course Hosts 2nd Annual Poster Symposium
Seniors enrolled in the undergraduate public health sciences capstone course presented their semester’s work at the Capstone Poster Symposium held on Nov. 20.
Wong, Lachapelle Receive 2025 NESOT Awards
Kameron Wong and Adam Lachapelle received awards at the annual meeting of the Northeast Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NESOT) held on October 24, 2025.