Evans Receives NIH Grants Totaling $17.9 Million to Advance Research Tackling Opioid Overdose and HIV Prevention and Treatment
Elizabeth Evans has received four awards from the NIH totaling $17.9 million to advance research tackling opioid overdose and HIV prevention and treatment.
SPHHS Faculty Named 2025-26 ADVANCE Faculty Fellows
Faculty members Elizabeth Evans, Chaoran Ma, Sarah Roelker, and Jasleen Singh have been selected to the 2025-2026 cohort of ADVANCE Faculty Fellows.
Dean’s Message – October 2025
Dean Siega-Riz provides her monthly newsletter message for October 2025.
Serving Vulnerable Populations through Community-Partnered Research
The UMass Amherst Foundation profiles Elizabeth Evans' community-partnered research promoting interventions to help people with substance abuse disorders.
Zoe Smith Takes Home Pair of NEACSM Awards
Kinesiology doctoral student Zoe Smith received a pair of awards during the annual NEACSM Fall Conference held October 16-17, 2025, in Springfield, Mass.
Public Health Sciences Alumna Chloé Massabni ‘25 Wins Fulbright Award
Public Health Sciences alumna Chloé Massabni ’25 has been awarded a U.S. Fulbright grant for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Alumna Sharon Bonsu ’23, ’24MS Receives Pair of Nutrition Awards
Nutrition alumna Sharon Bonsu '23, '24M, was recently selected for a pair of prestigious nutrition awards.
SPHHS Doctoral Students Receive STEM Leadership Fellowship
SPHHS doctoral students Shivranjani Gandhi, Godness Biney, and Ruth Appiah Kubi received STEM Leadership Fellowships from the UMass Amherst Graduate School.
SPHHS Graduate Students to Deliver Presentations at APHA
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.
Improving Breast Health by Integrating Beans into Western-Style Diets in Early Life
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.
Oral Nicotine Pouches Studied as a Tool to Quit Smoking
Health policy and management researcher Jamie Hartmann-Boyce oversees Cochrane’s first evidence-based review of oral nicotine pouches.