Nutrition news

The SPHHS Senior Recognition Ceremony, held on May 17th, recognized its undergraduate Class of 2026, which this year welcomed over 500 graduating seniors.

Christy Maxwell, lecturer in the Department of Nutrition, is the winner of the school’s 2025-2026 College Outstanding Teacher Award (COTA).

Elena Carbone has been elected to the position of Vice President/President-Elect of the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA).

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee - including Dean Siega-Riz - reports on cardiovascular disease and pregnancy-related deaths.

Assistant Professor of Nutrition Chaoran Ma is among the six 2026-27 Family Research Scholars selected by the UMass Center for Research on Families (CRF).

The SPHHS honored a group of almost 60 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual Awards Celebration held on March 28, 2026, in the SPHHS Hub.

Jill Hoover, Lisa Troy, and Sofija Zagarins have been selected by the Center for Teaching and Learning to the 2026-27 cohort of TIDE Ambassadors.

The Department of Nutrition welcomes Christopher Stuetzle, Eleanor Shonkoff, and Elizabeth Natale from Merrimack College to the 38th Virginia A. Beal Lecture.

Seven SPHHS graduate students attended the Annual Student Forum, hosted by the Mass. Health Policy Forum, gaining insights into health policy decision making.

UMass Amherst researchers are part of a new collaboration with Tufts University to expand the Food Is Medicine program on Massachusetts' North Shore.