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SPHHS Doctoral Students Receive Graduate School Awards

June 9, 2025 Research

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Recipients of Graduate School research grants pose for a photo at the 2025 Graduate School Celebration of Graduate Excellence
Recipients of Graduate School research grants pose for a photo at the 2025 Graduate School Celebration of Graduate Excellence

Seven doctoral students across four departments in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences are among the recipients of research grants awarded by the UMass Amherst Graduate School during the 2024-25 academic year. In announcing the awards, the Graduate School noted that more than $400,000 in grants and dissertation writing fellowships were provided to graduate students.

The award categories include Predissertation, Fieldwork, and Rapid Research grants, which provide funding for students to advance their doctoral work. More information about Dissertation Completion Fellowships, research grants and other funding opportunities offered by the Graduate School can be found here.

The SPHHS doctoral students receiving awards include:

  • Shivranjani Gandhi, Community Health Education
  • Nancy Garcia, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
  • Carissa Lange, Environmental Health Sciences
  • Ada Lopez Gonzalez, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
  • Barbara Elorm Mottey, Environmental Health Sciences
  • Isayra Sanchez-Amaro, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
  • Maria Wigati, Nutrition

For the full list of recipients, read more here.

Announcement posted in Research for Faculty , Staff , Prospective students , and Current students

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