Research
A rising research powerhouse.
About
Improving quality of life and achieving health equity are not just slogans — they lie at the heart of what we do at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Whether we are combating a global pandemic or an opioid epidemic, working to prevent chronic disease or food insecurity, advocating for global health or the environment, or striving toward healthy aging, lifestyles, or reproductive health, our research is always carried out with the goal of improving health outcomes for all.
Total award $$ accepted in FY23
Total proposal $$ submitted in FY23
Full-time tenure and non-tenure faculty
Focus on Health Equity
Our research has health equity at its core. We seek to authentically engage in community-partnered and multidisciplinary research to investigate the social production of health disparities through individual research and our Center for Community Health Equity Research.
Achieving Global Health
In this era of a global pandemic, climate change, and geopolitical conflict, issues of global health have never been more important. Our researchers stand at the forefront to protect and promote the health of people across the globe.
Optimizing Health Across the Life Span
We aim to improve quality of life among all people across their life span, through proper nutrition, physical activity, caring for speech and hearing, as well as policy initiatives.
Research organizations
Body Shop Fitness Center
The Department of Kinesiology operates the Body Shop Fitness Center in the Totman building. This fitness center serves as a teaching lab and a gym.
Center for Community Health Equity Research
The Center for Community Health Equity Research seeks to promote health equity by engaging in community-partnered research.
Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing
The Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing is housed within and operated by the UMass Amherst Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences.
Center for Program Evaluation
The Center for Program Evaluation offers a comprehensive range of services related to designing and conducting productive program evaluations.
Institute for Global Health
The UMass Amherst Institute for Global Health protects and promotes the health of people across the globe.
Research areas
Contact
Brian W. Whitcomb
Professor of Epidemiology
Focus on reproductive/perinatal epidemiology, epidemiologic methods
