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 through our Center for Community Health Equity Research.
Featured Organizations
Center for Community Health Equity Research
The Center for Community Health Equity Research seeks to promote health equity by engaging in community-partnered research.
Related Faculty
Susan J. Shaw
Professor of Community Health Education
Director, Center for Community Health Equity Research
Director, Center for Community Health Equity Research
Email:
sjshaw [at] umass [dot] edu
Phone:
(413) 545-7436
Focus on racial and ethnic health disparities, structural racism and health, gender and sexuality, community-based and participatory research.
Kathryn Derose
Professor of Community Health Education
Email:
kpderose [at] umass [dot] edu
Focus on community partnerships, health inequalities, immigrants, Latin America, mixed methods.
Lindiwe Sibeko
Professor of Nutrition (on sabbatical)
Department Chair, Nutrition (on sabbatical)
Department Chair, Nutrition (on sabbatical)
Email:
lsibeko [at] umass [dot] edu
Phone:
(413) 545-1693
Maternal & child health nutrition among racialized low-income populations, breastfeeding & lactation, community-engaged research, diet behaviors & a…
Aline Gubrium
Professor of Community Health Education
Email:
agubrium [at] umass [dot] edu
Focus on reproductive justice; arts-based, participatory, and narrative research methodologies; holistic and culture-centered approaches to health
Sofiya Alhassan
Professor of Kinesiology
Email:
alhassan [at] kin [dot] umass [dot] edu
Phone:
(413) 545-3475
Focus on community family-based physical activity interventions
Megan Gross
Associate Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Email:
megangross [at] umass [dot] edu
Phone:
(413) 545-3669
Focus on bilingual language development and neurodiversity (e.g., developmental language disorder, autism); code-switching; cognitive control
