Public Health Prof. Li-Wenjun Wenjun Li works with federal agencies and hospital systems to research the resources that contribute to healthy aging – and how access to those resources is affected…, Q: What is the focus of your aging research?, A:, My passion always goes to public health and population health, using epidemiological, geographic and quantitative approaches. I work primarily with state and federal agencies to analyze data about…, Q: What have you learned so far?, A:, My most important finding is that the living environment plays a very important role in the likelihood of engaging in healthy behaviors, having chronic conditions and being injured or disabled. A…, Q: Both the social and physical living environments implicate race and socioeconomic status. How does your research address that?, A:, Socioeconomic disparities in access to services is tremendous, so we work with public health agencies to figure out the most effective ways for them to address those gaps. Typically, we analyze…, Q: What other major projects are you working on now?, A:, We are assisting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors in developing a prototype for a national system to determine the prevalence…, Q: How are students involved in your research?, A:, In Worcester, our lab has had a long tradition of hosting internship programs for high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Over the past 15 years, we’ve…
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Two researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering – Asst. Profs. Asst. Prof. Yan Gu Yan Gu and Asst. Prof. Marianna Maiaru Marianna Maiaru –…, Legged Robot Locomotion, Using her CAREER grant, Gu will draw upon dynamic modeling, state estimation, feedback control and theory of hybrid systems to advance the control theory of legged robots in order to realize and…, Faster than the Speed of Sound, Maiaru’s YIP project focuses on ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials, which consist of reinforcing ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix. They are used for high-temperature, high-strength…
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Chemical engineering alum Brian Madigan '19 (left) and biology alum Christina Michel '17 (right) As the Biden Administration continues to push the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations — with a new goal of…
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An interprofessional team of Graduate School of Nursing and School of Medicine students and faculty have been working remotely this year to address social determinants of health in the Dominican…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst today announced that Kerri Thompson Tillett has been named associate vice chancellor for equal opportunity. Tillett will assume her duties on…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A team of polymer science and engineering researchers at the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst has demonstrated for the first time that the positions of tiny, flat, solid objects…
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Aisha Murdaugh, consumer manager for disability services has been selected as the winner of the Susan M. Daniels Award for Disability Mentorship by the National Disability Mentoring Coalition and…
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Jonique Childs, assistant professor in the College of Education student development program, was awarded a 2020-21 Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) scholarship from the National Board for…
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Graduate programs in several science and social science disciplines at the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst rank among the best in the nation in fresh rankings featured in the 2022 edition of U.S…
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Graduate programs in business, education and engineering at the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the U.S. ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº & World Report 2022 edition of…
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