Welcome to the UMass Chan Department of
Family Medicine and Community Health’s Research Program!
The overall goal of our Department’s research program is to advance the knowledge base of family medicine through innovative, rigorous, and impactful research.
Our Department’s research program is built around a core of experienced, motivated researchers working on common themes that relate to the Department’s mission. Key themes in our research program include interventions to address health-related social needs, health disparities and health equity focused studies, behavioral health integration in primary care, improving care and outcomes for older adults and other vulnerable populations, and integrative medicine research.
Our faculty has successful track records in methods ranging from qualitative methods, pragmatic interventions, implementation science, and community-based participatory approaches. We have an array of actives studies that are local, national, and global in scope. Our team’s nationally recognized work adds to the Department’s reputation as a leader in Family Medicine and Community Health. Our investigators’ mentorship of faculty encourages others to develop their research skills and to participate in research studies.
The Department’s investigators and growing research activities benefit from close collaborations with key partners including ForHealth Consulting, the Meyers Primary Care Institute, and the Department of Quantitative Health Science. We continue to enhance our approaches to research collaboration with community practices and partners to be bi-directional and responsive to community priorities.
As the Department celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we have a lot to be proud of. We are honored to have a legacy of many researchers who have made successful contributors with a wide scope of projects over the years. To read more about the amazing faculty who led and contributed to the success of the department, please click here.
Best wishes,
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Jennifer K. Carroll MD, MPH |
 Suzanne Mitchell, MD Associate Professor and Director of Research Suzanne.Mitchell2@umassmed.edu |
