News Makers 2011

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• 03-31-11

  Hope for liver patients at UMass

  Worcester Telegram and Gazette
  Donna M. Ambrosino, MD, executive director of MassBiologics and professor of pediatrics, discusses a phase II clinical trial for MBL-HCV1, new treatment developed by MBL for the prevention of hepatitis C re-infection in liver transplant patients. Heidi Smith, MD, PhD, assistant professor in medicine, is pictured in the article.

• 03-29-11

  HF Trials: Still No Country for Old Men or Women

  MedPage Today
  Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD, the Dr. John Meyers Professor of Primary Care Medicine and professor of medicine and family medicine & community health and Robert J. Goldberg, PhD, professor of medicine, comment on potential ways to recruit older patients into clinical trials.

• 03-28-11

  Mr. Potato Head Goes to Medical School

  Association of American Medical Colleges
  Eric Dickson, MD, professor of emergency medicine and co-director of the medical error and patient safety interclerkship and Eric J. Alper, MD, professor of medicine, discuss a unique exercise designed to teach medical students the value of team work, communication and critical thinking. The story includes comments from third year medical student Jacob Klein.

• 03-28-11

  Health Officials: Water Radiation No Need To Panic

  WCVB-TV
  Christopher Rosenbaum, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, explains to viewers that the radiation levels detected in Massachusetts rainwater as a result of the events in Japan posed little risk to residents. He stressed that testing will be ongoing and that people don’t need to take any special precautions.

• 03-23-11

  Red Cross recognizes acts of courage

  Worcester Telegram and Gazette
  The Red Cross recognizes Michael P. Hirsh, MD, professor of surgery and pediatrics, and Mariann M. Manno, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, for their work with the injury-prevention program for children.

• 03-23-11

  Model Of human melanoma reveals new cancer gene

  Earning its stripes
  Eureka Alert
  Craig Ceol, PhD, assistant professor of program in molecular medicine, discusses his research into the melanoma- causing gene SETDB1.

  Zebrafish model reveals skin cancer-promoting gene
  SiFy.com
  
  Zebrafish Model of Human Melanoma Reveals New Cancer Gene
  Science Daily
  
  Model Of Human Melanoma Reveals New Cancer Gene
  Medical News Today
  

• 03-22-11

  Where job-seekers can find support

  Where job-seekers can find support
  Providence Journal
  An article about the West Warwick Job Club, established and run by Steve Colella, vocational rehabilitation counselor in Commonwealth Medicine’s Disability Evaluation Services.

• 03-21-11

  Boston Globe: Talk therapy

  Talk therapy
  Boston Globe
  A look at how storytelling can lead to better health focuses on research by Thomas Houston II, MD, MPH, professor of quantitative health sciences and medicine, which found that pre-recorded videos of hypertension patients talking about their medical histories helped another group of patients with high blood pressure to control their condition over several months.

• 03-21-11

  WCVB-TV: The Heart of a Child

  The Heart of a Child
  Chronicle, WCVB-TV
  Darshak Sanghavi, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric cardiology, explores the latest developments in pediatric heart care at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center. The 30-minute program features ways to prevent defects through the use of folic acid prior to and during pregnancy, and new methods to detect cardiac problems, such as a program being implemented at UMass Memorial that uses pulse oximetry to screen all newborns for potentially dangerous defects.

• 03-18-11

  T&G, MetroWest Daily News: Match Day coverage

  Medical match game
  Worcester Telegram and Gazette
  A story about yesterday’s Match Day focuses on fourth year medical students Edward Arous, Cari Beinbasset-Miller and Bram Geller. Chancellor Michael F. Collins, explained why Match Day is such as important milestone in a physician’s career.

  Local doctors-to-be find their match
  MetroWest Daily News
  A story about yesterday’s Match Day focuses on fourth year medical students Nihal Patel, Bonnie Vallie, William Daya, Aimee Falardeau, David Bick, Anna Shifrin, Sylvie (Boiteau) Stacy and Stephanie Ruest. Mai-Lan Rogoff, MD, associate dean for student affairs, talked about how important Match Day is for the students.

• 03-18-11

  T&G: An attack on women’s health

  An attack on women’s health
  Worcester Telegram and Gazette
  An op-ed by Jeremy Golding, MD, clinical professor of family medicine & community health, explores the impact that cutting Title X funding will have on the availability of preventative health care for women
  

• 03-18-11

  Reuters, MedGuru: Mindfulness classes help women with hot flashes

  Mindfulness classes help women with hot flashes
  Reuters –
  Meditation helps ease hot flashes--study
  
  MedGuru
  A study by James F. Carmody, PhD, associate professor of medicine, shows that meditation can help reduce the severity of menopausal hot flashes

  Meditation helps reduce hot flashes
  Health24
  

• 03-15-11

  Globe, Herald: UMass-UK sign stem cell agreement

  UMass-UK sign stem cell agreement
  Boston Globe – March 15, 2011

  UMass, UK stem cell banks announce agreement
  Boston Herald/Associated Press – March 15, 2011

  UMass, UK stem cell banks announce agreement
  Boston Herald/Associated Press – March 15, 2011
  The University of Massachusetts Human Stem Cell Bank and Registry and the United Kingdom Stem Cell Bank signed an agreement today to share best practices for stem cell banking.

• 03-07-11

  Boston Globe: Changing our kids’ genes

  At the forefront of the field of epigenetics, Oliver J. Rando, MD, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, explains how parents can affect the health of their children and grandchildren beyond DNA sequence.

• 03-04-11

  T&G: Sweet dreams, my pet

  A story about the dangers of contracting an illness from a family pet includes comments from Gail Scully, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine.

• 03-03-11

  T&G: Even ‘good cancer’ is big deal

  An op-ed by Lisa McGovern, wife of U.S. Representative Jim McGovern and executive director of the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention program of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, references the medical research being done at UMass Medical School in the fight against cancer.

• 03-02-11

  Boston Business Journal: Shields targets limited network health care plans

  A story about businesses benefitting from insurance companies looking to cut health care costs includes comments from Bob Seifert, principal associate at the Center for Health Law and Economics. (login required)

• 03-02-11

  PRWeb: MPD Foundation Advances Research With New Grant Awards

  Shaoguang Li, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, receives a $150,000 grant from the MPD Foundation to confirm the identification of the gene Alox5 as a target for the treatment of polycythemia vera.

• 03-02-11

  Valley Advocate: What Women Need to Know

  Arlene Ash, PhD, professor of quantitative health sciences, will speak about health care coverage at a women’s health forum in Hadley.