The 225 UMass Chan medical students in the Class of 2030 received white coats on Sept. 11. The White Coat Ceremony marks first-year medical students’ first step into the profession as they start training to become physicians.

Scientists receive $14.7 million to improve vector design for gene therapies targeting alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency 

Erik J. Sontheimer, PhD, the Pillar Chair in Biomedical Research, professor and vice chair of RNA therapeutics, has been appointed chair of the RNA Therapeutics Institute, effective in January of 2027.

FDA approves gene therapy clinical trial for Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases by UMass Chan scientists  

The 28 UMass Chan Medical School faculty members who completed the Junior Faculty Development Program this year graduated from the program on June 9. 

A video tribute to Chancellor Michael F. Collins, who is stepping down as chancellor at the end of June, was shown during UMass Chan’s 53rd Commencement exercises.

Graduating PhD candidates in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School were celebrated during an awards ceremony on May 28.

The UMass Chan Medical School chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society inducted 41 members who have demonstrated compassionate, patient-centered care.

Eight UMass Chan faculty members were honored during the 26th annual Women’s Faculty Committee Awards on May 21.