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Barbara C. Olendzki, RD, MPH, director of nutrition and assistant professor of medicine, talks about a new healthy cooking program designed for cardiologists, medical students and doctors from other specialties so they can better understand what it means to prepare and eat the foods they are recommending to patients. Also quoted in the story are Lynn Li, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine;, James H. Chesebro, MD, cardiologist and professor of medicine; and Jennifer Fournier, RD, LDN, a dietician who runs the classes.
Worcester Telegram and Gazette
Business columnist Aaron Nicodemus writes about the difficulty of taking an intellectual asset and turning it into a commercially viable product. Quoted in the piece is James P. McNamara, PhD, executive director of the Office of Technology Management. The article also references a new smartphone application to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) developed by faculty members at WPI and being tested at UMass Medical School.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School is working with the University of Liberia and Indiana University on a $7.2-million project to establish health care training programs in Liberia.
Worcester Business Journal
Cheryl Lapriore, vice president and chief of staff at UMass Memorial Health Care, is named in Worcester Business Journal’s 3rd Annual Outstanding Women in Business Awards.
Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, professor of medicine and cell biology, was awarded the Arthritis Foundation’s Dr. Marian Ropes Award for Excellence in Arthritis Care and LeadershipBrookline Tab
Paulette Seymour Route, dean of Graduate School of Nursing, is scheduled to speak at Jordan Hospital’s second annual Pink Pajama Party.Plymouth Old Colony Memorial
A story about the CDC recommending that 11 and 12 year old boys receive the HPV vaccine includes comments from Darshak M. Sanghavi, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric cardiology.
NBC Nightly NewsWorcester Telegram and Gazette
Christopher Rosenbaum, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, talks about the latest trend in designer drugs containing amphetamines and stimulants which are marketed and sold as bath salts.
A story about the University of Massachusetts’ capital plan references several ongoing projects at the Worcester campus, including the Sherman Center.
Job Dekker, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and molecular medicine, uses a revolutionary new method to generate a complete, three-dimensional model of the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus’ genome.
BioOptics World
EurekAlert
A story about restaurants adapting menus in response to customer’s eating habits references a 2006 UMMS study which shows people consume more calories during cool weather.
StarNews Online
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, proceeds from Panera’s signature Pink Ribbon Bagel will go to benefit various Massachusetts hospitals including UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Medford Transcript
Hingham Patch
A new study by Lori Pbert, PhD, professor of medicine, finds that teens attempting to quit smoking who were counseled by their school nurse were more likely to be successful initially.
Reuters:
Can school nurses help teens quit smoking?
Study: can school nurses help teens quit smoking?
The Baltimore Sun – October 19, 2011
Mother Nature Network – October 19, 2011
Straits Times – October 20, 2011
Study: Can school nurses help teens quit smoking?
Fox News – October 20, 2011
Health News – October 19, 2011
Darshak M. Sanghavi, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric cardiology, writes about the importance of comprehensive fetal ultrasounds in prenatal screening as a way to detect potential problems prior to birth.Slate
A story about the benefits of meditation references a study by James F. Carmody, PhD, associate professor of medicine, which showed that brain activity changed in a group of 16 participants who had not previously meditated.
Inc
A story about the proposed 2012 NIH budget examines the possible impact cuts would have on research at local institutions, including UMass Medical School.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
A study by Shimul A. Shah, MD, associate professor of surgery, and UMMS School of Medicine alum Deepak K. Ozhathil, M.D., found that high volume transplant centers more frequently utilized livers with a high donor risk index, but achieved better recipient survival rates compared with lower volume centersDoctor's Lounge
A story about the emerging video game industry in Massachusetts includes comments about how UMass Medical School uses simulation devices to teach residents how to perform surgery.
Chancellor Michael F. Collins, MD, joined former President Bill Clinton and dozens of other prominent business and public sector leaders at the second Global Irish Economic Forum at Dublin Castle in Ireland last weekend.
Wendy K. Marsh, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, talks about a new study based on data revealed in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) that links late onset menopause in women to a reduced incident of depression.
Longer Reproductive Life Equals Less Depression in MenopauseMedscape/Reuters
Premenopausal Estradiol Exposure May Diminish Perimenopausal DepressionFamily Practice News
Chancellor Michael F. Collins is quoted in a story about Clear Channel Outdoor donating seven highway billboards to promote the UMass/ALS Champion Fund.
Hudson Sun
Chancellor Michael F. Collins, MD and UMass Memorial Health Care CEO and President John G. O’Brien write about the need for more primary care providers.
Telegram & Gazette: Primary care & health reform
A story about NuRide, a program sponsored by MassRides that rewards Massachusetts residents for making sustainable commuting choices and reducing their car trips, references UMass Medical School, which has an active NuRide presence on campus.
Worcester Magazine
A new study by Monika Mitra, PhD, assistant professor of Family Medicine & Community Health, reveals that men with disabilities may be more vulnerable to sexual abuse.
Disabled men at higher risk of sexual abuse than non-disabled menLos Angeles Times – October 11, 2011
Men With Disabilities More Vulnerable to Sexual AssaultU.S. News & World Report – October 11, 2011
Men With Disabilities More Likely to Be Sexually AbusedDoctors Lounge – October 11, 2011
Men With Disabilities At ‘Heightened Risk’ Of Sex AbuseDisability Scoop – October 12, 2011
Men With Disabilities, Four Times More Likely To Be Sexually AbusedHeal Blog – October 11, 2011
Disabled men face more sexual abuse: StudyLondon Free Press – October 11, 2011
Men With Disabilities Face Increased Risk Of Sexual ViolenceNPR – October 13, 2011
Daily check up: Study finds high sexual abuse among men with disabilitiesBoston Globe – October 14, 2011
University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret’s statewide bus tour kicked off yesterday. President Caret is scheduled to stop at UMass Medical School in Worcester on Wednesday.
UMass President tours the Bay StateWSHM TV Springfield – October 11, 2011
UMass president rolls into North AdamsThe Berkshire Eagle – October 11, 2011
UMass president launches statewide bus tourBoston Globe – October 11, 2011
Daily Collegian
Scientific American
A story about how the monarch butterfly migrates 4,000 miles from the eastern U.S to central Mexico includes comments from Steven Reppert, MD, the Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience and chair and professor of Neurobiology.
Boston/ SF
Consigli Construction Co., Inc. received a Performance Award for the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) at the Associated General Contractors’ (AGC) Build New England Awards Gala.
A new smartphone application developed by faculty members at WPI to detect atrial fibrillation (AF) is being tested at UMass Medical School.
SmartPlanet
Health24
Technology Review
David McManus, MD, assistant professor of medicine, is working with faculty at WPI to test a new smartphone application that can detect atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients.
Parents Magazine
Darshak M. Sanghavi, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics, writes about the questions parents may have when a child is diagnosed as autistic.
Boston Globe
Merrill Ken Wolf, MD, professor emeritus of cell biology and a founding faculty member at UMass Medical School, passed away in his home this past June.
Brighton-Pittsford Post
A story about new advances in breast cancer detection includes comments from Robert Quinlan, MD, professor of surgery, about the need to provide better access to health care for patients.
Ex-gov Paul Cellucci gets assist in fight vs. Lou Gehrig’s diseaseBoston Herald – October 7, 2011
The Sudbury Town Crier
International Business Times
A new smartphone application developed by faculty members at WPI is being tested at UMass Medical School to detect atrial fibrillation (AF).
Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, associate professor of family medicine & community health, was recognized by President Obama as one of the country's rising scientific stars with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Huffington PostThe authors talk to Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, professor emeritus of medicine, about how meditation is helping people to relieve pain.
Worcester Telegram and GazetteUMass President Robert Caret discusses his plans for the future of the University of Massachusetts and the need to build support for the state’s public university system.
MedPage Today
Shan Lu, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, comments on the potential of using small bits of viral DNA to pre-vaccinate or prime patients before receiving a standard vaccine.
The Center for Health Care and Financing will work with the state of Pennsylvania to reduce its health care costs by identifying Medicaid recipients who may also be eligible for Medicare
North Andover Patch In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, proceeds from Panera’s signature Pink Ribbon Bagel will go to benefit various Massachusetts hospitals including UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Worcester Telegram and GazetteA story about attracting more entrepreneurs to Worcester, references UMass Medical School as one of the economic engines in the region.
A column introducing the Telegram and Gazette’s new and expanded business section references the research enterprise at UMass Medical School as a wellspring of entrepreneurial potential.
Springfield Republican
Col. Sean Collins, PhD, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Nursing, was one of 28 members of the Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing honored in a ceremony on Saturday for their work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
HealBlog.net
Big Think.com
A new study by Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, shows how alcohol consumption weakens monocytes – white blood cells involved in the immune system’s front-line defense against infection.
A story about discrimination experienced by HIV patients references the 2009 Massachusetts HIV Stigma Project Study conducted by UMass Medical School.
SearchDataManagement.com
John Ormond, director of database technology and architecture, spoke at the TDWI Boston chapter meeting about data warehousing choices.