November 8, 2007 
DR. WALTER ETTINGER APPOINTED ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR CLINICAL AND POPULATION HEALTH RESEARCH    
UMass Memorial Medical Center President will guide translational research efforts

November 1, 2007 
UMMS CANCER BIOLOGIST JEANMARIE HOUGHTON, MD, PHD, RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF NATION’S TOP YOUNG SCIENTISTS  
Dr. Houghton receives a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in White House Ceremony

November 1, 2007 
UMMS CONSORTIUM RECEIVES $300,000 FROM JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION AND IACOCCA FOUNDATION 
Innovative matching grant program will support studies into cellular stress and type 1 diabetes

October 30, 2007 
COLLABORATIVE STUDY FINDS NOVEL RNAi TREATMENT FOR HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE 
Pre-clinical results reveal effective and resilient therapeutic silencing of huntingtin, the gene responsible for Huntington’s Disease

October 29, 2007 
MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER AWARDS $8.2 MILLION TO UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR STEM CELL BANK AND REGISTRY
Funds will support initial facilities and personnel costs 

October 25, 2007 
IDENTIFICATION OF NEW GENES SHOWS A COMPLEX PATH TO CANCER
UMass Medical School investigators define multi-step pathway that allows for cancer cell development and growth 

October 24, 2007 
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCHERS RECEIVE $8.5 MILLION GRANT AWARD TO FIGHT AIDS 

October 18, 2007 
SIDESTEPPING CANCER’S CHAPERONE
UMass Medical School scientists target the mitochondria of tumor cells with novel anticancer agents 

October 4, 2007 
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL AWARDED NATIONAL CHILDREN’S STUDY CONTRACT 
Landmark 20-year study to provide insight into long-term impact of environmental and genetic factors on children’s health and development

September 25, 2007 
R RATING MIGHT BE UNLIKELY TO AFFECT TEENS EXPOSURE TO SMOKING IN MOVIES  
New Zealand study underscores link between exposure to on-screen smoking and adolescent smoking but questions the utility of the R rating in limiting exposure

September 17, 2007 
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCHERS RECEIVE $9 MILLION GRANT RENEWAL 
Renewal of NIAMS grant allows team of scientists to build upon investigation into genetic control of metastatic cancer and osteoporosis  

September 5, 2007 
HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE INVESTIGATOR MELISSA J. MOORE, PhD, JOINS UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL
Expert in messenger RNA will collaborate with other UMMS investigators in groundbreaking RNA research  

September 5, 2007
microRNA PIONEER VICTOR R. AMBROS, PhD, JOINS UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL 

September 4, 2007
AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY AWARDS INTERDISCIPLINARY GRANT TO UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL
UMMS to develop collaborative program in orthopedics and geriatrics

August 8, 2007
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL CELEBRATES 'TOPPING OFF' OF ADVANCED EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE CENTER
Event to mark completion of seven-story steel structure

July 31, 2007
TWO UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL SCIENTISTS HONORED BY THE W. M. KECK FOUNDATION 
Prestigious awards support innovative biomedical research

July 3, 2007
UMASS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS NEW CHAIR
Philanthropist Mary C. DeFeudis to direct community outreach and fundraising efforts

July 3, 2007
INHALING FROM JUST ONE CIGARETTE CAN LEAD TO NICOTINE ADDICTION

June 14, 2007
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER NAMES NEW CHIEF OF HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY 
Alan G. Rosmarin, MD, will lead cancer care initiatives and promote clinical research growth as deputy director of the UMass Memorial Cancer Center

June 8, 2007
WORCESTER FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AWARDS PINCUS MEDALS TO BRODIE AND JORDAN

June 3, 2007
UMASS WORCESTER AWARDS 181 DEGREES AT 34TH COMMENCEMENT

May 17, 2007
COLLINS APPOINTED INTERIM CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS WORCESTER 
University of Massachusetts Senior Vice President to direct university relations, fundraising and legislative outreach

May 1, 2007
IMPROVEMENTS IN THERAPIES FOR PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCTION IN DEATHS AND IMPROVED CLINICAL OUTCOMES

April 23, 2007
UMMS RESEARCHERS CONTRIBUTE TO PROMISING NEW APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF GENETIC DISORDERS
Scientists target nonsense mutations with investigational new drug

April 19, 2007
MARGARET E. SHERMAN TRUST ANNOUNCES $250,000 CHALLENGE GRANT
Grant aims to honor Nobel Laureate by increasing support for research at UMass Medical School

April 20, 2007
DR. ALLAN SPRADLING TO DELIVER 2007 M.C. CHANG DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

April 13, 2007
UMMS RESEARCHERS MAKE BREAKTHROUGH IN DELIVERY OF RNA INTERFERENCE
Investigators design new nanomaterials for the safe, efficient delivery of RNAi

April 2, 2007
TERENCE R. FLOTTE NAMED DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND EXECUTIVE DEPUTY CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL

March 15, 2007
LAZARE TO STEP DOWN AS UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL CHANCELLOR AND DEAN
Guided the University of Massachusetts Medical School to national distinction in education, research and service over the course of nearly two decades

March 26, 2007
NOBEL LAUREATE CRAIG MELLO TRAVELS TO CHINA
Agrees to Serve As Science Advisor to Tsinghua University leaders, concurrently with UMass President Wilson

March 13, 2007
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL AND UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER ANNOUNCE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Founding Chair Richard Aghababian Steps Down; Vice Chair Gregory Volturo Appointed New Chair

February 23, 2007
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENT HONORED WITH LGBT HEALTH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

February 22, 2007
ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE SCIENCE AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS

January 29, 2007
PAGNAM APPOINTED EXECUTIVE OF THE UMASS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

January 24, 2007
UMMS INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER CRITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CELL FATE, PROLIFERATION AND GROWTH CONTROL

January 22, 2007
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER ESTABLISHES CORD BLOOD DONATION PROGRAM

January 17, 2007
UMMS RESEARCHER RECEIVES GAIL PATRICK INNOVATION AWARD

January 16, 2007
CYTRX SUBSIDIARY, RXi PHARMACEUTICALS, LICENSES 'NANOTRANSPORTERS' AND OTHER RNAi DISCOVERIES FROM UMMS

January 9, 2007
CYTRX CORPORATION ESTABLISHES RNAi SUBSIDIARY, RXi PHARMACEUTICALS

January 9, 2007
UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL VACCINE EXPERT NAMED TO CYTODYN SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD