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  • UMass Medical School announces $250 million comprehensive campaign called Pathways of Promise

    UMass Medical School announces $250 million comprehensive campaign

    The Pathways of Promise capital campaign, the largest fundraising effort since the school was founded, was launched to support the school’s ongoing pursuit of excellence and to shape advances in biomedical research and education well into the 21st century.

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  • John Landers and fellow ALS researchers take the Ice Bucket Challenge at UMass Medical School.

    UMMS-led discovery of ALS gene funded by Ice Bucket Challenge; nets global attention

    The discovery of a new gene implicated in ALS, led by UMMS scientist Jon Landers, PhD, and funded by The ALS Association with donations from the 2014 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, has garnered extensive media coverage and validated the success of the social media phenomenon.

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  • Summer Enrichment Program Class of 2016 members (from left) Rodney Bruno, Iva Hoxha and Alex Mills with Associate Professor of Medicine and UMMS admissions committee member Maria Garcia, MD, MPH (second from right).

    Summer Enrichment Program leads diverse students on path to medical school

    This year’s Summer Enrichment Program for college undergraduates welcomed 20 high-performing students who learned what it takes to gain entry to medical school.

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  • UMMS students observe standardized patients in an opioid-overdose sceneario.

    AP Big Story: UMass Medical School trains students to fight opioid abuse

    UMass Medical School is leading the charge to better train medical and advanced practice nursing students in the prevention and management of opioid abuse, according to an Associated Press story published June 28.

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  • UMMS Commencement June 5, 2016

    Gov. Baker lauds UMass Medical School graduates at 43rd Commencement

    UMass Medical School awarded 227 degrees at its 43rd Commencement on Sunday, June 5, and recognized the newly minted doctors and advanced practice nurses as first in the state trained in opioid safe prescribing and pain management in the wake of the national opioid epidemic.

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  • Our mission: To advance the health and well-being of the people of the commonwealth and the world through pioneering education, research and health care delivery along with clinical partner UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care provider in Central Massachusetts. Find out more about UMMS here.

    UMass Medical School: An introduction

    Our mission: To advance the health and well-being of the people of the commonwealth and the world through pioneering education, research and health care delivery along with clinical partner UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care provider in Central Massachusetts. Find out more about UMMS here.

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Wen Xue receives $250,000 for pediatric cancer research from Hyundai Hope on Wheels

Wen Xue receives $250,000 for pediatric cancer research from Hyundai Hope on Wheels

UMass Medical School cancer researcher Wen Xue, PhD, accepted a $250,000 grant Friday from the Hyundai Motor America Hope on Wheels campaign to continue his work toward improving care and treatment options for children with cancer.

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Research

Research

Postdoc Cara Weismann embarks on science policy fellowship

Postdoc Cara Weismann embarks on science policy fellowship

GSBS alum Cara Weismann, PhD, will unify her love of science with her passion for communication and collaboration when she begins a yearlong Science and Technology Policy Fellowship sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her fellowship will take place at the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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Direct Visualization of HIV-1 Replication Intermediates Shows that Capsid and CPSF6 Modulate HIV-1 Intra-nuclear Invasion and Integration
Paper Research Program
DNA-binding-domain fusions enhance the targeting range and precision of Cas9.
Paper Research Program
A separable domain of the p150 subunit of human chromatin assembly factor-1 promotes protein and chromosome associations with nucleoli
Paper Research Program
A Conserved Dopamine-Cholecystokinin Signaling Pathway Shapes Context–Dependent Caenorhabditis elegans Behavior
Paper Research Program
Education

Education

UMMS welcomes 150 students in the School of Medicine Class of 2020

UMMS welcomes 150 students in the School of Medicine Class of 2020

The School of Medicine Class of 2020 began their medical school journey at UMass Medical School on Wednesday, Aug. 3.

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Community

Community

Thorndyke receives Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award from AAMC

Thorndyke receives Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award from AAMC

Luanne Thorndyke, MD, has received the 2016 Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award, which honors members of the faculty affairs community who exemplify the spirit of phronesis—acting for the welfare of others without thought for the self.

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Students

Students

Inspired by Schweitzer’s ‘reverence for life,’ Melanie Dubois looks toward career in global health

Inspired by Schweitzer’s ‘reverence for life,’ Melanie Dubois looks toward career in global health

Fourth-year medical student Melanie Dubois worked as a junior physician at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, this spring after being selected for the highly competitive Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.

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  • Could drones aid emergency responders?

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    In the wake of a disaster, a difficult challenge for emergency response crews is to quickly assess damage and identify victims. Researchers at UMass Medical School are conducting a study to determine how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, could play a key role in such mass casualty incidents.

  • New ALS gene discovered thanks to Ice Bucket donations

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    Variations in a gene with multiple functions in neurons are present in approximately 3 percent of all cases of ALS in North American and European populations, both sporadic and familial, making it one of the most common genetic causes of the disease, according to a paper published in Nature Genetics.

  • Opioid safe-prescriber training a ‘national model’

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    Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, observed the new, immersive opioid safe-prescribing and pain management training that is mandatory for all medical and nursing students at UMass Medical School.

    Dr. Bharel praised UMMS for leading the charge to better train medical and advanced practice nursing students in prevention and management of opioid abuse by delivering on the promise to implement all 10 core competencies recommended by Gov. Charlie Baker’s Medical Education Working Group on Prescription Drug Misuse.

     

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