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Match Day 2019: Anthony Tran "Grateful"
Tran is part of the first cohort of students who participated in the UMass Bacc/MD program, which creates a pathway from the University of Massachusetts system’s undergraduate campuses to the School of Medicine in Worcester.
2018 White Coat Ceremony
The 162 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2022 at UMass Medical School donned their white coats for the first time in a heartfelt ceremony on Friday, Sept. 14, under a tent on the campus green, as the first-year medical students accepted the mantel of the medical profession.
2018 Convocation & Investiture Ceremony
Chancellor Michael F. Collins delivered his annual Convocation address and presented the 2018 Chancellor’s Medals for excellence in teaching, scholarship, service and clinical excellence.The Investiture ceremony, following Convocation, invested four distinguished faculty members as named professors and honored the donors who endowed them.
Ellen Gravallese awarded Nachman Prize for research in rheumatology
UMass Medical School physician-scientist Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, received the Carol Nachman Prize for Rheumatology, an international honor for research in rheumatology, from city dignitaries at a ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Caterina Strambio De Castillia named Imaging Scientist by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has named Caterina Strambio De Castillia, PhD, a CZI Imaging Scientist and awarded more than $1 million in grant funding for her research into microscopic imaging.
Read moreNucleic Acid Therapeutics for Neurological Diseases
CRISPR-SONIC: targeted somatic oncogene knock-in enables rapid in vivo cancer modeling.
Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing-Based CRISPRi Screening Resolves Molecular Drivers of Early Human Endoderm Development.
Nuts, Cardiovascular Health, and Diabetes
Education
Ashley Matthew receives HOPE scholarship from Biomedical Science Careers Program
MD/PhD candidate Ashley Matthew was awarded a HOPE Scholarship from the Biomedical Science Careers Program. She accepted the two-year, $7,500 award at the “Evening of Hope” celebration held at Harvard Medical School on April 25.
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Students
Physician Scientist Research Retreat showcases MD/PhD program at UMMS
The 14th annual Physician Scientist Research Retreat on Friday, March 1, brought together prospective and current students, faculty and distinguished guest speakers showcasing the depth and breadth of the MD/PhD program at UMass Medical School.
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