Office of the Chancellor

Luzuriaga, Szabo appointed to newly endowed chairs at UMMS

Chancellor Michael F. Collins announced that two new endowed chairs were approved by the UMass Board of Trustees. Katherine Luzuriaga, MD, was named the the UMass Memorial Health Care Chair in Biomedical Research. Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, was named the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair.
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Gov. Patrick, Chancellor Collins announce collaboration to improve outpatient VA services

UMass Medical School, the Patrick administration and the Veterans Administration announced plans for a new outpatient clinic for veterans care on the UMMS campus in Worcester.
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Collins to WBUR: ‘For the first time in a long time, there was hope’

In an op-ed for Boston WBUR-FM’s Cognoscenti, Chancellor Michael F. Collins underscores the importance of relief efforts in Ebola-stricken Liberia, including those underway at UMass Medical School.
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UMMS Ebola Relief effort launched with $7.5M Paul G. Allen Family Foundation grant

With a $7.5 million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, UMass Medical School will lead a team of academic partners to provide comprehensive relief efforts in Liberia, bringing doctors, nurses, and training and medical supplies to the Ebola-stricken country.
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Honoring the achievements of students and faculty, with a look to the future

UMass Worcester celebrated the start of the academic year with a week of Convocation 2014 events, recognizing faculty and students. This video highlights ceremonies honoring the achievements of the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Graduate School of Nursing.
In a WBUR commentary, Chancellor urges new students to practice compassionate health care

Dr. Michael F. Collins encourages aspiring doctors and nurses to appreciate the privilege of caring for others. Click to read his thoughts in this WBUR Cognoscenti column.
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Chancellor welcomes new students to 'very special community'

In a welcome address to the School of Medicine Class of 2018, Chancellor Michael F. Collins highlighted the overall academic strength of the class, and the great lengths students have taken t serve their communities.
UMMS Chancellor, ALS researcher take 'Ice Bucket Challenge'

Chancellor Collins and neurology chair Robert H. Brown took the "Ice Bucket Challenge" on Wednesday, Aug. 6, with first-year medical students and members of Dr. Brown's lab dousing them to raise awareness of ALS

Pediatrics Corner: Why doctors recommend HPV vaccine for pre-teens

A new version of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against twice as many cancers as the existing formula, according to new research in the New England Journal of Medicine, but the vaccination rate against HPV continues to be low. Pediatrician Anne Powell helps families understand how the vaccine works and why doctors recommend it for pre-teens.

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Joint Strategic Plan

We are pleased to present to you the final draft of "UMass 2020," the UMMS/UMMHC Academic Health Sciences Center Joint Strategic Plan (2014-2020). We believe that the four strategic goals and four strategy enabling goals that serve as the foundation of this plan provide our combined academic health sciences center with a clear strategic direction for the years ahead.