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  • UMass Chan medical students lead ‘Life Savers’ program at Worcester area parish

    UMass Chan medical students lead ‘Life Savers’ program at Worcester area parish

    A group of UMass Chan Medical School students and staff members spent their Saturday morning instructing a hands-only CPR and AED training for nearly 50 parishioners at St. Anne Church in Southborough.

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  • Convocation 2024: UMass Chan racing toward ambitious future

    Convocation 2024: UMass Chan racing toward ambitious future

    Four faculty members were honored with chancellor’s medals, and seven others were invested as named professors at the annual Convocation and Investiture celebration.

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  • UMass Chan kicks off 2024 academic year with weeklong Convocation celebration

    UMass Chan kicks off 2024 academic year with weeklong Convocation celebration

    Festivities kick off on Friday, Sept. 6, with the T.H. Chan School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony, welcoming the new class of medical students into the medical community.

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  • New Remillard Family Community Service Fund grants broaden access to care, expand community outreach

    New Remillard Family Community Service Fund grants broaden access to care, expand community outreach

    The Remillard Family Community Service Fund awarded grants to support innovative projects led by UMass Chan Medical School faculty, residents, staff and students that address social determinants of health, increase equitable and affordable access to care, and develop and expand community outreach programs.

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  • UMass Chan Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts 36 new members

    UMass Chan Gold Humanism Honor Society inducts 36 new members

    The UMass Chan Medical School chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society inducted 36 new members on Wednesday, May 29.  

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  • Advancing gender equity, importance of mentoring highlighted at Women’s Faculty Awards

    Advancing gender equity, importance of mentoring highlighted at Women’s Faculty Awards

    The annual awards are sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Women’s Faculty Committee of the Diversity and Inclusion Office.  

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  • Twenty rising faculty members graduate from Junior Faculty Development Program

    Twenty rising faculty members graduate from Junior Faculty Development Program

    The 12-month program is the longest-running professional development program at UMass Chan Medical School and has nearly 300 graduates.

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  • Science for Living: Gut microbiome offers clues to chronic disease

    Science for Living: Gut microbiome offers clues to chronic disease

    Researchers in UMass Chan Medical School’s Center for Microbiome Research are exploring the causal mechanisms by which bacteria in the gut influence chronic illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Crohn’s disease and in autoimmune disorders and other conditions.

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  • PODCAST: Understanding the connection between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s

    PODCAST: Understanding the connection between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s

    In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, John P. Haran, MD’07, PhD’18, and Ethan Loew, MD/PhD student, shed light on their ongoing research to better understand the connection between the gut microbiome and cognitive health, particularly how it impacts older people.

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  • Tech-based tools for suicide prevention in emergency department offer promise, pilot study finds

    Tech-based tools for suicide prevention in emergency department offer promise, pilot study finds

    A pilot study of technology-based interventions for emergency department patients at risk of suicide found patients rated the interventions highly, leading to further studies on clinical efficacy and potential for sustainable use.

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  • Six new endowed chairs named at UMass Chan Medical School

    Six new endowed chairs named at UMass Chan Medical School

    These highly accomplished faculty members have been appointed to endowed chairs at UMass Chan Medical School: Dale L. Greiner, PhD; Danny G. Winder, PhD; Elinor K. Karlsson, PhD; Jeannette M. Wolfe, MD; J. Kevin Donahue, MD; and John E. Harris, MD, PhD’05.

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  • AI-powered arm band to detect opioid use disorder, withdrawals in development at UMass Chan, URI

    AI-powered arm band to detect opioid use disorder, withdrawals in development at UMass Chan, URI

    Stephanie Carreiro, MD, PhD'22, is the lead investigator on the development of the MINDER system, which includes a wearable device, a mobile app and an online portal for clinicians to monitor medication use and withdrawals.

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  • UMass Chan’s Water Safe Worcester program promotes swimming safety for city’s teenagers

    UMass Chan’s Water Safe Worcester program promotes swimming safety for city’s teenagers

    Water Safe Worcester’s summer session is underway every Wednesday night through the end of August. The program is free and open to all teenagers in the Worcester area.

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  • Student-run group relaunches as UMass Chan Human Rights and Asylum Program

    Student-run group relaunches as UMass Chan Human Rights and Asylum Program

    The student-run group provides forensic medical evaluations for Worcester-area immigration lawyers who are advocating for people to claim asylum in the United States by connecting them with local affiliated clinicians.

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  • New center will evaluate, accelerate technology to reduce suicide

    New center will evaluate, accelerate technology to reduce suicide

    The NIH-funded Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) includes a network of organizations working with UMass Chan, including UMass Memorial Health, UMass Lowell, UMass Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Zero Suicide Institute and more than 100 other collaborating institutions.

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  • Junior Faculty Development Program marks 13th anniversary

    Junior Faculty Development Program marks 13th anniversary

    Twenty-five junior faculty members at UMass Chan Medical School completed the Junior Faculty Development Program on May 18.

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  • Women in medicine and science honored for career achievements

    Women in medicine and science honored for career achievements

    Seven women were honored for career achievements in science and health care during the 23rd annual Women’s Faculty Awards at UMass Chan Medical School.

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  • What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains

    What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains

    In a piece written for The Conversation, medical toxicologist Kavita Babu, MD, explains how xylazine increases overdose risk and why Narcan can still save a life.

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  • UMass Chan researchers contribute to study of drug prevalence among injured road users

    UMass Chan researchers contribute to study of drug prevalence among injured road users

    Kavita Babu, MD, was a co-author of a recent study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on toxicological analyses of blood specimens from roadway users who were seriously or fatally injured in motor vehicle crashes.

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  • Study led by UMass Chan clinical scientists provides evidence of protective link between oral microbiome, COVID

    Study led by UMass Chan clinical scientists provides evidence of protective link between oral microbiome, COVID

    Evan S. Bradley, MD, PhD and Vanni Bucci, PhD, of the Program in Microbial Dynamics at UMass Chan, established a link between the oral microbiome and COVID-19 in patients needing in-hospital respiratory support.

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  • UMass Chan and Wellinks study mobile tools to keep COPD patients healthy

    UMass Chan and Wellinks study mobile tools to keep COPD patients healthy

    Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School’s Program in Digital Medicine are leading an innovative study with virtual health care company Wellinks to improve management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at home.

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  • UMass Chan researchers study link between oral microbiome and long COVID

    UMass Chan researchers study link between oral microbiome and long COVID

    John P. Haran, MD, PhD, is studying neurological long-COVID symptoms in working-age, generally healthy people who were vaccinated prior to infection.

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  • What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses?

    What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses?

    Kavita Babu, MD, professor of emergency medicine, writes for The Conversation about illicitly manufactured fentanyl that is driving the increasing number of opioid overdose deaths.

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  • Study co-authored by UMass Chan researchers finds broad differences in SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness

    Study co-authored by UMass Chan researchers finds broad differences in SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness

    Wide variation in the amount or infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 among people in early stages of COVID-19 may be an explanation for the phenomenon of “super spreaders,” according to new research. Research co-author Laura Gibson, MD, talks about the findings. 

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  • New Mick Huppert Community Health Scholarships awarded to UMass Chan students

    New Mick Huppert Community Health Scholarships awarded to UMass Chan students

    Six projects organized by T.H. Chan School of Medicine and Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing student have received Mick Huppert Community Health Scholar Awards for 2022.

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  • UMass Chan medical students aid in COVID-19 testing for Afghan refugees

    UMass Chan medical students aid in COVID-19 testing for Afghan refugees

    UMass Chan Medical School students are working to support community efforts to assist Afghan refugees in Worcester. 

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  • UMass Chan study finds association between long-COVID symptoms and altered oral microbiome

    UMass Chan study finds association between long-COVID symptoms and altered oral microbiome

    Research by John P. Haran, MD, PhD, and Evan S. Bradley, MD, PhD, at UMass Chan Medical School, shows that patients with persistent long-COVID symptoms have oral microbiomes with a significantly higher abundance of bacteria that induce inflammation.

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  • UMass Medical School students team up to teach new SOM class to give COVID-19 shots

    UMass Medical School students team up to teach new SOM class to give COVID-19 shots

    UMass Medical School’s 162 new medical students can administer COVID-19 vaccines thanks to their School of Medicine and Graduate School of Nursing student trainers.

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  • Worcester Pipeline participant finds home at UMass Medical School

    Worcester Pipeline participant finds home at UMass Medical School

    Exposed to UMass Medical School as a high school student, Isaac Ofori stays involved in the Worcester community on his way to pursuing a career in critical care.

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  • Serial rapid antigen testing on par with PCR COVID-19 tests, RADx team reports

    Serial rapid antigen testing on par with PCR COVID-19 tests, RADx team reports

    A longitudinal study co-authored by UMass Medical School researchers as part of the National Institutes of Health’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative reported that PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 and rapid antigen testing were equally effective in detecting infection when tests were given at least twice per week.

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  • John Broach, Michael Hirsh, Jill Terrien named Arnold P. Gold Foundation Champions of Humanistic Care

    John Broach, Michael Hirsh, Jill Terrien named Arnold P. Gold Foundation Champions of Humanistic Care

    Arnold P. Gold Foundation Champions of Humanistic Care were selected by their member health care institutions for compassion and courage during the COVID-19 pandemic and recognized at the Annual Gala of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation on June 10.

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  • With a focus on human rights, medical student aims to give voice to unseen, unheard

    With a focus on human rights, medical student aims to give voice to unseen, unheard

    Sabahat Rahman is in the Global Health Pathway and the PURCH track. Her activities include the student-led Worcester Asylum Clinic and COVID-19 research and outreach.

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  • UMass Chan helps gather data leading to eased CDC guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals

    UMMS helps gather data leading to eased CDC guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals

    Preliminary data published this month from a surveillance project conducted at UMass Medical School evaluating the effectiveness of two COVID vaccines played a critical role in new guidelines by the CDC that no longer require fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks.

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  • Women’s Faculty Awards recognize outstanding achievement across the career spectrum

    Women’s Faculty Awards recognize outstanding achievement across the career spectrum

    The annual awards honoring achievements in early career development, clinical service, mentoring, science and health, education, and community service, were presented during virtual proceedings on Monday, May 24.

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  • Women’s Faculty Awards recognize outstanding achievement across the career spectrum

    Women’s Faculty Awards recognize outstanding achievement across the career spectrum

    The annual awards honoring achievements in early career development, clinical service, mentoring, science and health, education, and community service, were presented during virtual proceedings on Monday, May 24.

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  • LISTEN: Clinician Experience Office provides mental health support network for caregivers

    LISTEN: Clinician Experience Office provides mental health support network for caregivers

    A new Voices of UMassMed podcast featuring Steven Bird, MD, provides an overview of the Clinician Experience Office, a mental health support network for caregivers.

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  • New study of oral therapy candidate indicates positive results for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19

    New study of oral therapy candidate indicates positive results for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19

    New research by Kaleido Biosciences, Inc., and UMass Medical School’s John P. Haran, MD, PhD, and Beth McCormick, PhD, shows that the company’s microbiome metabolic therapy candidate produced positive results in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

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  • Medical student Kendall Burdick examining geographic, racial disparities in access to pediatric trauma care

    Medical student Kendall Burdick examining geographic, racial disparities in access to pediatric trauma care

    Kendall Burdick, SOM ’23, is studying geographic and racial disparities in access to pediatric trauma care with a Medical Student Research Grant from the Emergency Medicine Foundation and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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  • Coronavirus variants explained: Conversation with John Haran

    Coronavirus variants explained: Conversation with John Haran

    John P. Haran, MD, PhD, explains research into coronavirus mutations, what is known about vaccines’ ability to fend off the new strains and the implications for what we can all do to stay healthy.

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  • UMass Medical School working with community to address vaccine hesitancy in Worcester

    UMass Medical School working with community to address vaccine hesitancy in Worcester

    UMass Medical School is responding to hesitancy among the Worcester-area community about getting COVID-19 vaccines with an ongoing series of public listening and learning events.

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  • UMass Chan suicide prevention study explores telehealth to improve outcomes, efficiency

    UMMS suicide prevention study explores telehealth to improve outcomes, efficiency

    Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, is leading a new study to evaluate the use of telehealth to improve suicide-related outcomes.

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  • Second-year medical students lead course on intersection between wilderness and emergency medicine

    Second-year medical students lead course on intersection between wilderness and emergency medicine

    The student-led wilderness medicine optional enrichment elective teaches medical students how to identify and manage common injuries or emergencies that happen in the great outdoors.

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  • UMass Medical School students study population health through community lens

    UMass Medical School students study population health through community lens

    School of Medicine and Graduate School of Nursing students explored a range of public health issues through population health clerkships and presented their work virtually.

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  • From gut to brain: UMMS probes link between microbiome and cognitive functioning in Alzheimer’s patients

    From gut to brain: UMMS probes link between microbiome and cognitive functioning in Alzheimer’s patients

    UMass Medical School researchers have been awarded a $3.3 million, four-year National Institute on Aging grant to explore new understanding of how the gut microbiome influences cognitive functioning among elders living with Alzheimer’s disease.

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  • NIMH grant drives technology development to prevent suicide

    NIMH grant drives technology development to prevent suicide

    Celine Larkin, PhD, is a co-investigator on a new grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop telehealth and mobile app programs to reduce suicide among patients seen in emergency departments.

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  • UMass Chan researcher Evan Bradley studying link between nasopharyngeal microbiome and COVID-19

    UMMS researcher Evan Bradley studying link between nasopharyngeal microbiome and COVID-19

    Evan Bradley, MD, PhD, has been awarded a grant to study the association between the nasopharyngeal microbiome—the bacterial community that colonizes the back of the nose and throat—and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19.

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  • UMass Medical School appoints five faculty members to endowed chairs

    UMass Medical School appoints five faculty members to endowed chairs

    Douglas T. Golenbock, MD; Gregory A. Volturo, MD; Anastasia Khvorova, PhD; Erik J. Sontheimer, PhD; and Jennifer A. Reidy, MD, have been named to endowed faculty posts at UMass Medical School.

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Executive Vice Chair

Martin A. Reznek, MD, MBA, FACEP
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Residency Directors

Richard Church, MD FACEP FACMT
Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology

Viral Patel, MD
Associate Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Alexandra Nordberg, MD
Assistant Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Emergency Ultrasound

UME Director & UME Fellowship Director

Jennifer Carey, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

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