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$1.5 Billion

in NIH Funding in the last decade

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#2

Medical school in New England for NIH research funding

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$132,673

Average federal research support per faculty

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4.4

Average number of publications per student by graduation

 

Diversity and Inclusion

Our diversity efforts strengthen our capacity for vital advancements, for research discoveries that change the world, and for carrying out our shared mission of educating tomorrow’s science leaders.

 

The multiculturalism of our diverse faculty, staff, and student body, and the diverse communities we are part of, create unique opportunities for leveraging our differences as fundamental to our institution’s excellence.  Our work is a global effort enhanced by the great diversity of the local and regional communities in which we live and serve.

 

Please engage with the following videos to see our leadership's commitment to the work, and diverse students in action.

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  • Diversity Summit sparks progress on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at UMass Chan

    Diversity Summit sparks progress on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at UMass Chan

    UMass Chan’s 2024 Diversity Summit called on members of the UMass Chan community to adopt new methods that allow for access to entry and success for staff and faulty.  

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  • UMass Chan Cares giving campaign kicks off on Oct. 28

    UMass Chan Cares giving campaign kicks off on Oct. 28

    The UMass Chan Cares campaign provides faculty, students and employees the opportunity to donate to a wide range of causes they care about.

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  • Diversity and Inclusion Office releases annual report ahead of Diversity Summit

    Diversity and Inclusion Office releases annual report ahead of Diversity Summit

    The Diversity and Inclusion Office releases its annual report.

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    Student Profiles

     

    PhD candidate Jessica Peura, MS, is working on deleting a specific gene in a pancreatic cancer mouse model. Peura’s research is inspired by her mother, who died of leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that can grow in the intestines, stomach, bladder and blood vessels.
     

    “There was not much research at the time when she was diagnosed,” Peura said. “I want to make sure that patients and their families don’t have to go through the same thing.”
     

    When Peura searched for a PhD program, she feared that the lab environment would be competitive or cutthroat. Then she interviewed at UMass Chan.
     

    "While everyone was proud of the work their lab was doing, everyone talked about how closely they worked with other labs. It was super collaborative. Everyone just seemed to love being here.”
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    Jessica Peura, MS
    PhD Candidate
    Pitarresi Laboratory
    Cancer Biology Program

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    Student Profiles

     

    PhD candidate Suk Namkung is working to improve viral vectors for gene therapy, a technique that modifies a person’s genes to treat various diseases. 

    “It will be a dream to implement it in clinical trials and for patients,” Namkung said.

    Namkung worked in the Air Defense Airspace Management cell as part of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army for two years, and then worked with epidemiologists from Africa at the International Vaccine Institute in South Korea before earning his master’s degree in molecular microbiology and immunology.

    “I started looking at pioneers in the gene therapy field and I always came back to UMass Chan and its faculty members who are forerunners in gene therapy research,” Namkung said.
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    Suk Namkung
    PhD Candidate
    Guangping Gao Laboratory
    Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

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    Student Profiles

    PhD candidate Clevanne Julce, MPH, is focused on preconception mental health care and equipping people with mental health tools and resources before they become pregnant. Julce’s ultimate goal is to become an independent investigator and design culturally responsive preventive interventions for historically underrepresented populations with mood and anxiety disorders.

     

    “The Population Health Sciences Program has provided me with fantastic mentorship that has helped me foster my identity as a doctoral trainee,” she said. “Faculty are dedicated to helping me grow my expertise in quantitative methodology. And I have a phenomenal cohort of trainees who have served as a critical source of encouragement from the very beginning.”
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    Clevanne Julce

    PhD Candidate

    Population Health Sciences Program

    Mentor: Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA

     

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