2021 HEADLINES
- Archives -New education and research building moves from excavation to construction
After months of excavation, demolition and relocating underground utilities, construction of the new education and research building on the UMass Chan Medical School campus in Worcester has entered a new phase—building the actual structure.
UMass Chan student trustee focused on diversity, equity and inclusion
UMass Chan Medical School MD/PhD student Zach Dyer is serving as a student trustee on the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees and is focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
William Flavahan receives Distinguished Scientist Award for groundbreaking brain cancer research
William Flavahan, PhD, has received a four-year, $600,000 award from the Sontag Foundation to advance his studies of the genetic processes leading to brain tumors.
Caterina Strambio De Castillia and her team advance efforts to set microscopy data standards
UMass Chan Medical School researcher and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Imaging Scientist Caterina Strambio De Castillia, PhD, is the senior author on two papers and a co-author on four more published in the December issue of Nature Methods.
Han lab developing light-activated immune cell therapy for cancers
Gang Han, PhD, said newly developed nano-optogenetic immunotherapy represents a new generation of personalized cancer treatment, in which precise control of the timing, location and dosage of T-cell activation could be tailored to an individual patient.
Listen: MD/MBA students explain how business skills will benefit medical careers
Learn about the dual-degree MBA program offered at UMass Chan Medical School in the new Voices of UMass Chan podcast.
PhD student studies cancer tumor cells; follows path of high school science teacher
Emmet Karner, a PhD student in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, was inspired by a passionate and influential teacher to go into the field.
Thanksgiving message from Chancellor Michael Collins
Chancellor Michael F. Collins is wishing the UMass Chan Medical School community a happy holiday season.
Emma RNA Saves the Day coloring book helps children understand how COVID-19 vaccines work
A coloring book created by a team at UMass Chan Medical School is helping children learn about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 and the RNA vaccines that protect against it.
DIO launches Diversity Campus Read
The Diversity and Inclusion Office at UMass Chan Medical School is hosting a Diversity Campus Read featuring Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington and The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee.