In the news - UMass Chan Office of Health Equity

Monday, May 22, 2023

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

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Nine UMass Chan Medical School departments participated in the Diversity and Equity Action Plan (DEAP) pilot, organized by the Diversity and Inclusion Office.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Craig Ceol, PhD, has received a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to fund research on cellular and molecular regulators of melanocyte regeneration using zebrafish as a model.

Monday, May 15, 2023

MD/PhD student Jillian Belgrad has received an award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the pathology that drives the development of Huntington’s disease symptoms.  

Tuesday, May 09, 2023

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.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

UMass Chan Medical School and Central Mass Links are inviting the local community to participate in the Multicultural Women’s Health Summit, a free family wellness event, on Saturday, June 17, on the UMass Chan campus in Worcester.

Monday, May 08, 2023

DNP student nurse Sarang Raj was drawn to health care after his grandmother became sick. Now, he’s developing an ultrasound pilot study for other aspiring nurse practitioners at UMass Chan.

Friday, May 05, 2023

Phillip D. Zamore, PhD, is one of 120 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences who were recognized for distinguished achievements in original research. Dr. Zamore is credited with identifying the biochemical machinery responsible for RNA silencing.

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

UMass Chan’s Diversity and Inclusion Office invited Maura Minsky, director of The Empathy Project at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, to discuss the importance of storytelling and empathy in the hospital and in diversity, equity and inclusion work.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Author Geoffrey L. Cohen, PhD, described how “situation-crafting” can combat racism, enhance health and improve work performance.

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Carolyn Brownawell, MBA, deputy executive vice chancellor for human resources at UMass Chan Medical School, believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to institutional growth.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Lamar Soutter Library is hosting a National Library of Medicine traveling exhibit highlighting immigrants’ and migrants’ experiences with health care in the United States over 130 years. Now through April 21, the exhibit, Outside/Inside: Immigration, Migration and Health Care in the United States, is on display in the library.

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

The T.H. Chan School of Medicine admissions team partnered with the Diversity and Inclusion Office to host the inaugural Second Look Inclusive Connections and Belonging event on March 27.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

UMass Chan Medical School celebrates Women’s History Month with a lecture by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, PhD, the Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and professor of English at UMass Amherst, called “Forgotten Lives: Who They Were and Why They’re Important.”

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

UMass Chan Medical School students describe how their diverse backgrounds have prepared them to become doctors.

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Research coordinators and their mentors share their takeaways from the Pipeline for Underrepresented Students in Medicine program. The deadline to apply for the next cycle is March 31.

Wednesday, March 08, 2023

UMass Chan Medical School celebrated Black History Month with a focus on the research of four of its Black scientists: Brain Lewis, PhD; Ayorkor Gaba, PsyD; MD/PhD student Zach Dyer; and Natalie Anumba, PhD.

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

The UMass Chan Medical School Diversity Engagement Survey will be emailed to all faculty, staff and students on March 6 and remain open through the end of March.

Health Equity News at UMass Chan

Junior Faculty Development Program marks 13th anniversary

Diversity and Equity Action Plan sparks diversity-centric change at UMass Chan

Craig Ceol receives NIH grant to study melanocyte regeneration

MD/PhD student using NIH award to study onset of Huntington’s disease

Women in medicine and science honored for career achievements

LISTEN: UMass Chan to host Multicultural Women’s Health Summit

Grandmother’s close call inspires DNP student to become a nurse

Phillip Zamore elected to National Academy of Sciences

‘Empathy Project’ director illustrates DEI through short film

Diversity Campus Read author explains how ‘situation-crafting’ can combat racism

Carolyn Brownawell sees inclusion as ‘recipe’ for innovation at UMass Chan

Library exhibit highlights lack of health care access for immigrants

UMass Chan welcomes accepted students underrepresented in medicine

UMass Chan celebrates Women’s History Month

Matching medical students committed to cultural humility in health care

Pipeline program for students underrepresented in medicine seeks new applicants

UMass Chan presents ‘Celebration of Black Excellence’ for Black History Month

UMass Chan community encouraged to take Diversity Engagement Survey beginning March 6