The Vanderbilt AUD Research and Education Center is funded in part by a five-year, $8.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Nine T.H. Chan School of Medicine students received a health professions scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year.  

UMass Chan partnered with local organization Glo Mom to support expectant and new mothers with access to information and services as they navigate pregnancy and motherhood.

PhD candidate Seden Bedir moved from Turkey to the U.S. to study at UMass Chan Medical School. She aims to engineer RNA sequences that don’t exist in nature in order to enable mRNA-based therapeutics beyond vaccines. In her free time, she mentors students from Turkey.  

The two UMass Chan faculty members are among 500 scientists, engineers and innovators elected this year.

The UMass Cancer Walk presented by Harr Toyota returns to Polar Park on Sunday, Sept. 29. All proceeds support adult and pediatric cancer research and more than 150 clinical trials at UMass Chan Medical School.

UMass LIGHT, a mentorship program pairing students with faculty members, has formed meaningful bonds between industry leaders and aspiring doctors. UMass LIGHT will host a conference with keynote speakers Rochelle Walensky, MD, former CDC director, and Robert “Hoot” Gibson, former chief astronaut for NASA, on May 3. 

Mariana Noto Guillen, a PhD candidate in the lab of Amir Mitchell, PhD, associate professor of systems biology, wrote an article for The Conversation explaining a recent Science paper about how nonantibiotics have sufficient antibacterial activity to affect gut microbiome composition. It explains what nonantibiotics are, and the mechanisms behind their antibacterial effects.  

The new center will focus on advancing community living and participation outcomes for young adults from disadvantaged, marginalized and vulnerable populations who have serious mental health conditions.

UMass Chan Medical School and MITRE, operator of federally funded research and development centers, announced the establishment of the Health AI Assurance Laboratory, a collaborative initiative to advance health artificial intelligence in the public interest. The initiative is at the forefront of efforts in the United States, and the first in Massachusetts, to ensure AI technology in health care is safe and effective for everyone using it.