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  • Pipeline program for students underrepresented in medicine seeks new applicants
    Education News

    Pipeline program for students underrepresented in medicine seeks new applicants

    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.

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  • UMass Chan investigators identify new pattern recognition system that monitors disease-causing bacteria in C. elegans
    Research News

    UMass Chan investigators identify new pattern recognition system that monitors disease-causing bacteria in C. elegans

    Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, identified a new mechanism to detect microbial infection that intercepts pathogen-derived signals of growth and virulence to assess the relative threat of virulent bacteria.

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  • Renowned geneticist is inaugural speaker for The Robert W. Finberg, MD, Memorial Lecture at UMass Chan
    Research News

    Renowned geneticist is inaugural speaker for The Robert W. Finberg, MD, Memorial Lecture at UMass Chan

    Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, a world-renowned geneticist and expert in the fields of innate immunity and immunology, is the inaugural speaker for The Robert W. Finberg, MD, Memorial Lecture on Thursday, March 23.

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  • Jonathan Gerber named director of UMass Cancer Center; Michelle Kelliher interim chair of molecular, cell & cancer biology
    Community News

    Jonathan Gerber named director of UMass Cancer Center; Michelle Kelliher interim chair of molecular, cell & cancer biology

    As the UMass Chan mourns the recent death of Michael Green, MD, PhD, two faculty have been appointed to fill positions that Dr. Green nobly held. Jonathan M. Gerber, MD, has been appointed director of the UMass Cancer Center, and Michelle A. Kelliher, PhD, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell & Cancer Biology.

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  • UMass Chan researchers explain risk of spread in novel gonorrhea strain
    Research News

    UMass Chan researchers explain risk of spread in novel gonorrhea strain

    UMass Chan infectious disease researchers Sanjay Ram, MD, and Peter Rice, MD, say testing and surveillance for a novel strain of gonorrhea identified in Massachusetts last month is critical for reducing spread.

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  • LISTEN: Learn about risks of cytomegalovirus, a common prenatal infection, in new podcast
    Research News

    LISTEN: Learn about risks of cytomegalovirus, a common prenatal infection, in new podcast

    Laura Gibson, MD’94, discusses cytomegalovirus in a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast.

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  • Small pilot study explores addition of remote activity tracking to electronic health records
    Research News

    Small pilot study explores addition of remote activity tracking to electronic health records

    The pilot project aims to determine if wearable devices can help the flow of patient data to electronic health records and give providers the opportunity to assist patients more effectively with weight management.

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  • UMass Chan to participate in pilot COVID-19 telehealth program Home Test to Treat launched by NIH
    Research News

    UMass Chan to participate in pilot COVID-19 telehealth program Home Test to Treat launched by NIH

    UMass Chan Medical School will evaluate the NIH’s new Home Test to Treat program that will provide free COVID-19 health services—at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions and at-home treatments—in selected communities across the country.

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  • Top story: FDA announces recommendations based on new study highlighting serial testing with rapid antigen tests
    Research News

    Top story: FDA announces recommendations based on new study highlighting serial testing with rapid antigen tests

    Top story: Findings from a new study led by UMass Chan Medical School researchers are the basis for a safety communication issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Aug. 11 regarding serial use of at-home antigen tests for COVID-19.

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  • Listen: At-home COVID-19 tests explained in time for holiday gatherings
    Community News

    Listen: At-home COVID-19 tests explained in time for holiday gatherings

    UMass Chan experts break down common questions regarding at-home COVID-19 tests in a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast.

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