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The Lupus Center at UMass Chan is participating in a clinical research study, exploring the use of CAR T cell treatment in lupus nephritis for severe or nonresponsive lupus.

Awards of $50,000 were distributed to support ground-breaking and interdisciplinary research in the neurosciences.

As the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a large, diverse database, enters its second five years of funding at UMass Chan, investigators are pursuing more studies in population health with a focus on including groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research.  

The Robert W. Finberg Physician-Scientist Training Program is named in honor of the late Robert W. Finberg, MD, chair emeritus and distinguished professor of medicine.  

The year-end celebration highlighted the 22 students enrolled in Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program and the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development program who completed major milestones.  

A study presented by UMass Chan researchers found that roughly one-third of pregnant patients with or at risk for hypertensive disorders reported food insecurity. The authors say the findings support other research suggesting more food support could lead to improved maternal and fetal health.

The second annual Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration honored graduating UMass Chan Medical School students of color by presenting them with Kente and multicultural stoles to wear at the 51st Commencement.

The 12-month program is the longest-running professional development program at UMass Chan Medical School and has nearly 300 graduates.

The UMass Chan Postdoctoral Fellows Association creates community for its majority international student population.  

Faculty members from the three UMass Chan graduate schools were honored at the 2024 Educational Recognition Awards ceremony and Susan Zweizig, MD, delivered the annual honorary Last Lecture, titled “What You Don’t See.”