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August 15, 2017
Warren Ferguson in STAT and Boston Globe: Prisons and jails need support to fight opioid addiction
Warren J. Ferguson, MD, is studying how jails and prisons can implement medication-assisted treatment programs for opioid addiction, according to reports by STAT and The Boston Globe.
Full story »August 10, 2017Smelling the Cheese
Paul L. Greer, PhD, assistant professor of molecular medicine, is using the mouse olfactory system to investigate how animals take sensory input from their environment and translate those stimuli into action, with the hope of translating these discoveries into new treatments for a host of neurological disorders, including autism spectrum disorders.
Full story »August 09, 2017UMass Medical School ranks fourth for research cited in patents
UMass Medical School has been ranked fourth in the Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement, which sheds new light on the impact academic research is having on innovation by measuring citations of research articles in third party patents.
Full story »August 07, 2017New UMMS study shows how to account for social disparities in health care costs
In a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Arlene Ash, PhD, recommends allocating some health insurance dollars for patients in vulnerable communities and for those subject to social risks, in addition to their medical issues.
Full story »August 07, 2017Women in Science: PhD candidate Yvonne Chan a ‘protein engineer’
In this ‘Women in Science’ video, PhD candidate Yvonne Chan talks about her exploration of how proteins fold and maintain their three-dimensional structure.
Full story »August 03, 2017UMMS welcomes historically large School of Medicine class
UMass Medical School welcomed 162 new medical students to campus on Wednesday, Aug. 2. The School of Medicine Class of 2021 is the largest in school history.
Full story »August 03, 2017Read Pukkila-Worley investigates mechanisms that prevent infections before they take hold
Infectious disease physician-scientist Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, will advance the understanding of how cells that line the intestine recognize when we are under attack by bacterial pathogens, thanks to a new 5-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Full story »August 01, 2017Heather Forkey named Joy McCann Professor for Women in Medicine
Heather C. Forkey, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, director of the Foster Children Evaluation Service, and chief of the Division of Child Protection for the UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center, has been named the next Joy McCann Professor for Women in Medicine.
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August 01, 2017
Fen-Biao Gao, inaugural Cellucci Chair, studies ALS, FTD
Fen-Biao Gao, PhD, the Governor Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research and professor of neurology, studies the genetic mutations that cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia.
Full story »July 28, 2017Sakiko Suzuki named Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award recipient
Sakiko Suzuki, MD, has been named one of four 2017 recipients of the highly competitive Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award.
Full story »July 27, 2017Motivated high schoolers learn about health care careers and how to achieve them
Eighteen teenagers from across Massachusetts gained essential skills and knowledge to turn their dreams for health care careers into reality as participants in the High School Health Careers summer program at UMass Medical School.
Full story »July 26, 2017Robert Layne named assistant dean for outreach programs
Longtime educator, mentor and role model Robert Layne, MEd, has been promoted to the newly created role of assistant dean for outreach programs and instructor in radiology at UMass Medical School.
Full story »July 25, 2017Nancy Byatt recognized with prestigious award from Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Nancy Byatt, DO, MBA, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Don R. Lipsitt Award for Achievement in Integrative and Collaborative Care from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Full story »July 25, 2017Study examines use of bitter substances to halt preterm labor
New research by Ronghua ZhuGe, PhD, and colleagues offers insight into the mechanisms of uterine contractions during labor and may lead to new treatments to reduce instances of preterm birth, a leading cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity.
Full story »July 24, 2017Craig Peterson receives $4.5 million outstanding investigator award from NIH
UMass Medical School scientist Craig L. Peterson, PhD, has received a five-year, $4.5 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health for research that explores the role chromosome structure plays in regulating gene expression, DNA repair and DNA fidelity during cell division.
Full story »July 21, 2017UMMS infectious disease expert presents promising Lyme disease prevention research at State House
Development of a new medicine to protect the public against Lyme disease is ready for a phase 1 clinical trial, according to a State House briefing by MassBiologics Executive Vice Chancellor Mark S. Klempner, MD.
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July 20, 2017
UMMS postdocs named American Cancer Society Fellows
Caitlin Brown, PhD; Amanda Monahan, PhD; and Gregoriy Dokshin, PhD, postdocs at UMass Medical School, have been named 2017 American Cancer Society Fellows.
Full story »July 19, 2017Ellen Gravallese honored by American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Ellen M. Gravallese, MD, is the recipient of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research’s 2017 Stephen M. Krane Award.
Full story »July 19, 2017Study finds obese patients don’t need to lose weight before total joint replacement
A new UMass Medical School study finds that obese patients who underwent knee or hip replacement surgery reported virtually the same pain relief and improved function as normal-weight joint replacement patients six months after surgery.
Full story »July 18, 2017Promising therapy for fatal genetic diseases in children nears human trials
UMass Medical School scientist Miguel Sena-Esteves, PhD, and colleagues at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine are nearing human clinical trials on a gene therapy for Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases.
Full story »July 17, 2017Youth cadets get authentic police academy training at UMass Medical School
Fourteen Worcester teens participated in the Summer Youth Police Academy at UMass Medical School, whose Department of Public Safety launched the first-of-its-kind youth career program.
Full story »July 17, 2017Joseph J. Byrne Chair in Biomedical Research, Herman G. Berkman Chair in Diabetes Care Innovation established at UMMS
Two newly established endowed chairs at UMMS—the Joseph J. Byrne Chair in Biomedical Research and the Herman G. Berkman Chair in Diabetes Care Innovation—were approved by the UMass Board. Job Dekker, PhD, and Michael J. Thompson, MD, were appointed to the positions, respectively.
Full story »July 13, 2017Jie Song, PhD, receives Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Innovation Grant
Jie Song, PhD, has received a $250,000 grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to further her research of 3D-printed self-fitting shape memory grafts for smart pediatric skeletal reconstruction.
Full story »July 10, 2017Rachel Gershon in STAT: Senate health care bill will make insurance exchanges unaffordable
UMMS health care law and policy expert Rachel Gershon writes that fewer people will be able to afford health insurance purchased through state and federal exchanges under provisions in the Senate health care bill.
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July 10, 2017
New Remillard Family Fund at UMMS supports community service
With a $3 million donation from the Remillard Family Foundation, UMass Medical School is funding community service programs that will improve the lives and health of residents of Worcester and Central Massachusetts and positively impact individuals, groups and communities.
Full story »July 05, 2017Shlomit Schaal admitted to premier leadership program for women in medicine
Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, has been named a fellow of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She joins 11 other UMMS ‘ELUMS’ who are graduates of the program.
Full story »June 29, 2017Gang Han, colleagues develop tumor-targeting MRI contrast based on human protein
A team led by Gang Han, PhD, has designed a human protein-based tumor-targeting MRI contrast that can be easily cleared by the body. The discovery has great promise for clinical applications.
Full story »June 29, 2017WBUR reports on newborn screening for new spinal muscular atrophy therapy
UMass Medical School’s New England Newborn Screening Program will begin a voluntary pilot screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), following the FDA approval of a new therapy for the disease. The story was reported on by WBUR’s Bostonomix.
Full story »June 28, 2017Communication between neighboring cells triggers autophagy
Eric H. Baehrecke, PhD, has identified an immune-related protein deployed between neighboring cells in Drosophila that plays an essential role in the cell-degradation process known as autophagy.
Full story »June 28, 2017Joan Vitello, PhD, recognized for excellence in nursing leadership
Graduate School of Nursing Dean Joan Vitello, PhD, received the 2017 Mary B. Conceison Award for Excellence in Nursing Leadership from the Organization of Nurse Leaders of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
Full story »June 27, 2017Jason Lau named Medical Research Scholar by the National Institutes of Health
Jason Lau, a third-year School of Medicine student, has been named an NIH 2017 Medical Research Scholar.
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Telegram columnist examines how UMass Medical School impacts economy
UMass Medical School plays a major role in the Worcester economy, according to a June 25 column by Peter Cohan in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
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