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August 05, 2020
Lisa Colombo awarded honorary degree, delivers COVID-inspired commencement address
Lisa M. Colombo, DNP, MHA, RN, received an honorary Doctor of Science in Nursing degree from Worcester State University and delivered the commencement address during a virtual graduation ceremony.
Full story »August 03, 2020Redesigned Lamar Soutter Library ready for school and COVID-19 precautions
The Lamar Soutter Library is reopening its doors at UMass Medical School after completion of an interior renovation. In a serendipitous stroke of good timing, the redesigned work area also lends itself well to accommodating social distancing for COVID-19 precautions.
Full story »August 03, 2020Welcome to the new UMassMed News
UMass Medical School today unveiled a refreshed look and feel for the UMMS home page and the news website, now called UMassMed News as part of an update of the Medical School’s institutional brand identity and style.
Full story »July 30, 2020Chancellor Collins in Boston Globe: Frequent COVID tests help keep communities safe
As colleges and universities plan for the return of students for the fall semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one important element in keeping everyone safe is frequent testing for the virus, according to Chancellor Michael F. Collins in a July 30 opinion piece published in the Boston Globe.
Full story »July 30, 2020Study finds teens with type 1 diabetes on continuous glucose monitors had improved blood sugar levels
Benjamin Nwosu, MD, led a study which found teens with type 1 diabetes who used continuous glucose monitors were able to improve control of their blood sugar.
Full story »July 28, 2020UMMS-Baystate PURCH track given accreditation nod by NECHE
The New England Commission of Higher Education has confirmed Baystate Health System in Springfield is included as an instructional location within the accreditation of UMass Medical School.
Full story »July 27, 2020NIDA grant funds MD/PhD student’s study of hepatitis C and injection drug use in rural New England
MD/PhD student Eric Romo received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Full story »July 24, 2020Updated travel policy related to COVID-19 in the US and abroad (July 24)
The UMMS travel policy will now require quarantine for employees currently working on campus, returning to work, new hires, nonclinical students, vendors and visitors who have traveled to or from any states other than Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New York and New Jersey.
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July 24, 2020
Summer outreach programs for high achieving students delivered online
The Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Summer Enrichment Program and High School Health Careers Program are being held virtually this year at UMass Medical School.
Full story »July 22, 2020Students use Huppert Community Health Scholar Award to further Cape Cod health services project
Haley Schachter, SOM ’22, and Aisling Ryan, RN, DNP candidate in the GSN, received the Mick Huppert Community Health Scholar Award for a health services project on Cape Cod.
Full story »July 21, 2020UMMS researcher Evan Bradley studying link between nasopharyngeal microbiome and COVID-19
Evan Bradley, MD, PhD, has been awarded a grant to study the association between the nasopharyngeal microbiome—the bacterial community that colonizes the back of the nose and throat—and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19.
Full story »July 21, 2020UMMS launching Resilience Through Relationships Center to improve child trauma treatment
UMass Medical School will create a national resource and training center to address child trauma caused by impaired caregiving, under the direction of Jessica L. Griffin, PsyD.
Full story »July 20, 2020UMass Medical School appoints five faculty members to endowed chairs
Douglas T. Golenbock, MD; Gregory A. Volturo, MD; Anastasia Khvorova, PhD; Erik J. Sontheimer, PhD; and Jennifer A. Reidy, MD, have been named to endowed faculty posts at UMass Medical School.
Full story »July 16, 2020School of Medicine students receive Fulbright Scholarship for household air pollution research in Guatemala
Tatiana Petrovick, SOM ’21, and Emily Nuss, SOM ’21, received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct a study in Guatemala in 2021, looking at the impacts of household air pollution on women and children.
Full story »July 16, 2020South Road garage expansion to begin July 27
Major construction will begin July 27 on the east side of the South Road parking garage at UMass Medical School to make way for a five-story addition with an elevator tower and sky bridge connecting it to the medical building being built.
Full story »July 15, 2020U.S. Army grant advances UMMS studies targeting key melanoma protein
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a team of researchers led by Craig J. Ceol, PhD, a $963,903 three-year grant to test potential approaches to killing metastatic melanoma tumors.
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July 14, 2020
UMMS study shows home oxygen monitoring safe for premature infants, can shorten treatment
A new study led by Lawrence M. Rhein, MD, MPH, and Ted M. Kremer, MD, at UMass Medical School, and colleagues at nine clinical sites throughout the United States has found that parents of premature infants on home oxygen therapy can safely and effectively report babies’ oxygen levels in between clinic visits.
Full story »July 14, 2020George Abraham appointed chair of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, was appointed chair of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.
Full story »July 13, 2020Medical student Jackie Oh publishes research on how South Korea protects health care workers from COVID-19
Medical student SeungJu Jackie Oh is first author on the "Global Evidence Brief: Protecting Health Care Workers in South Korea During the COVID-19 Pandemic" published by Ariadne Labs.
Full story »July 10, 2020UMMS researchers forging new understanding of BRCA cancer gene function with NCI grant
A UMass Medical School research team has been awarded a National Cancer Institute grant to advance understanding of how hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes work, and why tumors lacking these genes are sensitive to chemotherapy.
Full story »July 10, 2020Arthur Pappas honored as an AOA ‘Pillar of the Orthopaedic Profession’
The late Arthur M. Pappas, MD, has been recognized as an American Orthopaedic Association Pillar of the Orthopaedic Profession for his role as a pioneering visionary and tireless founding architect of the UMass Medical School Department of Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation.
Full story »July 08, 2020Silencing of an ALS gene safely delivered to patients in UMass Medical School study
UMass Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital are the first to safely treat two research participants with a synthetic microRNA, delivered into the spinal fluid, designed to silence a human disease-causing gene. Details of the treatment appear in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Full story »July 08, 2020Maria Garcia appointed assistant vice provost for diversity and student success
In the new role, Maria Garcia, MD, MPH, will continue to develop educational programs that respect the diverse educational goals of learners from different educational, personal and cultural backgrounds in order to enhance career development for students in all three schools.
Full story »July 07, 2020Job Dekker elected to European Molecular Biology Organization
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has elected Job Dekker, PhD, to lifetime membership in the organization.
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July 07, 2020
Mass. chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians recognizes three members of UMMS community
Three UMass Medical School learners received awards from the Massachusetts chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, earning all of the learner awards presented by the organization. Charlotte Goldfine, MD; Allison Beaulieu, MD; and Schyla Wante, MD’20; were honored.
Full story »July 02, 2020UMass Cancer Walk and Run to be a virtual event in 2020
Organizers have announced that the 22nd annual UMass Cancer Walk and Run scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 13, will take place online, with supporters able to participate remotely at locations and for distances of their choosing.
Full story »July 02, 2020Updated travel policy related to COVID-19 in the US and abroad (July 2)
Due to changing conditions, we are adapting our UMMS travel policies to maintain the safety of our community from COVID-19.
Full story »July 01, 2020UMass Medical School researchers visualize new states of ribosome translation with cryo-EM
The states through which ribosomes, the molecular machines responsible for reading genetic information, synthesize life-sustaining proteins have been revealed in unprecedented time-resolved detail by UMass Medical School structural biologists Andrei Korostelev, PhD, and Anna Loveland, PhD.
Full story »July 01, 2020Guts and bugs: GSBS student talks GI immunity and inflammation in virtual seminar series
Sage Foley, PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, presented her research at a weekly virtual event put on by Rutgers University, called “Guts & Bugs: A Virtual GI Seminar Series.”
Full story »June 30, 2020SOM student Kurt Schultz receives AΩA research fellowship
Kurt Schultz, SOM ‘21, was awarded the 2020 AΩA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. The fellowship’s purpose is to foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers.
Full story »June 29, 2020LISTEN: How monoclonal antibodies can help fight infectious diseases, such as Lyme disease
In a new Voices of UMassMed podcast, Mark Klempner, MD, talks about promising new research into infectious diseases, including Lyme disease, at MassBiologics of UMass Medical School.
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Celia Schiffer named 2020 ELAM Leadership for Women in Medicine fellow
Celia Schiffer, PhD, has been selected as a fellow of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program at Drexel University College of Medicine.
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