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March 01, 2021
Two UMass Medical School research teams chosen to compete in STAT News competition
Two research teams from UMass Medical School have been selected by STAT News to compete among 64 contestants in the 2021 STAT Madness competition. Voting begins March 1.
Full story »February 24, 2021UMMS soars in NIH funding, Blue Ridge Institute rankings
In 2020, UMass Medical School advanced to 21st in National Institutes of Health funding among the 140 medical schools, public and private, that receive NIH funding, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Biomedical Research.
Full story »February 24, 2021Preventative shot for Lyme disease, developed at UMass Medical School, enters clinical trial
Lyme PrEP, a seasonal shot to prevent Lyme disease developed by MassBiologics at UMass Medical School, has begun enrolling volunteers to evaluate the safety and pharmacology of the treatment.
Full story »February 23, 2021UMass Medical School taking part in CDC study on COVID-19 vaccine in health care staff
UMass Medical School is participating in an observational research study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that aims to measure the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in individuals who work or train in a hospital care setting.
Full story »February 23, 2021Visual mock-up of new education and research building glass on display at UMMS
What looks like a wall of windows now standing on the UMass Medical School quad in front of the Lazare Research Building is a visual mock-up of the style and design of glass panels being considered for the exterior of the new education and research building under construction on campus.
Full story »February 22, 2021LISTEN: UMass Medical School celebrates resident physicians
A new Voices of UMassMed podcast spotlights the robust Graduate Medical Education programs at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care.
Full story »February 17, 2021UMass Medical School launches Vaccine Corps, backed by philanthropy, to support statewide vaccine rollout
Philanthropic donations totaling $435,000 have been raised to support the Vaccine Corps launched by UMass Medical School.
Full story »February 17, 2021UMass Medical School students among volunteers at opening of Worcester’s first large-scale vaccine site
Medical students Kaan Apaydin, Kara Kennedy, Alex Richard and Erica Christenson take part in the opening of Worcester’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site.
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February 16, 2021
Heather Lovelace working as aesthetics nurse practitioner; serves in new teaching associate position
Heather Lovelace, FNP-BC, RN, fourth-year DNP student in the Graduate School of Nursing, came to Massachusetts from California to earn her doctorate degree.
Full story »February 12, 2021FDA approves Investigational New Drug Application for DNA/prime-protein boost vaccine to prevent HIV infections
Worcester HIV Vaccine has received clearance from the FDA for its Investigational New Drug application for a novel polyvalent DNA/prime-protein boost vaccine to prevent HIV.
Full story »February 11, 2021School of Medicine Class of 2021 students match early in competitive military and urology programs
Six School of Medicine Class of 2021 students took part in early match programs and recently learned where they will begin their residencies.
Full story »February 10, 2021We're building a vaccine corps of medical and nursing students – it could transform efforts to vaccinate underserved areas
In a piece published by The Conversation, Chancellor Michael F. Collins writes about the urgent need to vaccinate the U.S. population against COVID-19 and the institution's initiative to mobilize a vaccine corps comprising UMass Medical School students.
Full story »February 10, 2021Breast and prostate cancer screenings dropped during COVID-19 pandemic, UMMS study finds
Breast and prostate cancer screenings declined rapidly in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the same period a year earlier, according to a new study by UMass Medical School researchers working with Reliant Medical Group.
Full story »February 10, 2021Child Psychiatry Access Project for Autism Spectrum Disorder at the ready during pandemic
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Medical School helped launch new psychiatric emergency service to help Massachusetts youth and families as confinement at home and loss of outside supports have exacerbated behavioral health crises.
Full story »February 09, 2021GSBS Diversity Interest Group promotes social justice, equity and advocacy
The GSBS Diversity Interest Group is “centered on sharing the voices of our fellow trainees and having their stories and experiences heard.”
Full story »February 04, 2021UMass Medical School announces partnership in large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site in Worcester
UMass Medical School, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Worcester, Worcester State University and Saint Vincent Hospital, will play an integral role in a COVID-19 mass vaccination site that will open later this month on the campus of Worcester State.
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February 04, 2021
NBC10-Boston report highlights UMass BaccMD program’s role in reducing health disparities
School of Medicine student Kassandra Jean-Marie, SOM ’24, credits the UMass Baccalaureate MD Pathway Program for helping her pursue a medical degree and increase diversity within the medical field.
Full story »February 04, 2021Coronavirus variants explained: Conversation with John Haran
John P. Haran, MD, PhD, explains research into coronavirus mutations, what is known about vaccines’ ability to fend off the new strains and the implications for what we can all do to stay healthy.
Full story »February 03, 2021First patient dosed in clinical trial of gene therapy for Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases
Sio Gene Therapies announced that the first patient with infantile Tay-Sachs disease has been dosed in a Phase I/II trial evaluating AXO-AAV-GM2, an investigational gene therapy for the treatment of GM2 gangliosidosis, which causes Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases. Miguel Sena-Esteves, PhD, is a principal scientist of the research program at UMMS.
Full story »February 03, 2021UMMS researchers track COVID virus changes, community spread, as part of surveillance network
UMass Medical School researchers are working with a statewide network in partnership with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the extent of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the Worcester area and what role they might play in community spread.
Full story »February 02, 2021UMass Medical School community pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. with celebration of service
The 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion was presented to Linda Long-Bellil, JD, PhD, at the 33rd annual tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Semester of Service Awards and the inaugural Equity in Action Student Award was also presented.
Full story »February 01, 2021Celebration of service: Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. is Feb. 2
The 33rd Annual community celebration will take place virtually. This year’s theme is “Disrupting Inequity through Structural Change: How the crises of 2020, the pandemic and social injustice brought forth the best in the UMMS community.”
Full story »February 01, 2021Webb Camille sees research as key to improving health of patients
MD/PhD student Webb Camille sees a future as a hospitalist as well as a researcher, allowing him to do bench and clinical research that will ultimately benefit his patients.
Full story »January 29, 2021DNP student Jacqueline Mbugua serves as role model for nursing peers in new GSN teaching associate program
Graduate School of Nursing student Jacqueline Mbugua is among the first participants in a new GSN initiative that puts Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD students at the head of the class to serve as role models for their peers.
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January 27, 2021
UMass Medical School working with community to address vaccine hesitancy in Worcester
UMass Medical School is responding to hesitancy among the Worcester-area community about getting COVID-19 vaccines with an ongoing series of public listening and learning events.
Full story »January 26, 2021Medicine in Motion combating pandemic burnout through fitness, physical activity
School of Medicine students are motivating classmates to tackle stress and fatigue through fitness. UMass Medical School’s chapter of Medicine in Motion, a national nonprofit, is dedicated to addressing burnout in health care through exercise, interdisciplinary community building and philanthropy.
Full story »January 26, 2021UMass Medical School researchers to start trial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in teens
UMass Medical School researchers are about to start enrolling adolescents ages 12 through 17 in a clinical trial to test the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine made by Moderna.
Full story »January 25, 2021A healthy microbiome builds a strong immune system that could help defeat COVID-19
In a piece written for The Conversation, Ana Maldonado-Contreras, PhD, explains why the army of microbes living inside your gut is essential for fighting off threats, including the virus that causes COVID-19.
Full story »January 25, 2021Tammy Nguyen to use early career award to investigate why diabetics have a hard time healing
Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society’s 2021 Early Career Faculty Research Award.
Full story »January 22, 2021New assistant vice chancellor for city and community relations is a ‘human bridge’
Ché Anderson joins the Office of Government and Community Relations from the City of Worcester, where he most recently served as deputy cultural development officer.
Full story »January 21, 2021UMMS suicide prevention study explores telehealth to improve outcomes, efficiency
Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, is leading a new study to evaluate the use of telehealth to improve suicide-related outcomes.
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Second-year medical students lead course on intersection between wilderness and emergency medicine
The student-led wilderness medicine optional enrichment elective teaches medical students how to identify and manage common injuries or emergencies that happen in the great outdoors.
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