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August 02, 2022
PTC Therapeutics announces European Commission marketing authorization for Upstaza
MassBiologics provided contract manufacturing, process development and registration support in partnership with PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
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August 02, 2022
UMass Chan reports data on diversity makeup of students, faculty and staff
UMass Chan Medical School is posting data on the diversity composition of its campus community in support of its strategic goal to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. The Diversity Data Dashboards include self-reported data from UMass Chan’s faculty, staff and students by race, ethnicity and gender.
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August 01, 2022
Turning muscle into a protein factory for gene therapy treatments
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and UMass Chan Medical School mapped the expression and maturation of the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) with unprecedented clarity. UMass Chan gene therapy pioneer Terence R. Flotte, MD, is a co-author on the paper.
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August 01, 2022
Family tragedy solidifies diabetes researcher’s decision to earn nursing degree
Being able to assist in caring for a loved one in her time of need confirmed Nisha Naik’s decision to become a nurse practitioner. She came to UMass Chan to focus on mental health while earning her DNP.
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July 28, 2022
Panel calls out health and medical education impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade
A panel of UMass Chan Medical School obstetrics and gynecology faculty and a lawyer representing its clinical partner discussed the ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned nearly 50 years of constitutionally protected abortion.
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July 28, 2022
UMass Chan Community Garden hitting food insecurity at home head-on
The UMass Chan Community Garden gives student volunteers the opportunity to tackle food insecurity and prevent chronic disease through diet.
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July 27, 2022
Eviatar Yemini honored with 2022 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience
In his lab at UMass Chan Medical School, Eviatar Yemini, PhD, is working to develop a systems-biology model of a whole nervous system. Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards support highly promising, early career scientists.
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July 27, 2022
Harr Toyota announced as presenting sponsor of UMass Cancer Walk and Run
UMass Chan Medical School has announced Harr Toyota as the presenting sponsor of the 24th annual UMass Cancer Walk and Run to be held on Sunday, Oct. 2, at Polar Park.
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July 25, 2022
Four seed grants will be supported by the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience in 2022
The 2022 Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience seed grants will support four teams of researchers collaborating on multidisciplinary projects.
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July 20, 2022
New UMass Chan research identifies common antigens among human coronaviruses
A new paper from the lab of Lawrence Stern, PhD, indicates that some of the antigens on the virus that causes COVID-19 are common across all the human coronaviruses, such as those that cause the common cold, and that one particular peptide in the virus spike protein is among the most common antigens that promote an immune response worldwide.
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July 19, 2022
UMass Chan BRIDGE Fund supports seven faculty projects with commercialization potential
BRIDGE Innovation and Business Development at UMass Chan Medical School has awarded $2.2 million to seven faculty-led biomedical research projects.
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July 18, 2022
UMass Chan MD/PhD student’s published COVID-19 rapid testing research guides FDA
Carly Herbert, an MD/PhD student at UMass Chan Medical School, is a student investigator and the first or second author named on six publications on rapid COVID-19 tests.
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July 18, 2022
A.M. Barrett named chair of Department of Neurology at UMass Chan
Physician-scientist A.M. Barrett, MD, is joining UMass Chan Medical School as chair and professor of neurology. Additionally, Dr. Barrett has been named chief of the Neurology Service at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System.
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July 13, 2022
UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center targets COVID-19 spread in the community
The UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center is working with partners to promote vaccination, track infections and tackle social determinants of health affecting vulnerable groups.
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July 12, 2022
Remillard Family Community Fund announces recipients of grants to improve local health
Ten grants will fund collaborations led by UMass Chan Medical School faculty, students and community partners that have the potential to improve the health of Central Massachusetts residents, particularly those who are economically or educationally disadvantaged or underrepresented.
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July 07, 2022
Collaborative effort led by Marian Walhout spotlights worms as model for personalized medicine
UMass Chan researcher Marian Walhout, PhD, along with collaborators at Northwestern and Cornell, have developed an animal model system to interrogate individual differences in metabolism.
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June 30, 2022
Aspiring doctors expand horizons with Summer Enrichment Program at UMass Chan
Thirty-nine students completed the 2022 Summer Enrichment/BaccMD Program, an intensive immersion program aimed to help college undergraduates from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds who want to become physicians improve their qualifications and competitive standing for admission.
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June 29, 2022
Pride Month discussion centers on LGBTQ+ perinatal and reproductive health disparities
Kodiak Soled, PhD, vice president of the Lesbian Health Fund at GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, presented, “Fighting for our families: A community-placed study of LGBTQ+ childbearing hardships, harms and hope for a brighter future.”
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June 29, 2022
UMass Chan researchers study link between oral microbiome and long COVID
John P. Haran, MD, PhD, is studying neurological long-COVID symptoms in working-age, generally healthy people who were vaccinated prior to infection.
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June 28, 2022
Amber Cahill named Bloomberg American Health Initiative fellow
Amber Cahill, PsyD, has been named a fellow in the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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June 27, 2022
UMass Chan celebrates ‘Black joy’ at Juneteenth event
The Diversity and Inclusion Office led the UMass Chan Medical School community through a virtual art and poetry celebration of Juneteenth on June 15.
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June 24, 2022
Making smoking cessation a game increases abstinence among smokers not yet ready to quit
A study co-authored by UMass Chan Medical School researchers showed that a technology-assisted abstinence game may help smokers kick the habit. Rajani Sadasivam was principal investigator on the study.
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June 23, 2022
Inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chairs celebrated at special investiture ceremony
UMass Chan Medical School celebrated in a special investiture ceremony on June 22 the $5 million gift of UMass Lowell alumni Donna and Robert Manning, which established Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chairs in neurosciences, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, nursing, and biomedical sciences.
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June 22, 2022
UMass Chan postdoc receives two fellowship awards to support brain research
Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD, has received two awards to study how cells in the brain affect aging. The information she learns could lead to Alzheimer’s disease treatments.
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June 21, 2022
Communicating science: Elizabeth Shank works to identify new antibiotics by getting bacteria ‘talking’
In her lab, Elizabeth Shank, PhD, interprets the chemical language of bacteria with the goal of harnessing its power to potentially developing new antibiotics.
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June 21, 2022
Diversity and Inclusion Office events focus on families for Pride Month
UMass Chan Medical School will recognize Pride Month with events on June 28 and 29 that focus on the experiences of LGBTQ families as they navigate the health care system and work as members of it.
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June 17, 2022
David Harlan appointed director of JDRF Center of Excellence in New England
David M. Harlan, MD, has been appointed as the new director of the JDRF Center of Excellence in New England. A renowned basic and clinical investigator, Dr. Harlan focuses on beta cell biology and the anti-beta cell immune response.
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June 16, 2022
UMass MIND partners with Worcester theater to support performances addressing mental health
UMass Mind has partnered with Studio Theatre Worcester in the staging of “Next to Normal,” compiling accurate, understandable information and resources for those whose real lives, like those of the fictional characters in the play, may be affected by serious mental illness.
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June 15, 2022
Tracy Kedian appointed T.H. Chan School of Medicine associate dean for admissions
Tracy Kedian, MD, has been appointed the new associate dean for admissions for the T.H. Chan School of Medicine. She will assume the role on July 1.
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June 15, 2022
PREP graduates, IMSD scholars honored; learn social side of science
Students in the UMass Chan Medical School Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program and Initiative for Maximizing Student Development program were honored at a dinner, where they were also given tips on interacting in professional social settings.
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June 14, 2022
UMass Chan infectious disease expert shares outlook on virus, vaccines and treatment
Infectious disease specialist Richard T. Ellison III, MD, provides updates on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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June 14, 2022
Biomedical sciences student studying fertility in Mello lab
Movies piqued PhD candidate Humberto Ochoa’s interest in science. He’s conducting RNA research in the lab of Nobel Laureate Craig C. Mello, PhD, to understand the national decline in fertility.
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