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January 23, 2020
Boston Globe columnist lauds Jake Kennedy for lifetime of service as he launches ALS fund at UMass Medical School
The Jake Kennedy ALS Fund, launched last month by Jake and Sparky Kennedy, supports research at UMass Medical School to find a cure for ALS. A Jan. 20 Boston Globe column by Kevin Cullen details the man behind the fund, recently diagnosed with ALS, and the kindness he and his wife have shown since launching Christmas in the City 30 years ago.
Full story »January 22, 2020UMass Medical School to participate in World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on Jan. 30
UMass Medical School will participate in World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day on Jan. 30, dedicated to the eradication of neglected tropical diseases, which threaten more 2 billion people worldwide. Raffi Aroian, PhD, and Gary Ostroff, PhD, will host guest speaker Patrick Skelly, PhD.
Full story »January 22, 2020Student-led study finds implicit bias an important issue for medical trainees
In a study published in PLOS ONE, UMass Medical School students found that trainees value becoming aware of their own implicit biases as they prepare to practice medicine.
Full story »January 15, 2020NPR: Program developed at UMMS a ‘lifeline’ for mothers with postpartum depression
A program developed at UMass Medical School to ensure women with depression during or after pregnancy get the help they need is being replicated across the country, according to an NPR Morning Edition report on the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms.
Full story »January 15, 2020Sheldon Benjamin selected as director by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has selected Sheldon Benjamin, MD, as one of its eight psychiatry directors. He began his four-year term on Jan. 1.
Full story »January 13, 2020LISTEN: From music to medicine, Anne Larkin shares journey to UMMS
Meet Anne Larkin, MD, senior associate dean for educational affairs, and hear how her journey led her to UMass Medical School in a new Voices of UMassMed podcast.
Full story »January 10, 2020Why we are hard-wired to worry, and what we can do to calm down
In an essay originally published by The Conversation, mindfulness expert James Carmody, PhD, writes about the human tendency to worry and what we can do to help quiet our minds.
Full story »January 09, 2020UMMS Police Chief Jack Luippold retiring; Clanford Pierce appointed successor
UMass Medical School Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police Jack Luippold is retiring from his post this week, while his successor, Deputy Chief Clanford “Leon” Pierce, prepares to take the reins.
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January 08, 2020
UMass Medical School mourns loss of James Barry Hanshaw
The UMass Medical School community is mourning the loss of James Barry Hanshaw, MD, professor, dean emeritus and founding chair of the UMass Medical School Department of Pediatrics, who died Dec. 19, at age 90, in his home in Boylston.
Full story »December 26, 2019Jake Kennedy ALS Fund to support research at UMass Medical School
Jake and Sparky Kennedy, long known for their generosity as founders of the annual Boston Christmas in the City celebration for thousands of homeless children, are launching a new drive to raise $1 million to support research at UMass Medical School to cure ALS.
Full story »December 20, 2019Top story: ALS Phase II clinical trial led by Robert Brown shows treatment is safe, well tolerated
A study by Robert H. Brown Jr., MD, DPhil, published in the journal Neurology, shows that a single transplantation of a bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) called NurOwn was safe and well tolerated by patients.
Full story »December 20, 2019Top story: New VA outpatient clinic to be built on UMass Medical School campus in Worcester
VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System and UMass Medical School will build a new, community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) for veterans, projected to open in 2021, on the campus of UMass Medical School in Worcester.
Full story »December 20, 2019Top story: Preventive shot for Lyme disease, developed at UMass Medical School, moving forward
A seasonal shot to prevent Lyme disease, developed at UMass Medical School, is moving closer to clinical trial, thanks in part to a $1 million appropriation from the Massachusetts state budget, according to Mark Klempner, MD, executive vice chancellor for MassBiologics of UMMS.
Full story »December 20, 2019Top story: UMass Medical School first in New England for primary care
The annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best graduate schools names UMass Medical School tops in New England for primary care education among 152 medical schools and 33 schools of osteopathic medicine surveyed by the weekly news magazine in its 2020 edition of the Best Graduate Schools.
Full story »December 20, 2019Top story: Graduating students are ‘awed and grateful’ at UMass Medical School on Match Day
The School of Medicine Class of 2019 celebrated the residency matches of 125 students on Friday, March 15, with family, friends, students and faculty.
Full story »December 18, 2019UMMS study finds group medical meetings help low-income patients with chronic pain, depression
A study by UMass Medical School integrative medicine expert Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, finds that patients with chronic pain and depression benefited from participating in medical group visits in which they learned mindfulness techniques.
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December 17, 2019
GSBS Foundations class moves graduate students from knowledge consumers to knowledge creators
The Foundations of Biomedical Sciences course at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences provides new graduate students with the foundational skills they need to develop into independent investigators who can create as well as absorb knowledge.
Full story »December 16, 2019Nursing Schools Almanac ranks Graduate School of Nursing among top
The Graduate School of Nursing ranked second among the top nursing schools in Massachusetts; fourth among those in New England; 21st among public schools nationwide; and 38th among public and private schools nationwide.
Full story »December 16, 2019UMass Medical School, GE Healthcare Life Sciences to establish viral vector manufacturing facility
UMass Medical School and GE Healthcare Life Sciences will establish a new, large-scale viral vector manufacturing facility, able to provide large quantities of high-quality recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors for preclinical research on the UMMS campus in Worcester.
Full story »December 16, 2019LISTEN: Central Massachusetts residents can join nationwide research project
In a new Voices of UMassMed podcast, Mara M. Epstein, ScD, discusses a local effort to enroll participants in the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program that aims to boost precision medicine research and improve health.
Full story »December 12, 2019Michael Volkert and Jonathan Watts awarded BRIDGE grants for innovative research
Two UMass Medical School scientists have been awarded grants from the school’s BRIDGE Fund to advance discoveries into potentially viable commercial therapies for childhood asthma and eye diseases.
Full story »December 11, 2019UMMS public health experts call for gun control actions like those taken against vaping
An editorial in the journal Medical Care by UMass Medical School public health experts calls for bold action on gun control, similar to actions taken in response to the public health epidemic of lung illnesses in vaping device and e-cigarette users.
Full story »December 11, 2019Sally Kent named Fuller Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes
Sally C. Kent, PhD, has been named the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes. Dr. Kent studies autoimmune response in type 1 diabetes.
Full story »December 09, 2019UMass Medical School reflects on life of Pete Frates, ‘a true champion’
Chancellor Michael F. Collins and the UMass Medical School community acknowledge with sadness the passing of Pete Frates, who raised millions of dollars for ALS research and whose indefatigable spirit remains an inspiration to all who work tirelessly to find a therapy for this disease. According to a statement from his family, Frates died on Monday, Dec. 9, at age 34.
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December 09, 2019
UMass Medical School researcher finds self-awareness can divert depressed teens from drinking
A new study of teenagers led by Robert Wellman, PhD, addresses the question of whether depression leads to drinking or if drinking leads to depression.
Full story »December 09, 2019UMass Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center 11th annual Winter Ball raises more than $1.3 million
The 11th annual Winter Ball raised more than $1.3 million to help support the clinical care, education and biomedical research missions of UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Full story »December 04, 2019UMass Medical School improving employment prospects for youth with mental health disabilities
Marsha Ellison, PhD, and Maryann Davis, PhD, of the UMMS Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research are consortium partners on a four-year, $4 million grant to establish the National Policy Development Center for Preparing Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities for Employment.
Full story »December 03, 2019Scot Bateman named clinical ethicist at UMMS, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Scot Bateman, MD, has been named clinical ethicist at UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Medical School, according to an announcement by Andrew Karson, MD, MPH, chief medical officer and senior vice president at UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Full story »December 02, 2019LISTEN: Innovations in pediatric cancer research at UMass Medical School
In a new Voices of UMassMed podcast, Jason Shohet, MD, PhD, highlights new advances in pediatric cancer research at UMass Medical School, and Luis Portillo Reyes, a young cancer patient, opens up about going through treatment for leukemia.
Full story »November 22, 2019New UMMS members inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Twenty-three School of Medicine students, four faculty members, six house staff and three alumni were inducted into the UMMS Delta Massachusetts Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Full story »November 21, 2019ALS Phase II clinical trial led by Robert Brown shows treatment is safe, well tolerated
A study by Robert H. Brown Jr., MD, DPhil, published in the journal Neurology, shows that a single transplantation of a bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) called NurOwn was safe and well tolerated by patients.
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Celia Schiffer weighs in on CDC report on antibiotic-resistant germs
Antibiotic-resistant germs are rapidly developing around the world and a multi-pronged approach will be needed to combat this pressing public health threat, said drug resistance expert and investigator Celia Schiffer, PhD, in reaction to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on the severity of the problem.
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